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

sharper wrote: »

Oh I don't know this was an issue of what is strictly legal or illegal.

Making fun of people's appearance is low. Legal but low.

There's a lot of valid discussion to be had on holding a festival that restricts access based on unalterable characteristics. Going after how everyone is dressed distracts from that.

Feel free to contribute to the discussion about single-sex concerts instead of moralising about whether people can find a green-haired woman(?)'s appearance comical. I got a good chuckle when i saw it and i'm not embarrassed to say so. It's why i wrote about it on the thread.

Quazzie wrote: »

I think you need to do two things.
1. Watch Kevin and Perry. It's hilarious.
2. Figure out which is left and which is your right

Didn't like the film tbh...100mins was too much for me. Was better as a sketch on H. E.

Calhoun wrote: »

You will also not that if it was an all male festival appearance and looks would be the first thing to be attacked.

Presumably you don't consider this to be a good thing. Is it ok here?

What I found odd was that the individual focused on was the most normal looking young woman in the crowd tbh...

Sleepy wrote: »

What I found odd was that the individual focused on was the most normal looking young woman in the crowd tbh...

To me it looks like the progression from 'average female to all out feminist' in four stages - viewed from right to left.

iptba wrote: »

I see the Russian pension ages are 55 for women and 60 for men. Their current plan is to change that to 60 for women and 65 for men. Report said average age men die in Russia is 67.

it seems unfair alright , if i was being pedantic i'd want to know the life expectancy if you make it to 60 or 65, the gap might close a bit. it should at a minimum be set the same with an acknowledgment than men pay in on a net basis and women benefit on a net basis

Defunkd wrote: »

I see the Russian pension ages are 55 for women and 60 for men. Their current plan is to change that to 60 for women and 65 for men. Report said average age men die in Russia is 67.

I wouldn't call that sexism

So you don't consider it sexist to have different pension ages for men and women? With either the old limits or the new thresholds, there was a difference of 5 years.

Defunkd wrote: »

When a Govt. wants anyone to come within 2 years of their average life expectancy before paying them a penny of what they've contributed to their working life, it goes beyond sexism.

I'm not denying that there are not other issues that are possibly interesting to discuss but you explicitly said:

I wouldn't call that sexism

If you are now saying that you think it is both sexism and something else, I find that position more reasonable.

Defunkd wrote: »

That said, the Russian people lived happily enough with the inequality of women being able to draw their pension earlier than men - up until June of this year anyway. Why was that?

Do we know everyone was happy with it?

The pension age for men and women in the UK was different for a long time. Eventually they decided to bring the ages together, which is gradually being done. I don't remember a huge level of highlighting of the issue, but that may simply be because there is not that much interest in highlighting sexism against men.

Defunkd wrote: »

That said, the Russian people lived happily enough with the inequality of women being able to draw their pension earlier than men - up until June of this year anyway. Why was that?

How does that criticism not apply to every inequality ever? At some point a policy which used to be acceptable no longer is and changes.

I never knew there were so many countries where the retirement age was different from men and women:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_age

Men either retire later than women or at the same time. This is being addressed in some countries where the retirement ages are being equalised.

You'd think if there was to be an imbalance, women would retire later since they live longer

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

... Not saying it is not sexist now but there are reasons for it.

I don't think the move is motivated by sexism but necessity.
Russia's birth:death ratio, in 2017, was 1205:1200. That is disastrous for any Nation but Russia has had more people die than were being born for about 15 of the last 20 years.
The avg. woman is in her 40's while the avg. man is 33 or 36, women outnumber men and have a life expectancy of 11 years more than men. It would make more sense to increase the female retirement age because there are more women, they'll live longer and draw pension for longer, exacerbating the situation.
Russian pensions weren't managed as well as thought, coupled with oil prices falling a decade ago and various trade 'embargos' by the EU/USA which have rattled their funds. Putin had pension reform as one of his policies 4 terms ago but voters reacted with hostility, but it can't wait any longer. Ireland is also raising retirement age in 3 or 4 years, for similar reasons.


And before i'm accused by anyone, i'm not a spybot, Putin-apologist or mole. Just a guy who likes to read.

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Not the first time I’ve heard something like this, but you really do have to wonder about some people:

Passenger with PhD ripped for insisting airline call her ‘doctor’

My wife works in a hospital here, and the doctors insist they are all called Mr rather than Dr. Their reasoning was that they don't walk up to her and call her Clerical Officer, but instead refer to her as Mrs Quazzie.

Zulu wrote: »

Isn't there a thing where a "mister" is more qualified than a "doctor"? I'm pretty sure there is. Is a "mister" a consultant or something....

Ah, that might be the reason so, although one particular doctor did use the example i provided above and stated that he doesn't call her by her job title so she shouldn't call him by his.

EDIT: It turns out this is a British and Irish thing

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