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Peg Tittle
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Dec 25 2021
On Volunteering
Ever notice that women, far more often than men, are expected to volunteer their time and their effort? On the one hand, the implication is that women’s work has no value. On the other hand, since they’re expected to do whatever it is, the implication is that it has considerable value (it needs to be …
Dec 20 2021
Women are presumed incompetent. (We know this.)
“As a man, you’re assumed to be competent unless proven otherwise,” she says. “Whereas as a woman you’re presumed to be incompetent unless proven otherwise.” https://time.com/transgender-men-sexism/ She gained authority and professional respect overnight. (Now if only we could hear from transwomen. Hear them ADMIT that they LOST authority and respect overnight.) (That they had no idea …
Dec 15 2021
Men interrupt Women. Even when they’re Supreme Court Justices.
https://www.virginialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JacobiSchweers_Online.pdf See the excerpts starting on p1408. The arrogance is just … mind-boggling. And so … male.
Dec 10 2021
So the problem is a lack of imagination?
https://news.stanford.edu/press-releases/2018/10/17/virtual-reality-eople-empathetic/ “[In the VR experience] ‘Becoming Homeless,’ a narrator guides participants through several interactive VR scenarios that would happen if they lost their jobs. In one scene, the participant has to look around an apartment to select items to sell in order to pay the rent. In another scene, the participant finds shelter on a …
Dec 05 2021
“Sexual harassment is primarily targeted at women who violate gender roles.”
Berdahl found that women with relatively masculine personalities (e.g., assertive, dominant, and independent), compared to women who meet feminine ideals, experience the most sexual harassment. That is to say, “sexual harassment is primarily targeted at women who violate gender roles.” https://www-2.rotman.utoronto.ca/facbios/file/Berdahl%20JAP%202007.pdf Good to know.
Dec 01 2021
The Authority Gap, Mary Ann Sieghart – A MUST READ
As I was reading this book, I realized right away I wanted to post about it, so I started making a list of bits to mention, but very quickly there were just too many!! So – A MUST READ. This book is FULL of all the stats you ever wanted to support your personal experience: …
Nov 20 2021
Wealthy Americans – great piece at The Onion
Check it out! Wealthy Americans Assure Populace …
Nov 15 2021
Male Privilege: Case # 32,564,978
So I recently read a book written by a grassroots activist advocating government reform. It wasn’t excellent, but it did have a few good insights, and, frankly, I’m happy to see any books by activists and any books advocating government reform. That said, the book really grabbed my attention when I read the lengthy acknowledgements …
Nov 10 2021
College/University Students are Not Expected to Read
“A student who worked as a janitor at his college was sanctioned because he was seen reading a book called Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan … (The image on the cover was upsetting to the two people who reported him.) …” (The Coddling the American Mind, …
Nov 05 2021
Handing Over Our Thinking to Algorithms
I was struck by something Lukianoff and Haidt said in The Coddling of the American Mind when they describe the response to Rebecca Tuvel’s article (“In Defense of Transracialism”) in Hypatia: “It is striking how many of the critics’ complaints refer not to Tuvel’s arguments but to her word choices” (p105). At first, I thought, …
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