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re choking during sex

https://theequitablehome.substack.com/p/choking-during-sex-went-from-rare

“T]elling a young man he might give a girl a brain injury was not sufficient reason for him to stop, but telling him it might land him in court was.”

Women, understand this. Remember this.

And this:

“So: choking is strangulation. Strangulation causes brain damage that leaves no bruise …

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Men Need Sex (fiction from Fighting Words)

We got so tired of hearing that.  Men need sex.  There were so many iterations, so many variations  … 

In 1943, Maslow, in his hierarchy of needs, included sex among the physiological needs that must be satisfied before anything else.  Unfortunately, his theory, along with an unforgettable pyramid illustration, became accepted as fact, …

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from The End of Men, Hanna Rosin

Recommended! 

A few quotes and notes …

“Women … make up almost 60 percent today [of pharmacists]…” p118

And the average income was $110,000/yr (and that was in 2012!)

“‘Get a college degree!  If you get a degree we will give you a shitload of money … and yet men …

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In every roomful of men …

https://zawn.substack.com/p/5-statistics-about-misogynistic-violence

“Dating men is statistically the most dangerous thing a woman can do—followed closely by living with and having children with men.”

Men, read that sentence again. And again. And again. Until you get it.

“The specific statistics each study uncovered vary a bit, as you might expect. But the findings …

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Excellent piece on calling women crazy

https://zawn.substack.com/p/why-is-patriarchy-so-obsessed-with

“We tell women deprived of sleep and support in the postpartum period that their exhaustion must be due to their crazy woman hormones. When girls enter puberty—and the world of dehumanization and male abuse it brings—we pretend their distress is due to vague “puberty hormones.” And when, after a lifetime of exploitation, …

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A woman alone

“When a woman is all alone, she stands out as a woman, but she becomes invisible as a person.” 

Malcolm Gladwell (in Revenge of the Tipping Point, p123) paraphrasing Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who is speaking about women in groups, such as at work or in sport.

Bbut I’m thinking it describes women …

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Fighting Words (a story from Fighting Words)

She was so tired of it.  They all were.  Every day, as they walked from one classroom to the next, or to the cafeteria, or to the gym, “Hey, ho!”  “Gonna do me?”  “C’mere, I got somethin’ for you!” 

Then from school to the bus stop.  “Y’all jus’ bitches, you know that, right?” …

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“Don’t Have Children” by Kate Manne

https://katemanne.substack.com/p/dont-have-children

Check out Feminist Works on Substack

https://feministworks.substack.com/archive

https://feministworks.substack.com/archive

I’ve just discovered this and already I’ve read several EXCELLENT articles …

https://virginiaweaver.substack.com/p/women-do-not-owe-you-your-manhood

https://sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/29-from-the-world-cup-to-the-senate

https://feminists.substack.com/p/who-elected-the-algorithm

https://badwoman.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-men-as-simple-creatures

Man or Bear … and still clueless

So I recently posted this on a local Facebook page: “I’m looking for a woman with carpentry skills and tools to build a sound-absorbing enclosure for a generator. Please leave a message.”*

Three men and three women replied.

Two of the men made light of my preference for a woman (“I could …

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