Peak Guardian.... again

"Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky – do cities have to be so sexist?"



"That said, our built environments can still reflect patterns of gender-based discrimination. To imagine the city and its structures as neutral places where complicated human social relations are staged is to ignore the simple fact that people built these places."

No petal, you'll find few women on building sites. Men built these places. If she could wire a plug or put up a shelf without "getting a man in" I'd be gobsmacked.

"Our cities are patriarchy written in stone, brick, glass and concrete.”. See above. The "author" then goes even further down her neurotic fearful little rabbit hole hewn from adolescent angst and ivory tower academia. Go ahead, build your "Feminist City", see how far you get and what form would that even take? Hers seems to be down to naming streets after women, gender exclusive(for women. Of course) busses and trains and snow ploughs that do residential areas first. The sheer breadth of her mind is truly humbling... Hey if buildings are so phallic, maybe caves are the answer. The ancients often saw those as the entrances to Mother Earth. Well if you don't have the men doing the actual heavy lifting that's were you may end up, or would have stayed.