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#guestpost: Discrimination against mothers is still a real problem – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / March 18, 2018Throughout history, there have been a variety of ways people have discriminated against mothers. In the 1800s, they were barred from taking certain positions based on the belief that moms should stay ...
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#patriarchiesrealign: The male glance: how we fail to take women’s stories seriously
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #politics, #womensrights, #equality, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / March 18, 2018In spring 2013, HBO conducted a sly experiment on the “elite” TV-viewing public. It aired two new shows – both buddy dramas – back to back. Each was conceived as a short, self-contained season. Each h...
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#research: #womenslives: It’s official: abortion is more regulated than any health care service – @MsMagazine
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #politics, #womensrights, #research, #womenslives, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / March 3, 2018A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health confirmed what many reproductive rights advocates have long known: abortion is more regulated and legislated than any other health care...
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#guestpost: Women who still support Trump. Why? @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #politics, #maleficentmisogyny, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / January 24, 2018America's image is being cheapened by the arrogant behavior of its asinine president — that's a fact. But the damage done goes deeper than just embarrassment in foreign relations, because Donald Trump...
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#patriarchiesrealign: #research: new study finds that teen boys use “anger and threats” to coerce explicit photos from teen girls – @themarysue
By feimineach / in #feminism, #patriarchiesrealign, #womensrights, #research, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism / January 23, 2018A new study, published in the peer-reviewed Sexuality Research and Social Policy, looked at the sexting experiences of teenage girls and found that many of them sent explicit photos not because they w...
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#guestpost: #rapeculture and sexualizing children – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #maleficentmisogyny, #womensrights, #gender, #patriarchy, #sexism, #guestposts / January 9, 2018While Honey Boo-Boo brought viewers a lighthearted look at the world of children's beauty pageants, the reality is closer to the tragic tale of Jon Benet Ramsey. While children's beauty pageants conti...
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“Kelly crystallizes an uncomfortable tension that’s risen to the fore since the Weinstein story hit…”
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #politics, #womensrights, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / December 10, 2017“Kelly crystallizes an uncomfortable tension that’s risen to the fore since the Weinstein story hit: What happens when #MeToo meets “I’m not a feminist, but”? It goes without saying that men across th...
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#research: #patriarchiesrealign: gender stereotypes hurt kids – @msmagazine
By feimineach / in #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #academia, #research, #gender, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism / October 17, 2017Who would have thunk it? This is not new news. Culprit: blue/ pink. Don’t scoff. There lies the start and core of gender roles/ norms training. Emphasis added as always. ••• The Global Early Adolesc...
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#guestpost: Football and dangerous masculinity stereotypes, by @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #guestposts / October 5, 2017Guestpost by Kate Harveston, Political Journalist & Blogger. Kate writes at onlyslightlybiased.com and tweets @kateharveston. -- Does football encourage dangerous masculinity stereotypes? Fall i...
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#womenslives: She writes about a disturbing, familiar pattern
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #academia, #womenslives, #quickhits, #sexism / August 9, 2017#womenslives: She writes about a disturbing, familiar pattern: Since I started writing about women and science, my female colleagues have been moved to share their stories with me; my inbox is an ina...
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#patriarchiesrealign: “Male and female respondents blamed sexist attitudes for the ability of men…”
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign / July 3, 2017Male and female respondents blamed sexist attitudes for the ability of men to fast-track their careers, despite the overwhelming numbers of women at entry and junior level. There was a strong percepti...
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#patriarchiesrealign: women aren’t special: the insidious nature of benevolent sexism – @rolereboot
By feimineach / in #feminism, #patriarchiesrealign, #equality, #gender, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism / June 8, 2017A friend of mine recently shared a Vox article written by a self-proclaimed progressive dude titled, “Democrats should start accepting pro-life liberals like me” (spoiler, he’s really pro-choice). W...
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#patriarchiesrealign: what does it mean when we call women girls?
By feimineach / in #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / May 26, 2017Tackling the “girl” trend has become a bit of a trend in itself, but often these pieces elide a meaningful distinction between two kinds of “girl” book: those whose plots revolve around actual, unde...
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#patriarchiesrealign: The simple truth about the gender pay gap (Spring 2017) – @aauw From introduction to report: In 2015, women…
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #quickhits / April 5, 2017#patriarchiesrealign: The simple truth about the gender pay gap (Spring 2017) - @aauw From introduction to report: In 2015, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 8...
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#patriarchiesrealign: #research: women absent from introductory political science texts – @PSAWomenPol
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #patriarchiesrealign, #quickhits / April 4, 2017Despite compelling arguments for gender mainstreaming in political science education, evidence indicates that very little mainstreaming is taking place. This is likely related to a knowledge gap rega...
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#patriarchiesrealign: New study suggests women’s papers receive greater critical scrutiny #academia #research
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #academia, #quickhits / December 28, 2016But that headline doesn’t even scratch the surface of how interesting this study is. Erin Hengel examined papers by economists in top journals. She found: Women’s papers took longer from submiss...
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#patriarchiesrealign: Being called a bird is infantilising. Such terms hold women back
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #quickhits / October 12, 2016(See also: love, sweetheart, and LET’S NOT EVEN START ON BABE, shall we? Gods preserve us.)•••A bird is a small, fragile thing. It chirrups, flutters and nests. It definitely does not chair board meet...
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#patriarchiesrealign: “The responses from the girls, however, were heartbreaking – they just wanted to be thinner”
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #quickhits / October 10, 2016The findings suggest that the problem may be getting worse, with the survey reflecting a five-year decline in girls’ body confidence. Almost 40% of girls aged seven to 21 do not feel happy with how th...
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#patriarchiesrealign: women and work
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #quickhits / April 25, 2016On refinery29, and following on from this post, here’s some more on women and work. labour. Headline: “Across the globe, women spend about 4.5 hours a day on unpaid labor, such as child care and house...
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#patriarchiesrealign: Only 16% of Australians in Stem professions are women, and pay gap is ‘unacceptable’
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #quickhits / April 7, 2016Same old, same old. Guardian (emphasis added): Women make up less than one-fifth of Australians qualified in science, technology, engineering and maths and continue to be paid less than their male col...
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