Ubiquitous? Actually, no.
PZ has a post on The Cunt Question (that’s where I saw Maki Naro’s tweet, and there are more there). The defenses are hilarious, irrational, and indignant. It’s incredibly common to see people protest...
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Richard Scudamore, the head of the Premier League, supports women’s football, good on him, but – he talks the drearily familiar way about them when he lets his hair down. Premier League chief Richard...
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Cameron does Cabinet reshuffle. Cameron increases the number of women in the Cabinet. News media report on reshuffle and increase in number of women. What’s the next sentence? You know this one....
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His latest project
Aaaaaaaaand again: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/764224201205116929 There are some…lively responses to that tweet. Punished Venonat @hamsandcastle 18 hours ago @JDrutman @nytimes Elon Musk gave...
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David Brooks demands more feminine niceness from Clinton
I’ve never been able to figure out how David Brooks ever got to be David Brooks. He’s so staggeringly conventional and mediocre and empty – what does anyone see in him? Upholding his record of...
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Creeping modesty
Gee, a sexism hat trick. The Israeli government is imposing “modesty” rules at government-sponsored events. Israel’s Culture Ministry is to introduce new rules about how modestly performers should...
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Just 10 manly calories
A friend told me it’s not just Yorkies – it’s Dr Pepper too. Clearly this is not meant literally; clearly it’s ironic in some sense…and yet. Again: would they do the same thing “for white people”...
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Real men battling snakes
Jim Hightower was on the Dr Pepper FOR MEN story in 2011. It seems that the honchos over at the Dr Pepper Snapple Group have done intensive market analysis and found that men think of diet drinks...
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Only one part
Classics of Mansplaining, entry #whateveritisnow. You are missing the point. Walter Holt @walcarpit 24 hours ago Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Methinks you are missing the point @boodleoops...
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The battle for gender equality can’t be won unless men lead it
Suzanne Moore is delighted that Bono won a Woman of the Year award. Ok maybe delighted isn’t exactly the right word. Bono’s peers have given him all sorts: from a knighthood (honorary knight commander...
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Fight fiercely Harvard
Oh what a surprise. The Harvard Crimson October 25: In what appears to have been a yearly team tradition, a member of Harvard’s 2012 men’s soccer team produced a document that, in sexually explicit...
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Blatant and rampant discrimination against women directors
Speaking of Hollywood…there’s that whole thing about how they systematically and deliberately keep women out. The ACLU put out a statement about a federal probe last year. I wonder if Trump will be...
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Her baby bump at the United Nations
Are you serious. Amal Clooney shows off her baby bump at the United Nations https://t.co/0Vkr8aad1D — TIME (@TIME) March 10, 2017 There’s a string of angry retorts to that insulting tweet – such as...
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She had to convince clients to respect her
What happens when a man accidentally uses a woman’s name on the job? Martin R. Schneider, an editor for the movie-reviewing site Front Row Central based in Philadelphia, realised men and women are...
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He has ideas, she has smiles
From Facebook: Morrisons, are you serious? Boys’ top: “Little Man, Big Ideas” Girls’ top: “Little Girl, Big Smiles” Boys’ top: “King Of The Castle” Girls’ top: “Pretty Little Me” This has to be a joke,...
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Generally less central
Study comes up with the least surprising findings ever: A new study from the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering found that films were likely to contain fewer women and...
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Guest post: Playing it to the hilt
Originally a comment by iknklast on Genius shmenius. While at a play this weekend, I found myself wondering something I have wondered frequently: Why is it that men dressed as women is considered...
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Guest post: The instructor never sits the males down
Originally a comment by iknklast on A notoriously testosterone-charged profession. Where I teach, we frequently get female students in the automotive department. The instructor sits them down and...
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Must have
Says it all. To be clear: @marksandspencer believe that the 'MUST HAVES' are: For MEN: 'outfits to impress' For WOMEN: 'fancy little knickers' Imagine for a moment if those window displays were...
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