Bra-Burners and Feminist Activists: A Wee Primer
Category: Stereotypes We Know And Love
Alas, there is no answer sheet, except the one provided by your own pre-existing (mis)conceptions and biases. Enjoy.
Posted by Zuska at 9:40 PM • 25 Comments •
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You will be wanting to read my excellent essay, 'Suzy the Computer' vs. 'Dr. Sexy': What's a Geek Girl to Do When She Wants to Get Laid? in She's Such a Geek! Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff.
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You should also read They Blinded Me With Science: Misuse and Misunderstanding of Biological Theory, an excellent critique of Thornhill and Palmer's nonsense about rape as an evolutionary strategy. You can find it in Burack and Josephson's must-read tome, Fundamental Differences: Feminists Talk Back to Social Conservatives.
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Maternal Sentimentality and "The Box"
Category: Isn't It Ironic?
While this convoluted script riddled with plot holes begs you to suspend disbelief in quantities you didn't even know you possessed, even the crazy writers knew that nobody was going to buy a climactic scene in which Daddy begs Mommy to shoot him for the sake of the kid.
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D00ds - Step AWAY From Your Caves!
Category: Announcements
Every manly man of means these days has gotta have a man-cave, right? Every man gotta be a caveman, right? Wrong. D00ds, step away from your caves! You must read The Caveman Mystique, and if you cannot, as a self-respecting...
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Please Don't Disturb My Complacency!
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
Sooooo....it appears some of you take your comics quite seriously. At least, should one be so foolish as to point out painfully obvious, boringly everyday occurrences of sexism.
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Category: Burns My Shorts
Because math is HARD, Barbie! For girls, anyway. Right??!!?!?!
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The Proper Way To Be A Woman In Science
Category: Daily Struggles
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Category: Geekalicious
Mac commercials depend upon the stereotype of the PC user as a geeky un-cool white dude.
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Women and Their Sexy Hawt Bodies: Reprise
Category: Burns My Shorts
So, to recap: A couple of women are having a conversation, and the topic turns to tit-ogling. "No one should be staring at my tits in the workplace," they all agree. "That makes me uncomfortable, creates a hostile work environment,...
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Stereotype Threat in a Real-Life Setting
Category: Stereotypes We Know And Love
A great post at eduwonkette looks at gender and stereotype threat in math performance. Stereotype threat has been well-documented in "laboratory" settings, but eduwonkette reports on a study in a real-life setting: These men and women were, by all accounts,...
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Physioprof at Feministe
Category: Announcements
Hello, dear readers...if there are any of you left...I've been away for a week taking care of mom, plus the usual migraine breaks...back home now, and hoping to get back in the blogging groove asap. Meanwhile, Physioprof is off guest-blogging...
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