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> "If this piece didn't want to be sexist it could have removed gender entirely from the piece." Reference to a cultural phenomenon backed up with statistical

> "If this piece didn't want to be sexist it could have removed gender entirely from the piece." Reference to a cultural phenomenon backed up with statistical evidence is not inherently sexist. If you don't think the issues described are statistically more likely to be experienced by women, even though there's strong evidence to the contrary, what message do you think that sends out?

alexandercrohde 9y ago
What statistical evidence? I think a wide-ranging study on this topic would be interesting. However, I also don't know what the point would be of breaking it down by gender (any more than you'd break it down by race). Wouldn't you be better served to have instead spent that time figuring out how to fix the problem (how do you explain it effectively) rather than whom to blame?
- ZenoArrow 9y ago
  > "What statistical evidence? I think a wide-ranging study on this topic would be interesting." Here's one study, there are others available online too... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170926105448.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170926105448.h...
  - alexandercrohde 9y ago
    Dude, I can't anymore. I thought this had nothing to do with chores but only "emotionally draining" things. I don't know if I buy the premise there's a difference in which sex is drained more, I don't think you can extend an argument to a whole gender based on a % difference in averages, I don't know if it matters who is drained more, I don't know if the cause is cultural, I don't know the answer is blog posts rather than spouses just telling each other how they feel, I don't buy that this is a pressing problem worthy of my focus (as compared to say, pesticides). I guess I don't know why I engaged with this article anymore, lol. But no worries, you tried to explain it and that sincerity counts for something.

alexandercrohde 9y ago

What statistical evidence? I think a wide-ranging study on this topic would be interesting. However, I also don't know what the point would be of breaking it down by gender (any more than you'd break it down by race). Wouldn't you be better served to have instead spent that time figuring out how to fix the problem (how do you explain it effectively) rather than whom to blame?

ZenoArrow 9y ago
> "What statistical evidence? I think a wide-ranging study on this topic would be interesting." Here's one study, there are others available online too... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170926105448.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170926105448.h...
- alexandercrohde 9y ago
  Dude, I can't anymore. I thought this had nothing to do with chores but only "emotionally draining" things. I don't know if I buy the premise there's a difference in which sex is drained more, I don't think you can extend an argument to a whole gender based on a % difference in averages, I don't know if it matters who is drained more, I don't know if the cause is cultural, I don't know the answer is blog posts rather than spouses just telling each other how they feel, I don't buy that this is a pressing problem worthy of my focus (as compared to say, pesticides). I guess I don't know why I engaged with this article anymore, lol. But no worries, you tried to explain it and that sincerity counts for something.