Mia6d ago
Jules

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.

Mar 21 at 9:52pmWeb
Show threadJulia in Fin(n)land ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸชโฌ›Mar 22
@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.
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.
Show threadm_on_stairMar 22
@quidcumque stuff being gendered does not make it sexist holyy
Show threadJackieMar 22
@quidcumque I am a trans woman in STEM. I am one of the only women in my uni department (physics, engineering, and astronomy) overall, with the rest being a handful of transmasculine people and a boatload of men
Show threadJackieMar 22
@quidcumque there are like ~6 women in my department and dozens of men.
Show threadAlan Langford ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿงค๐ŸงŠๆ‘6d ago
@quidcumque Let us not forget the burial of the achievements of women. I recently saw an interview with one of these manosphere shits, and the guy says look around you, everything you see was built by men, not women. The fact that the (male) interviewer didn't have a dozen or more counterexamples available from memory really pissed me off. The fact that I don't have more than just one or two really pisses me off as well.
Show threadJules6d ago
@alan yes!!!
Show threadRenata ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿˆ6d ago
@quidcumque I am a woman in STEM, I have a career of 25+ years and I have had only been managed by women twice in my life.
Show threadadritheonly5d ago
@quidcumque It can be as simple and cutting as getting "the look" when offering to help doing a job normally associated with the boys.