“When I go to a venture-capital group of only men,” Nacy said, “I do most of the speaking, and my chief business officer and I watch faces. If they’re incredulous about something I’ve said, he’ll repeat the same thing—and then it’ll be just fine.” Read the whole article here.
Category: sexism
Feb 20 2023
“A disagreeable reality …” – aurora linnea
“A disagreeable reality of the patriarchal society in which we live is that, lacking a proactive effort to overturn male supremacy, when men and women come together in groups, the men rise to power. They take over, and what was supposed to be shared territory becomes just one more zone of patriarchy. This is because …
Feb 19 2023
Homophobia – great quote
“Homophobia is not actually straight men being afraid of gay men. It’s straight men afraid of any man treating them like they treat a woman.” quoted in Manifest: Transitional Wisdom on Male Privilege as a viral cartoon
Feb 15 2023
How to Negotiate a Raise (if you’re a woman)
Brilliant piece at McSweeney’s: How to Negotiate a Raise (if you’re a woman)
Jan 15 2023
Women and networking, putting yourself out there (why we find it hard) …
insights about women and networking (why we find it hard) from “Living the Life of the Mind” Charlotte Knowles (The Philosophers’ Magazine 90) “Reticence to put yourself out there or an uncomfortableness about marching up to a veritable stranger and introducing yourself, is something that I think is particularly common for those belonging to underrepresented …
Dec 30 2022
On getting paid. Or not.
So I was reading James Morrow’s The Wine of Violence and when I got to “Will the Journal of Evolution publish it? Publish, it, hell, they’ll make me an editor” (p25), I stopped, puzzled for a moment. Then it hit me. To Francis, the character whose thoughts those are, becoming an editor means status and …
Nov 24 2022
Male privilege
Excerpts from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/06/male-privilege-female-top-surgery-workplace “After returning to teaching, I started to receive very little, if any, pushback when I said no. This was especially the case with students. Within academia, it is not an uncommon belief that students make more requests (for grade changes, deadline extensions, and so on) of female-presenting professors. In my case, requests …
Nov 15 2022
Some great lines from Luke McKinney
Luke McKinney’s “The 8 Stupidest Defenses Against Accusations of Sexism” is worth the read, but a few lines stand out: “Of course, most of us don’t need special tactics to get laid. It turns out “not being an asshole” and “meeting other people” both work pretty well.” “Being a straight male is tremendous fun and …
Oct 20 2022
Apologies Women Need to Make (McSweeney’s List)
Brilliantly done! https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/apologies-women-need-to-make-sorry-its-true
Aug 13 2022
A tale of two athletes – thanks to ovarit
reposted from ovarit Unfuckingbelievable. Seriously.
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