JulesMar 21

One thing the recent sexism discussion made clear to me: many people, when asked whether they witnessed sexism, talk about isolated sexist *remarks* they witnessed or didn't witness: catcalling, fuckability scoring, demeaning commentary about body weight.

But sexism is *structural*, and witnessing sexism also means witnessing mansplaining, almost exclusively male engineering classes or upper management ranks, gendered clothing and toys for toddlers, parenting advice for "moms", and much more.

Show threadJulia in Fin(n)land 🟨⬜🟪⬛
@quidcumque Thank you for reminding me (and I hope I'll remember it should the need arise) that I'm witnessing sexism every day right here at home. I live in an assisted-living facility, and all but one of our nurses are female. It was a bit of an event when, some years ago, a new batch of trainees arrived and one of them turned out to be male.
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Show threadJulesMar 22
@juliainfinland oh yes, that's a good example too! There's a male trainee at my kids' daycare and that also was an event.