Etdlahq Memorial Bar - your shelter from forum crashes
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Hell, I was 19 in 1983. Guess that makes me an amino acid looking for something bond with.
~30 mins ago on the course website for a class I'm TAing (intro chem) I saw a notification for a "feminist identity survey".
I knew in advance it would disappoint me and it did. It was laced with loaded questions painting women (and only women) as great victims in the western world of oppression by men (and only men). It even had questions like "Sometimes I feel like I need to be around people who share my feminist ideals" which I can only imagine alludes to the "safe space" attitudes I've noticed come to attention at colleges/universities when people are so threatened by ideas (yes, ideas!) that they need to be coddled.
Anyway, it was a survey geared towards first years and was intended to compare people in a feminist class to those not within one. Wow, geez, I wonder what the results will be? I have a sneaking suspicion that the feminist class might be just a tad biased ("informed") towards accepting the patriarchal subjugation of women.
One question that gave me a good laugh was (paraphrased) "I think things were better in the 1950s when women were housewives and their husbands supported them".
Uh, who in their right mind thinks things people were better off when medicine, education and just about everything was worse in the 1950s?
I will say that it sucks that women used to have less of a choice when it came to such things. It also sucks that men had less of a choice when it came to such things. I have a difficult time seeing how people see cultural attitudes and norms as only negatively affecting one half of the population. Sigh
I knew in advance it would disappoint me and it did. It was laced with loaded questions painting women (and only women) as great victims in the western world of oppression by men (and only men). It even had questions like "Sometimes I feel like I need to be around people who share my feminist ideals" which I can only imagine alludes to the "safe space" attitudes I've noticed come to attention at colleges/universities when people are so threatened by ideas (yes, ideas!) that they need to be coddled.
Anyway, it was a survey geared towards first years and was intended to compare people in a feminist class to those not within one. Wow, geez, I wonder what the results will be? I have a sneaking suspicion that the feminist class might be just a tad biased ("informed") towards accepting the patriarchal subjugation of women.
One question that gave me a good laugh was (paraphrased) "I think things were better in the 1950s when women were housewives and their husbands supported them".
Uh, who in their right mind thinks things people were better off when medicine, education and just about everything was worse in the 1950s?
I will say that it sucks that women used to have less of a choice when it came to such things. It also sucks that men had less of a choice when it came to such things. I have a difficult time seeing how people see cultural attitudes and norms as only negatively affecting one half of the population. Sigh
Probably another amino acid
I saw this the other day, I thought you might like it.
I am not anti-feminism at all, but the cartoon does sum up some modern feminists.
Well it does highlight the reality that disparities in a given field are due to choices. Personally, I think there probably are biases for women to go one way and men another. Ofc, I don't see this as some sexist conspiracy or even inherently problematic like some people do (just like I don't think it's inherently problematic that men take more dangerous jobs and have lower job satisfaction - I don't go and appeal to a matriarchy that is suppressing men from having jobs that are safe and enjoyable).
They all changed to the same hair and glasses look in that comic which I'm sure was purposeful but is creepy
They all changed to the same hair and glasses look in that comic which I'm sure was purposeful but is creepy
thefranklin
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Women think they are oppressed in the western world? Go to the middle east...
I showed my wife (a top notch educator) that graphic, and she alerted me that they are changing STEM to STEAM and the STREAM. The added letters are....drum roll... Art. And then Religion. At least one of them can have women now?
I showed my wife (a top notch educator) that graphic, and she alerted me that they are changing STEM to STEAM and the STREAM. The added letters are....drum roll... Art. And then Religion. At least one of them can have women now?
You seen the Mythbusters killer ceiling fan episode?
djmbbandie
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*serves Dew
*serves wine
*serves sangria
*serves coffee
*serves wine
*serves sangria
*serves coffee
BBQ time!
djmbbandie
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*prepares bbq
How's everything been?
*serves celebratory drinks and Dew
How's everything been?
*serves celebratory drinks and Dew
