Universities in the US tend to be fairly liberal places (real universities, not Trump University or right wing Christian Loony universities), and scientists are obviously logical, rational people – so the sexual harassment of women ought to be fairly rare for female science undergraduates and graduates, right?
No fucking chance. A survey conducted at the University of Texas System [Swartout, K. (2018). University of Texas...
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In part one I listed; patriarchy, male privilege, discrimination, sexual harassment and violence against women, and the sexual objectification of women. I said we’d look at them one by one. In parts two to five, I covered patriarchy, male privilege, discrimination & sexual harassment and violence against women. So, at last, the end.
The sexual objectification of women – sexual objectification of girls and women...
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In part one I listed; patriarchy, male privilege, discrimination, sexual harassment and violence against women, and the sexual objectification of women. I said we’d look at them one by one. In parts two, three, & four, I covered patriarchy, male privilege & discrimination, so let’s try another one (in two sections). And I have to say, I am fucking dreading doing this one:
Sexual harassment...
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In part one I listed; patriarchy, male privilege, discrimination, sexual harassment and violence against women, and the sexual objectification of women. I said we’d look at them one by one. In parts two & three, covered patriarchy & male privilege, so let’s try another one:
Discrimination – and here, obviously, I mean sex discrimination against women*. Sex discrimination can refer to beliefs and attitudes in...
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In part one I listed; patriarchy, male privilege, discrimination, sexual harassment and violence against women, and the sexual objectification of women. I said we’d look at them one by one. In part two, I wittered on about patriarchy, so let’s try another one:
male privilege – Right. Good one. This stems from patriarchy – as does pretty much everything in radical feminism – but male...
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OK, I still feel like death warmed up, but on with the show.
In part one I listed; patriarchy, male privilege, discrimination, sexual harassment and violence against women, and the sexual objectification of women. I said we’d look at them one by one. So here we go:
Patriarchy – well now, the OED (or The Dictionary) says:
· A form of social organization in...
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infernum:
Take some rest! I hope you get better soon
babal:
*Hug*
The word misogyny is a borrowing from Greek, μισογυνία, meaning hatred or dislike of, or prejudice against, women. So let's take a moment to examine the status of women in Classical Athens.
Under Athenian law, women's rights were limited: They were barred completely from political life. An Athenian woman was not permitted to represent herself in law (they needed a man, of course), although...
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Most women don't speak out when they're sexually harassed or even assaulted or raped. This is a documented fact, even in liberal societies where such harassment is illegal, and - in the workplace - even in companies that have good ways if dealing with it, HR departments that care, and have well-defined processes to follow. There are several reasons why women don’t speak out:
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It’s hard to believe that Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was not a hebephile. I for sure believe he was. I suppose I should explain what a hebephile is, for those lucky enough not to have come across the word.
“Hebephilia is the sexual preference for early adolescent children (those roughly ages 11 to 14). Some evidence suggests that hebephilia...
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Isaac Asimov was a feminist. At least, in his own mind, Isaac Asimov was a feminist. Isaac Asimov was certainly one of the Big Three writers of Science Fiction’s Golden age (along with Robert Heinlein - and I’m not even going to start on that foul hebephile* – and Arthur C. Clarke), and was my favourite author throughout my childhood.
But he was sure as...
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