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#guestpost: Barbie lawyer: my thoughts on Eboni Williams’ “Dress for Success” advice – @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #equality, #gender, #patriarchy, #sexism, #women, #guestposts / September 7, 2017Eboni Williams was recently featured in the news due to her focus on appearance to get results. Some of what she says is fairly decent advice. Other pieces of her advice, particularly her focus on "pr...
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#research: #maleficentmisogyny: Evidence of a toxic environment for women in economics
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #womensrights, #academia, #research, #equality, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / August 22, 2017The 30 words most uniquely associated with discussions of women make for uncomfortable reading. In order, that list is: hotter, lesbian, bb (internet speak for “baby”), sexism, tits, anal, marrying, ...
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#guestpost: Debunking the myths: the #paygap is very real, by @kateharveston
By feimineach / in #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #patriarchy, #guestposts / August 21, 2017People 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 qualificati...
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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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#maleficentmisogyny: “alpha” women need to learn to be nice – @broadly
By feimineach / in #sociology, #maleficentmisogyny, #womensrights, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #quickhits, #sexism / 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 ...
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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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#maleficentmisogyny: Bikini Season. Sarah Kiefer on @FemReligion
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / May 25, 2017When 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 femal...
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#academia: misogyny is to blame for the gender gap in stem – @rolereboot
By feimineach / in #womensrights, #academia, #education, #equality, #quickhits, #sexism / April 27, 2017As 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-d...
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#research: Women “display femininity” by doing housework, men “display masculinity” by not
By feimineach / in #research, #gender, #quickhits, #sexism, #women / 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 benefit...
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#patriarchiesrealign: Women who perform femininity are judged to be less suited to science #academia #research – @socimages
By feimineach / in #quickhits / April 17, 2017Sexism 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,...
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#todayin: academia: #research: women academics do more “servce work” to their possible professional detriment
By feimineach / in #academia, #quickhits / April 14, 2017Women 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 disproportiona...
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#research: gender, socialisation and early sexism – @ConversationUK
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 6, 2017Researchers 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 occ...
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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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#research: youngest millennials who seem resistant to continuing the gender revolution
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #research, #quickhits / 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...
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#womenslives: female academics and the ‘flexibility myth’ @ rolereboot
By feimineach / in #womenslives, #quickhits / April 1, 2017There’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, journal...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism around the world: economist analyzes global gender gap in the workplace despite feminist gains – @themarysue
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #quickhits / March 27, 2017Less 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...
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#guestpost: #research: What does the feminisation of psychology look like?
By feimineach / in #academia, #research, #education, #equality, #sexism, #guestposts / February 15, 2017In 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 wom...
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#research: In 2012, UK activist Laura Bates set up the Everyday Sexism Project
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / February 8, 2017In 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 t...
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