I can't get over this sentence no matter how often I read it.
"Women showed no effects when told they were masculine; however, men given feedback suggesting they were feminine expressed more support for war, homophobic attitudes, and interest in purchasing an SUV."
@jmcrookston Yes.
I used to have a job selling mobile phones, and my area manager once said basically this - "if the customer says he needs to check with his wife first, then smirk and say "oh, right?" - he'll either buckle because you've questioned who wears the trousers, and if he doesn't, then hey, you've still made him look weak"
@neonsnake @jmcrookston a special fuck you to some FlexRadio rep at Hamvention 2023, who, when I mentioned that it was out of my budget, assumed that the friend that was with me was my wife, and to her face blamed her for not letting me buy a radio
(I was literally walking past the FlexRadio booth to buy a radio, too)
@bhtooefr @jmcrookston ooofff!
Yeah, there's a very odd thing in retail world where it's a "given fact" that "her indoors" controls the purse-strings.
I recall another incident where my CEO sent us all out to a particular different shop, to look at their tickets, and how well written they were, as a learning exercise (the other retailer sold bicycles, primarily)
Their tickets were, genuinely, very good, and you could easily see what you were getting for your money.
Someone described it as "if you overspent by £200, you could easily explain why to the missus when she bollocks you, amirite?"
@neonsnake @bhtooefr @jmcrookston
It was succinctly put to me by a friend who, as a young female engineer back in the '80s (when almost all engineers were men and SUVs were a wet dream stain on an automaker's bedding):
"The larger their engines, the smaller their dicks."
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