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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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#womenslives: what happened when I started speaking up in meetings @AthenaTalks
By feimineach / in #feminism, #womenslives, #quickhits / February 11, 2017When I first started, I was very quiet in meetings. I thought, “I’m new, so I don’t want to rock the boat,” “Eh, the navigation bar is probably set up like that for a reason, I won’t ask about it,” or...
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#research: Possibly the most exhaustive study of “manspreading” ever conducted – @socimages
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / February 10, 2017[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScoOF2GDFrM?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=375]Possibly the most exhaustive study of “mans...
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#maleficentmisogyny: ‘Feminism is cancer’ and promotes hate, say priviledged men
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / October 3, 2016(We shouldn’t even acknowledge, I know, I know. But in this case I am going to disagree with the adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity. Name, shame, and ridicule, for we must.)A recent mo...
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#study: Male academics love to cite themselves as their own sources – @teresajusino, @TheMarySue
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / September 28, 2016(I loved this piece because, at 17.11 in the middle of a busy week, it didn’t half make me giggle. This piece really does do exactly as it says on the tin.) •••Men mansplaining things to women is bad ...
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#todayin: srsly! The idea that we’re being “derided” comes from a reading
By feimineach / in #quickhits / January 19, 2016The idea that we’re being “derided” comes from a reading of the British Social Attitudes Survey, in which it seems this demographic were the most expected to be “lazy”, “drunken” and “promiscuous”. Co...
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#todayin: srsly! See a woman reading? Leave her alone.
By feimineach / in #quickhits / November 24, 2015A few months ago, I went to meet with a colleague at his apartment. Since I wasn’t familiar with the neighborhood and I’m paranoid about being late, I budgeted extra time to find the address. It turne...
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#todayin: srsly! See a woman reading? Leave her alone.
By feimineach / in #quickhits / November 24, 2015A few months ago, I went to meet with a colleague at his apartment. Since I wasn’t familiar with the neighborhood and I’m paranoid about being late, I budgeted extra time to find the address. It turne...
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#research: Seven studies that prove mansplaining exists
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / September 11, 2015Statistics and studies galore. Fill your boots. from bitchmag: 1. Women get interrupted more than men. Both men and women interrupt women more often than they interrupt men, according to a paper publ...
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#study: racist and sexist micro-aggressions on college campuses
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / February 10, 2015This is the first study I have read which examines on such a large scale (n=200) experiences of sexism and racism by women and people of colour (POC) on college campuses. Importantly, the study explor...
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#feminismisdead: An Open Letter To All Men Concerning #YesAllWomen
By feimineach / in #feminismisdead, #quickhits / September 25, 2014Guy writes about what he and other men can do to (1) stop reacting to women’s stories of violence and fear of violence with the “not all men/ not me” auto-response and (2) work towards challenging vio...
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#research: Seven studies on mansplaining. Conclusion: it definitely exists
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / July 15, 2014Below are summaries of studies into the idea of “mansplaining”, which describes the act of a man speaking to a woman with the assumption that she knows less than he does about the topic being discusse...
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