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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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womensstories: sexism at work: ‘if I were to complain, I wouldn’t have a career’
By feimineach / in #womensstories, #quickhits / September 21, 2015It was considered a career suicide to speak up so I kept quiet. — If I were to complain, I wouldn’t have a career in my industry. After Charlotte Proudman’s challenge of work-based, institutional s...
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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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#maleficentmisogyny: This Project Takes All The Insults Hurled At Women And Turrns Them Into Healing Art
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / March 27, 2015This Project Takes All The Insults Hurled At Women And Turrns Them Into Healing Art– source (posted via feedly/ ifttt)
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#patriarchiesrealign: young children must be protected from ingrained gender stereotypes
By feimineach / in #patriarchiesrealign, #quickhits / February 27, 2015The piece below (from Laura Bates on the Guardian) shows a few examples of the everyday sexism that feeds into children’s education - “One [parent] referenced their son’s physics homework,...
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#research: Children learn sexism at school – so that’s where we should begin to fight it
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 29, 2013On theguardian: High-profile cases in Rochdale and recent reports into gangs suggest that the sort of girls who are harrassed and abused are weak and friendless, girls whose chaotic homes lives leave...
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#vivelafeminism: No More Boobs in the British News?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / November 11, 2012If American feminists think that U.S. media leads the way in objectifying women, they might be surprised to learn that buttoned-up Britain has been receiving a dose of naked breasts with breakfast for...
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