tag: sexism (feimineach)

Debunking the myths: the #paygap is very real, by @kateharveston

August 21, 2017 Leave a comment

People should earn what they deserve. It’s a simple concept. It seems fair that if a white male makes a certain amount doing a given job, their counterpart with the same job and level of qualification should earn the same amount. The women’s rights movement dates back to the 1840s. It’s been nearly a century since women earned the right […]

#womenslives: She writes about a disturbing, familiar pattern

August 9, 2017 Leave a comment

#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 inadvertent clearinghouse for unsolicited love notes. Sexual harassment in science generally starts like this: A woman (she is a student, a technician, a professor) gets an email and […]

#patriarchiesrealign: “Male and female respondents blamed sexist attitudes for the ability of men…”

July 3, 2017

Male 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 perception among respondents that, in the words of one respondent, “men are seen as ‘special assets’ to be retained/promoted, while the women expected to fall by the wayside on […]

#patriarchiesrealign: women aren’t special: the insidious nature of benevolent sexism – @rolereboot

June 8, 2017

A 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). While the piece has its points, one line in particular didn’t sit well with me. The author, in an attempt to prove his progressive cred, begins listing the values that make him […]

#maleficentmisogyny: “alpha” women need to learn to be nice – @broadly

May 27, 2017

“That’s what men like: women who are easy to love,” writes Suzanne Venker, a family and marriage author, intent on teaching “alpha” women how to embrace their femininity and stop scaring off men, who are “alpha by nature,” supposedly due to testosterone. She defines nice as “being soft, gentle, and kind.” In a filmed segment, Venker told her hosts at […]

#patriarchiesrealign: what does it mean when we call women girls?

May 26, 2017

Tackling 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, underage girls and those whose titles describe adult women. Conflating the two makes sense if you’re wondering how girly the market has gotten (answer: very), but—as any […]

#maleficentmisogyny: Bikini Season. Sarah Kiefer on @FemReligion

May 25, 2017

When I was about thirteen I went to a conference with the rest of the girls in youth group. It was a “modesty conference” geared at teaching young women the “biblical” truth of their role as a female and how that translates into how one dresses. We were taught that we are responsible for the relationship between our brothers in […]

#academia: misogyny is to blame for the gender gap in stem – @rolereboot

April 27, 2017

As a female scientist, I have had my fair share of misogynistic experiences. Some of them were covert attempts to remind me of my pre-determined role, while others were more flagrant. My male post-doctoral mentor repeatedly requested and expected me to babysit his child, even during a business trip where I was supposed to network with senior colleagues (My 6’5″ […]

#research: Women “display femininity” by doing housework, men “display masculinity” by not

April 26, 2017

[First I laughed. Then I wondered. Then I shook my head. Then I thought: ‘that makes some sort of sense’. Because patriarchy and gender and women long knowing the division of labour (and men benefiting) you see.] ••• British women who kick off their work shoes and get stuck into the housework when they get home of an evening, even […]

#patriarchiesrealign: Women who perform femininity are judged to be less suited to science #academia #research – @socimages

April 17, 2017

Sexism in American society has been on the decline. Obstacles to female-bodied people excelling in previously male-only occupations and hobbies have lessened. And women have thrived in these spaces, sometimes even overtaking men both quantitatively and qualitatively. Another kind of bias, though, has gotten worse: the preference for masculinity over femininity. Today we like our men manly, just like we […]

#todayin: academia: #research: women academics do more “servce work” to their possible professional detriment

April 14, 2017

Women shoulder a disproportionately large workload at home in ways that might disadvantage them professionally. But are female professors also “taking care of the academic family” via disproportionate service loads? A new study says yes and adds to a growing body of research suggesting the same. “We find strong evidence that, on average, women faculty perform more service than male […]

#research: gender, socialisation and early sexism – @ConversationUK

April 6, 2017

Researchers have shown that by age one (and in some studies, as early as three months old), children show clear preferences for gender-consistent toys (eg trucks for boys, dolls for girls). This occurs even if they have only been exposed to gender-neutral toys, or had equal access to both “boys” and “girls” toys. So, does this mean that kids as […]

#patriarchiesrealign: The simple truth about the gender pay gap (Spring 2017) – @aauw From introduction to report: In 2015, women…

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 80 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 20 percent (Proctor et al., 2016). The gap has narrowed since 1960, due largely to women’s progress in education and workforce […]

#research: youngest millennials who seem resistant to continuing the gender revolution

April 3, 2017

#research: youngest millennials who seem resistant to continuing the gender revolution Millennials and stay-at-home wives. Headlines: – “In 1994, only 42 percent of high school seniors agreed that the best family was one where the man was the main income earner and the woman took care of the home. But in 2014, 58 percent of seniors said they preferred that […]

#womenslives: female academics and the ‘flexibility myth’ @ rolereboot

April 1, 2017

There’s a flexibility myth in academia. It goes like this: Academic mothers have it much better than other professional mothers because of their flexible schedule—a luxury women in business, journalism, law, and medicine don’t enjoy—which allows them to set their own hours, and chart their individual paths to success. It’s tempting to buy into this myth, a kind of variation […]

#vivelafeminism: Feminism around the world: economist analyzes global gender gap in the workplace despite feminist gains – @themarysue

March 27, 2017

Less heartening is what happens to those women once they leave school. That’s where the seeds of inequality they’ve experienced all their lives really begin to grow fruit. The labor force worldwide is only 40% female, and that’s only a 1% improvement since 1990. Depending on what industries you’re looking at, the disparity is even more grim. According to Kenny, […]

#guestpost: #research: What does the feminisation of psychology look like?

February 15, 2017

In two previous posts published online at the Feminist and Women’s Studies Association Blog (FWSA) (one, two) I discussed women’s status in psychology. First I looked at the underrepresentation of women as authors in seven academic psychology journals: The Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Counselling Psychology Quarterly, Review of General Psychology, Teaching of Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal […]

#research: In 2012, UK activist Laura Bates set up the Everyday Sexism Project

February 8, 2017

In 2012, UK activist Laura Bates set up the Everyday Sexism Project to raise awareness of the banality of sexist practices facing girls and women, from schools and streets to universities and workplaces. Beginning with a website on which women were invited to post their experiences, this has become a viral international movement (Bates 2014). 2012 also saw a wave […]

#womenslives: Online harassment, young women (and the academy)

February 7, 2017

Online harassment, young women (and the academy) – @socimagination The Pew study found the distribution of these experiences to be structured by gender and age. Young adults (18-29) as a whole are more likely to experience either category of harassment but young women (18-24) are overwhelmingly the targets of the more extreme behaviours. But the gendering of these experiences, shouldn’t […]

#todayin: religion: feminists should be graceful (and they’re not, apparently)

February 6, 2017

First up: The graceful feminism of Mary Tyler Moore (National Catholic Register) The show’s character, Mary Richards, was a 30-year old career woman at a Minneapolis TV news station. She hoped for marriage but wasn’t going to stop living in the meantime. Moore conducted herself gracefully and firmly, never resorting to anger or insults, but not afraid to speak up. […]

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