Posts tagged as Sexism
Ignorance Is Personal
Research shows that sexism and racism are linked, and "could be a personality trait." Scientists believe that the characteristic, known as assholeness, could be controlled by early psychological education.
Ladies Aged 20 to Mid-30s Apparently Deliver the News Best
Don't think I've ever seen a job posting for a female video host w/ an age limit. Wonder if they'd do same for a male. http://bit.ly/i2eqOG
Andrea Smith
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But this job posting for a "tech-oriented magazine show" is, you see, on the web, ladies. On the Internet, no one wants to see your old faces.
The Purpose of Women in Washington D.C.
Of course one must remember that there are "lots" of lady reporters and thinkers and pundits in Washington D.C., in addition to all the men. Because without this sprinkling of ladies, how would all the important men there who furiously write their blogs be regularly reminded of all those long years until their mid-20s, at which time they first (and possibly last) got to second base with a human?
Ladies Hatch a Conspiracy to Take Libya!
Not only are people afraid that our Libyan adventure is being run by ladies like Hillary Clinton and Samantha Power (who is terrible), it's also actually being run by a woman, Air Force Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward, who's been the commander of Seventeenth Air Force since last summer. Oh my God, there are literally maybe four women in relevant positions of power (I'm counting Susan Rice, our ambassador to the U.N.)! WHY DO WOMEN WANT GADDAFI'S OIL? And what will men do now? Why won't Joe Biden do something?
Sally Quinn and Deborah Tannen Reveal Plan to Destroy Women's Progress
It was a real meeting of the minds, apparently: yesterday, professional opinion-havers Sally Quinn and Deborah Tannen "met for a morning summit at Georgetown waterfront restaurant Sequoia to discuss the state of women." You simply must read this whole thing. It will make you feel terrible, these 20 notable quotables from their conversation. It is like a guide to the retrograde. They may be in the Taliban. Here, sample just one, from Ms. Quinn! "At the beginning of the feminist movement, it was women taking power back and it was really heady stuff... then it got out of control, as all revolutions do. They got militant... there was a period there where it was embarrassing to get pregnant." Oh and also Ms. Tannen decides that Sarah Palin's "femininity contributes to why many people don't take her seriously." Oh yes, that's it: nail on the head, sister. (This makes me want to take some nails through the head.)
Are "Cougars" Unsafe For Children, Or For The Whole Human Race In General?
The founder of the "pairing older ladies with younger men" dating site CougarLife.com is pretty peeved at Google for sticking ads for her site and other similarly themed ones in the "non-family-safe" section of its ad-sales repository, while ads for similar sites that cater to older men looking for younger women (or Americans seeking out brides from abroad) were given the all clear for advertising on, say, Disney.com. Double standard, or just your everyday example of garden-variety sexism? A flack for the search engine/ad company said that the company wasn't sexist — just that there were certain words and images within the ad copy and sites that triggered adult-content flags in Google's mysterious ad mechanisms. When a reporter tried to see if "cougar" was on the company's Naughty Words List, the flack went mum — which is kind of like a non-denial denial, no? Let's try and untangle the ethical dilemmas posed by this kerfuffle! READ MORE
Chicks Dig Tanks
I almost want to put this up without any context, because it is just that AMAZING, but here ya go: "The Austrian army had hoped that its new video would attract some fresh recruits. Instead, it has engendered charges of sexism and insensitivity. The clip shows shreiking young woman chasing after a tank in the hopes of going on a 'joy ride.'" It sure does!
"Mansplaining" Critique Really Upsets Men, Who Are Usually Too Busy Feigning Concern For the Subjects of Women's Memoirs
In the wake of our re-realization yesterday that the executive class of Apple is an all-male revue, there are (at least) two interesting woman-related discussions going on up in the Internet. One involves manplaining. The other has to do with how men treat women when they write about things. And they are sooo related. Let us begin with Awl pal and comedian Julie Klausner, who is meeting lots of concern from men about how the people in her book will be represented. Um, Julie asks: what about me? READ MORE
Explaining Metropolitan Diary
"Sometimes when I read Metropolitan Diary items on Mondays, I don't necessarily ‘get it' because they involve people I don't have anything in common with and don't feel like understanding," writes someone today, who has chosen to spend the morning grappling with meaning in this most-aged of newspaper columns. "I've read it six times now and can't make any sense of it. And I love sarcasm!" Actually, we can help! READ MORE
People Pay Attention When Men Are The Victims
Now that they're sometimes raping and occasionally castrating men-who, of course, matter so much more than women, which is the only conceivable reason there is very little international involvement in the affairs of "post-war" Congo, the rape capital of the world-maybe the international community will take actual action in Congo now? Just asking!
