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Sunday feminist roundup (22nd February 2015)

Not so much else this week as I've been very busy in work and play. There are a few good pieces, though: Sweeping Campus Rape Reports Under the Rug: campus administrators messing with the figures ...

On power, mansplaining, manterrupting and bropropriating

The phenomena these words describe are all about power. These are things that powerful, arrogant people do. They think they know best about everything, they think all the great ideas are their own, th...

Handy chart for deciding if you are, or are not, a “slut” (#endslutshaming)

Handy chart for deciding if you are, or are not, a "slut". Here's a handy guide for figuring out if you're a "slut". It could be put to use also by people who habitually think of others as "sluts" ...

The crux of the #NoMorePage3 campaign

There is a failure to recognise that no key players in this debate are really criticising the models themselves or indeed the men who look at Page 3. This is because their actions are symptoms rather ...

Today in sexism: five reasons why gendered products are a problem

Boys and doctors; girls are nurses From Sociological Images: Our Pointlessly Gendered Products Pinterest board is funny, no doubt. When people make male and female versions of things like eggs, do...

Sunday feminist roundup (1st February 2015)

I've been busy on the #feimineachingand "tumbling" this week but there's been lots else afoot too:Colleen McCullough’s obituary shows looks aren’t everything. Unless you’re a woman (theguardian): "If ...

Today in sexism: study: Gender bias found in reviews of scientific studies

A scientist's gender can have a big impact on how other researchers perceive his or her work, according to a new study. Young scholars rated publications supposedly written by male scientists as hi...

Today in sexism: plain of feature and certainly overweight…

Today in sexism: plain of feature and certainly overweight... Michael Rowe shared this on Facebook with the following comment: “I can’t help but wonder what it would look like if a male author wh...

Today in sexism: law students use course evaluations to discuss female professors’ clothing

We’ve said this before in the past, but it apparently bears repeating — constantly. Women in the legal profession are treated much differently than their male colleagues, right down to their fashio...

“Such as with images of women in pornography, there is a belief that the sexual nature of women (and girls) is licentious.”

Such as with images of women in pornography, there is a belief that the sexual nature of women (and girls) is licentious. The pre-pubescent girl that lures the older man with her nymphic charms or the...

Today in sexism: the secret plague of women at work: ‘manterrupting’

As a young lawyer in Arkansas, Hillary Clinton came across an advice column on how to decorate your first office. If you are a man, pepper it with pictures of your family, the male writer advised: ...