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[kbk]

*makes small noises of flail*

I am going to run away from the internet. I am going to read four papers which are background for my thing which is due in three-and-a-half days. Then I am going to curl up further under the duvet and possibly be warm again.

*shivers*

Just a little more feminist outrage will give me the energy to do this. (I have decided my topic is gendered publication in the field of library & information science. One of the papers I have... actually, that's enough to boost the outrage. According to student perceptions, the jobs with more prestige have less women in them. Sigh. I think the papers I have found are quite good and probably will go in my bibliography but I really ought to read them, to some extent. Sigh, again. OK. Outrage. Energy. Go.)

ETA: And, to my distinct lack of surprise, all seven authors represented are female. Because men don't even notice this shit.

ETAA: *jaw-drop* -> "Women are better at the keeping the customer happy often, making them feel comfortable, making the process nicer for everyone . . . is that a skill? Isn't that just women? (Male worker, [computer industry])" (Woodfield, 2002)

ETAAA: omg. done. though I will have to take more, thingy. citations to track down. but I can do that tomorrow. Unfortunately my chosen thing... might not have been chosen if I'd read the papers first. But oh well. I can blather. It's not like I have to actually do it. Just pretend that it's a good idea. Whatevs. omgsleeeeep. wwwaaaarrrrrmmmm.

Comments

[quasi-modo.livejournal.com]

I think it is fair to say feminists look for this kind of thing where as men do not as it is a woman's fight. The Term Feminism itself is gender specific

[safetypinrosie.livejournal.com]

For more possible feminist outrage-inducing articles see:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6153994.stm

grr.

[kbk]

Jesus McFuck!

I.. I...

Have you seen this: http://sigelphoenix.livejournal.com/56822.html
About rape, mostly, prompted by the Maryland court ruling (and this is the country that supposedly leads the world. Yikes.)

[kbk]

But... it... kinda. The basic principle of feminism is equality between the genders, and thus it ought to be a concern for everybody, but men-in-general are unwilling to give up their power in the interest of fairness. Though mostly it's just that they don't think of it.

[quasi-modo.livejournal.com]

If that were true it would not be called feminism. I do understand that women have to fight their corner as there are years of bias and stupidity to undo

My hope is that there are lots of men and women that think sexual prejustice is stupid. I cannot understand why a man and woman would be paid differently for doing the same job it just makes no sense.

[safetypinrosie.livejournal.com]

Aaargh.

Yes, indeed. I once had a conversation with a man that involved him saying something along the lines of "but how can a girl be raped by her boyfriend?The girl has already consented to sex with him". I pointed out (in rather blunt terms) that consenting to a one-off sex act does not involve some sort of unwritten contract in which you "sign the rights to your body over. And this was a guy who, up to that point, I had a good opinion of. He'd made what he thought was an innocent remark(!) and seemed a little scared by the response it provoked.

Gnnnn.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

*stabbage* now let's see someone train their sons to do exactly that Pleasing Others thing for all their lives. If it'll ever happen. ARGH.

More depressing news on the BBC site--that lovely "study" that loudly screams IT'S WOMEN'S FAULT THEY GET RAPED IF THEY EVER GET DRUNK. *stab*

[kbk]

ARGH.

I am equal parts outrage and depression, now. Why is world suck so much? Sigh.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

It's cuz we are MUTANTS with NO PENISES with which to gain automatic control to ENJOYING LIFE, yes. *headdesk*