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Jul 01
A quick note about sexual harassment
Annoyance is the least of it. Especially when it happens in the workplace, it’s distracting; let’s just get the job done.
Then there’s the disgust, the eew factor, of a man jiggling his crotch, for example, while looking at us. We do not find that appealing; we are not aroused by that.
Then there’s the …
Jul 01
Reading In Our Time, Susan Brownmiller
In In Our Time, Susan Brownmiller, the author of the ground-breaking Against Our Will tell what it was like, the second-wave feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Highly recommended.
p2 re jobs for men and women
p5-6 what it was like before abortion was legal
“Women the world over are required to modify their …
Jun 24
The Psychosis of Jocks
And another thing (from Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes): the guy who considered his football game to be far more important than knowing whether or not his girlfriend was pregnant. Not unusual. Most men worship football.
Guys, especially jocks—you have been brainwashed. It’s a fucking GAME. A game of tag with a game of catch. To see …
Jun 24
Maryann (substack) on women’s health
FemmeHealth Ventures Alliance
Only 12% of AI researchers are women.
We are training algorithms to diagnose female bodies using data created by men who’ve never had a period, never been pregnant, never felt dismissed by a doctor who said their pain was “stress.”
Meanwhile 60% of women say doctors don’t take their health seriously.
…
Jun 04
Research into male/female differences: is a redo required?
Does any research into the differences between male and female distinguish between females who have experienced pregnancy and childbirth and those who have not? It’s doubtful, since most research is conducted by men, to whom making such a distinction would not even occur.
But there are permanent changes to the brain as a result of …
Jun 04
Unpregnant (the movie)
The movie titled Unpregnant has been on my list for a while, but I’ve just subscribed to CRAVE.
One, I was appalled to see that the movie is categorized as a comedy.
I suspect the categorizing is done not by CRAVE staff, but according to the movie’s submitted metadata, which means it’s the writer, director …
Jun 03
from Slow Motion: changing masculinities, changing men, Lynne Segal
“The question of why it is men, and most often fathers or step-fathers, who sexually abuse children is not addressed [in recent books on fathering].” p55
“And far from criticizing women for failing to satisfy men’s needs, feminists … question whence these ‘needs’ derive, and whether these needs themselves should not be seen as the …
Jun 02
a few of the many insights in Holly Bourne’s When We Were Friends
“That song [“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” by Carole King) is the most true song that’s ever been written.” p175
“Speaking so loudly [about football] and with such arrogant authority that everyone else sort of had to listen.” p219
“Is it just me or is it crazy that football chat is taken seriously when …
May 11
from Jodi Picoult’s By Any Other Name
“… he’d said the main character in her play was unrelatable, because she made questionable choices. At the time, he was producing a revival of Sweeney Todd, about a barber with anger-management issues who murdered his patrons.” p163
Mar 29
The APA, Gender, and Sex – great post
The American Psychological Association – Out of Touch and Deep in the Gender Weeds.
Books by Peg Tittle
Writing as Jass Richards
Writing as Chris Wind
