Damn².
"“Intellectual disability” is the reserve tank into which anyone who needs a justification for other, supposedly more arguable discriminations, can dip momentarily, an insurance policy guaranteeing that some of the normal population are more intelligent than others: that is, both individually (I more than you, my child more than yours) and in groups (men more than women, whites more than blacks, self-improvers more than the underclass). A society that congratulates itself on celebrating diversity must understand that signing up to an intelligence hierarchy among individuals necessarily entails, in the small print, signing up to and keeping on the back-burner an intelligence hierarchy among ethnic, gendered and class-based groups."
(source : see first toot)

#ableism #sexism #racism

@amydiehl women don't *stay* in STEM like men do, still, however. The leaky pipeline is still real.
More women going to uni and being at early-level isn't enough.
We don't just need to break gender stereotypes. We need to break misogyny. Patriarchy.

So long as society degrades the feminine and strictly defines it so that masculinity is built in opposition, we have problems. For everyone, but especially women and girls.

Men can and should address these biases. We cannot fight for all of them *and* for us. However much we say patriarchy harms everyone. They don't do anything about it until it gets in their way. Men who don't respect women don't listen to us anyway.

Men: step up. Stop telling boys they have to be strong, exciting, daredevil workers like pilots and firefighters. And redefine what strength is.

My doctor and nurse friends who deal with people at their most intimate, difficult moments? That's strength, too. Moreso in many cases. Dealing with a classroom full of children?? I am not strong enough for that.

This is brain dump ramble, but. #sexism #misogyny #womenInSTEM #feminism