women these days

Mar 09, 2009 08:14

Lately a couple things have troubled me in terms of the semantics used by organizations or writers with regards to feminism ( Read more... )

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skepticle March 9 2009, 16:00:07 UTC
I'm feeling ya, but I live in a state that encourages girls 8-12 to attend dance classes and beauty pageants where the only thing "taught" is how to be objectified.

Those at least seem like baby steps in the right direction?
perfect, no.

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sculptruth March 9 2009, 18:54:19 UTC
I can't believe after all this time, these little steps are as far as we've come. I'll take what I can get and have gratitude for those before me, believe me, but jesus. The "let's bake cookies" thing feels so true.

And I'm not even in the tech industry. :P

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staticengine March 9 2009, 18:59:52 UTC
Who let you out of the kitchen?

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benevolentia March 10 2009, 01:39:15 UTC
I know, especially because we all know it's the boys who should be baking the cookies ( ... )

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