Sexism you have personally experienced or have heard of? *READ POST 1*

The J Stands for Jay

silverharp wrote: »

I think the UN can fk right off

https://twitter.com/UN/status/1302593895029714944

From the speech: "While statistics indicate that women and girls are at lower risk from the COVID-19 virus itself, they are suffering because of the redirection of health funding and services."

Silentcorner

At least now we know where all those gender studies students ended up...those that got jobs from their useless degrees that is!!!

ahnowbrowncow

No

McGaggs wrote: »

From the speech: "While statistics indicate that women and girls are at lower risk from the COVID-19 virus itself, they are suffering because of the redirection of health funding and services."

Is that not because a higher proportion of health funding and services is spent on women?

silverharp

silverharp wrote: »

I think the UN can fk right off

The UN equality organisations prioritize women's rights over equality for both genders. All of their press releases regarding "equality" have minimized the needs of males, while promoting the needs of females.

So, yeah, I've long considered the UN to be one of the biggest opponents of genuine equality.

Pawwed Rig

An article which begins by objectifying the male body and ends by criticising men for objectifying women.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/05/sorry-gym-bunnies-but-men-with-dad-bods-make-better-fathers-every-time?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1599394649

Sn@kebite

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

An article which begins by objectifying the male body and ends by criticising men for objectifying women.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/05/sorry-gym-bunnies-but-men-with-dad-bods-make-better-fathers-every-time?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1599394649

So it's talking about men's bodies and in the sixth paragraph she manages to both 1) talk about herself (as middle-class white women invariably do) and 2) mention how women are the real victims of objectification and have it worse.

The column sounds like a not very bright teenage girl's journal entry of a disorganized musing. And this is mainstream Graun. Crazy.

silverharp

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

An article which begins by objectifying the male body and ends by criticising men for objectifying women.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/05/sorry-gym-bunnies-but-men-with-dad-bods-make-better-fathers-every-time?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1599394649

will she do a follow up on how men view gym thots as potential mothers? and something something big butts being “pluralistic mating strategies”:pac:

py2006

I wasn't sure which thread to put this one in.

Harmange, a 25-year-old activist from Lille, said the book is an invitation to women “to imagine a new way of being, to take less account of the often unsupported opinions of men, to consider the adage ‘it is better to be alone than in bad company’ seriously, and to rediscover the strength of female relationships full of reciprocity, gentleness and strength”.

Padraig Mor

py2006 wrote: »

I wasn't sure which thread to put this one in.

So basically it's a feminist version of MGTOW? I thought feminists hated MGTOW?

The J Stands for Jay

Padraig Mor wrote: »

So basically it's a feminist version of MGTOW? I thought feminists hated MGTOW?

They should move to communes on opposite sides of a lake. With a film crew.

iptba

50 female entrepreneurs with new businesses based in rural Ireland will be selected for a free, government-backed development initiative.

Any woman with a new business or ‘well-developed’ idea for a new venture they want to get off the ground can apply for the latest cycle of development initiative ACORNS.

This is the 6th year of the Government-backed ACORNS programme, which is supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, under its Rural Innovation and Development Fund.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/economy/arid-40049015.html

py2006

Here is another gem in todays Times about mansplaining :rolleyes:

The J Stands for Jay

py2006 wrote: »

Here is another gem in todays Times about mansplaining :rolleyes:

Womansplaining is a growing problem. Women assuming men couldn't possibly know about certain subjects

py2006

McGaggs wrote: »

Womansplaining is a growing problem. Women assuming men couldn't possibly know about certain subjects

I've met and worked with women that do this kinda thing too. Its a personality trait that some people have. Most don't realise they are being patronising and would be apologetic if the knew. But there are those (woman and men) who are just downright obnoxious.

Its twisted now into anything men say to women is mansplaining.

Example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJyQpRfaGnw

It's a word that's used by sexists. Just because women use the term doesn't stop it from being sexist.

There's some absolute gold in that IT article. The "Himpathy" bit in particular which is probably exact opposite of how things go in real life.

iptba

One of its purposes is presumably to shut someone up so neither you nor the others listening have to listen to what people have to say. And related to this, it’s a means of shaming the speaker.

I remember the debating societies when I was in college, which wasn’t today or yesterday. People mainly in the inner circle would say “shame shame” quite often if a person started saying something they didn’t agree with. It basically acted to restrict free speech and freedom of thought.

The J Stands for Jay

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There's some absolute gold in that IT article. The "Himpathy" bit in particular which is probably exact opposite of how things go in real life.

Sounds a bit like homeopathy. I wonder is it because they're both a load of ****e?

The J Stands for Jay

iptba wrote: »

People mainly in the inner circle would say “shame shame” quite often if a person started saying something they didn’t agree with.

- Sounds like something from a Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book
- They don't seem to be great at debating.

iptba

McGaggs wrote: »

- Sounds like something from a Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book
- They don't seem to be great at debating.

Indeed. It was TCD. Quite a lot of influential people in Ireland seem to have gone through such societies over the years though I don’t know how long the “shame shame” thing lasted or whether it still exists today.

Sleepy

The "shame, shame" thing is pretty much universal in debating societies, most often used as an in-joke to heckle extremely good speakers (or committee members) in my experience (the Lit n Deb in NUI, Galway). I believe it originates from Westminster.

py2006

Another Irish times classic sexist article for today

iptba

py2006 wrote: »

Another Irish times classic sexist article for today

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/men-should-be-taught-to-do-fair-share-of-housework-from-early-age-1.4370511

terryduff12

Talk about outdated views, he must be looking for funding.

givyjoe

iptba wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/men-should-be-taught-to-do-fair-share-of-housework-from-early-age-1.4370511

I look forward to the gender balanced article referencing a "women's charity", that girls must learn to do their fair share of DIY from an early age.

Sleepy

Half of who's idea of housework? Most rows about one partner not doing their "fair share" tend to come from the partner with a preference for a higher standard of cleanliness than the other. Or from the partner who works the shorter hours and whines that the other party doesn't split the housework 50/50 with them.

Sleepy

Sleepy wrote: »

Half of who's idea of housework? Most rows about one partner not doing their "fair share" tend to come from the partner with a preference for a higher standard of cleanliness than the other. Or from the partner who works the shorter hours and whines that the other party doesn't split the housework 50/50 with them.

Or those who make the most mess in the first place and expect their mess to be sorted along with the actual cleaning.

99nsr125

Sleepy wrote: »

Half of who's idea of housework? Most rows about one partner not doing their "fair share" tend to come from the partner with a preference for a higher standard of cleanliness than the other. Or from the partner who works the shorter hours and whines that the other party doesn't split the housework 50/50 with them.

Teachers, everytime ^^^^^^^^

99nsr125

99nsr125 wrote: »

Teachers, everytime ^^^^^^^^

My parents are both teachers. Nah. Don't go blaming teachers for this kind of carryon. If anything, I'd be pointing fingers at part-timers, or those on flexi-time..

iptba

Andhra Pradesh government to release 55 women prisoners

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Explaining the reason for giving remission to them, Sucharitha said, "A woman is the most important institution in our family structure. A woman’s absence disturbs the entire family system. Women get themselves reformed very fast and also develop a sense of remorse for the crime committed by them and they are less likely to go back to their old ways again."

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2020/nov/07/andhra-pradesh-government-to-release-55-women-prisoners-2220565.html