Here's the introduction from the Official Shrub web site about the "We Can't be Equal While..." list:
Warning: The following post is a list that links to many examples of why the idea that we Westerners live in a genderblind society, meaning that we have achieved total equality, is a myth. And if you are a man who reads this list and thinks that women should stop “whining” about the “small stuff” then you are just proving the point that this list is trying to make.
We Can’t Be Equal While: Part 1: Gender Roles
-Men are the default and women are the Other (and therefore lesser).
-Being called “girly” or a “sissy” or “*ussy” are some of the worst insults you can give a man.
-When a woman shows confidence in herself, she is said to have *alls, or conversely she is a man-eater, *all-buster, or a *itch because she was too assertive.
-Men are beat up, ridiculed, or made fun of for being effeminate and women are beat up & ridiculed for being masculine
2007-09-23
06:48:29
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edith clarke
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Social Science
➔ Gender Studies
The Official Shrub.com web site requests that the rest of the list not be copied so you'll have to click on the link to check out the other "We Can’t Be Equal While" questions for these areas:
-Gender roles,
-Relationships, Sex, and Sexuality,
-The Public Sphere,
-Appearance, Bodily Sovereignty, and Personhood
We Can’t Be Equal While..:
http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2005-11-22_72
2007-09-23
06:52:13 ·
update #1