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Kristin Kwan Daphne 2018

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Once women start doing a job, “It just doesn’t look like it’s as important to the bottom line or requires as much skill,” said Paula England, a sociology professor at New York University. “Gender bias sneaks into those decisions.”

She is a co-author of one of the most comprehensive studies of the phenomenon, using United States census data from 1950 to 2000, when the share of women increased in many jobs. The study, which she conducted with Asaf Levanon, of the University of Haifa in Israel, and Paul Allison of the University of Pennsylvania, found that when women moved into occupations in large numbers, those jobs began paying less even after controlling for education, work experience, skills, race and geography.

And there was substantial evidence that employers placed a lower value on work done by women. “It’s not that women are always picking lesser things in terms of skill and importance,” Ms. England said. “It’s just that the employers are deciding to pay it less.”

A striking example is to be found in the field of recreation — working in parks or leading camps — which went from predominantly male to female from 1950 to 2000. Median hourly wages in this field declined 57 percentage points, accounting for the change in the value of the dollar, according to a complex formula used by Professor Levanon. The job of ticket agent also went from mainly male to female during this period, and wages dropped 43 percentage points.

The same thing happened when women in large numbers became designers (wages fell 34 percentage points), housekeepers (wages fell 21 percentage points) and biologists (wages fell 18 percentage points).

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Male and Female Sexualization are NOT Equally Bad

given the new popularity of games and other media such as Love and Deepspace and yaoi and stuff, i see many men going 'SEE! women are just as depraved as men are, now stop complaining about female sexualization in games!'

and oh my god you idiots. lets take some super typical examples from popular media. what differences can we see?

note how much male 'sexualization' (more of a power fantasy on men's part) focuses on musculature, on explicit strength, power, vigor and toughness. they don't even need to be showing any skin. all these are considered sexually attractive by men and women, as a result of our lovely culture. now for female sexualization, its mostly about the showing the (unnatural) curves and arches of their body, being coy and inviting, passive and alluring. women are a spectacle to be acted upon and men are the actors.

look at the filmography, angles and posing for each image, look at how sexy men are shown as relaxed, yet towering and active, and how sexy women are dressed skimpily, are coy and posing unnaturally to invite attention. this is the standard across genres, aimed at both men and women.

imagine if you opened a survival game you were greeted with a man in booty shorts and a ragged crop top, with his back arched, looking longingly at the the player. is it the same as a shirtless man with defined abs and a smoldering look? exactly, it is fucking NOT the same. men would consider it extremely humiliating to be sexualized the way women are sexualized. if its humiliating for a man to do, its humiliating for a woman to do, you're just used to women being humiliated.

take a moment and imagine if sexy women were almost only shown as dominant, active and physically strong, and sexy men as only meek, coy and passive. now imagine if these unnaturally posed meek, coy and passive sexualized male characters were absolutely everywhere, in games, tv shows and movies where it made no sense for them to be there. imagine if they were the only male characters present and you couldn't change their looks. if this held true for at least half of all sexualized characters in media, i would cede my position and admit that male and female sexualization are just as bad as each other. until then, shut the fuck up 😘

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So many "are the straights ok??" videos, and most of them are just men abusing women. haha right. so funny and strange and subversive - men abusing women in heterosexual relationships. never seen that before. it's because they're straight, and not because of the patriarchal system of oppression, so we can laugh at the hurt, offended, humiliated women, it's fine.

I hate when people go “lmao straight people are crazy” about something that is just men oppressing women

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every time I click on a post to see something outrageous a "radical feminist" did/said it's about a conservative dude for some reason

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dramatically and violently turns into a werewolf and then continues doing the same thing I was doing before

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love the variety of animal that I like to call “the sneefers”

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Kolęda - during winter months in Poland, just after Christmas and even after New Years you can be visited by a group of wandering carolers (kolędnicy) who go door to door, singing christmas carols and pastorałki , wishing health and good fortune for the occupants of the house (in exchange of small fee of money or something good to eat). The characters seen in the group vary depending on the region of Poland, but most of the time we can meet - a Death, a Devil, an Angel, an Old man (dziad) or old woman (baba), someone could see a King, a bearer of the colourful star that make them more visble, but almost always you will meet Turoń - a bovine like creature with large mouth and horns, opening and closing it's mouth threathningly. Then again, it's also a custom in other eastern european countries so the lineup may be different. These ones look friendly, right? Why don't you let them in?

(watercolour on paper, digital re-touch)

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It’s that time of year again where everyone and their mother watches it

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Love seeing something from TikTok and going “girlie that is literally what led to the downfall of the Papal States”

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We truly will never be free because why is this most women’s response to another woman not shaving the hair they all naturally grow from their bodies? Acting as though it’s some alien sight. And what’s sad is I knew how these were gonna be before I even opened them. This visceral of a response over fucking armpit hair meanwhile men can look like literal werewolves and no one gives a fuck. Yet a post pubescent woman growing the hair (and I cannot stress this enough) that was intended to grow from her body has everyone ruffling their feathers. It’s truly mind boggling to me. Even beyond how misogynistic it is, it’s also just plain rude. To feel this comfortable making these comments on a woman who’s doing nothing but enjoying her life just because she’s not fitting the patriarchal standard to a tee.

Anyways this woman is beautiful and it’s insane how society has brainwashed women into seeing shaving, something so ridiculous and a general waste of time, as a requirement to be presentable. And to the point where you’re shunned for not doing so. But remember ladies, It’s a woman’s choice to shave/wax every inch of their body until they’re hairless. And if you critique this ritual YOU’RE the misogynist #choicefeminist 🤪

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Don't worry, they aren't bugs.

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Honestly Gisele was the “perfect victim”: married, not out at bars or scantily dressed or anything else that could be “blamed” on her. Her own husband drugged her and let men rape her, there was video evidence, they admitted to it.

And still. Dominique got 20 years. Most of the other men got nowhere near that. I never want to hear that the justice system is biased toward women ever ever again in my life when a “perfect victim” had to struggle so hard and STILL got no real justice.

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Rape Culture: If a woman drinks alcohol and gets raped, it’s partially her fault. If you don’t want to get raped, you shouldn’t be drinking.

Men at bars: Can I buy you a drink?

Me: No thanks.

Men at bars: What the fuck, why not? Come on. Come ON, let me buy you some alcohol. God, I was being nice. Why would you turn down my generous offer? I guess chivalry really is dead. What a bitch.