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In one of the infographics, high-heeled shoes represent women and mustaches represent men. Seems strange to choose two gender attributes that are so ... option
by jawns 9y ago
In one of the infographics, high-heeled shoes represent women and mustaches represent men. Seems strange to choose two gender attributes that are so ... optional.
- leetcrew 9y agoseems like a poor choice to represent women with high-heels in an infographic about gender-based pay gaps.
- tomwinter 9y agoyou are right, I'll correct it and change it to universal gender symbols in a moment
- ttoinou 9y agoI thought it was very funny. It was like you HAD to include gender pay gap to be politically correct, so you included a little joke to compensate
- tomwinter 9y agoand it's corrected, thank you
- ttoinou 9y agoOr you could remove the gender gap section, I think it is pretty sexist to separate people into two groups based on their socially accepted biological birth sex
- ataturk 9y agoIt wasn't necessary to correct it. There is nothing bad about celebrating differences as well as similarities. And there is great debate about why there is a gender pay gap and it's not a settled issue by any means. I think most of you are too young to remember the ERA in the 1970s and why that failed. Women in tech are a great thing, but smart women don't have to go into tech and that's fine.
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- badpun 9y agoHow many men were high heels and how many women have mustache? I don't think the infographics introduce confusion.
- jawns 9y agoI didn't say it introduces confusion. It's clear that the high-heeled shoes are meant to represent women and the mustache is meant to represent men. I merely noted that it seemed strange, because although both of those attributes are associated with a particular gender, in reality each represent only a minority of people. For instance, among my co-workers, only a minority of women regularly wear high-heeled shoes, and only a minority of men have mustaches. It would be similarly weird if women were represented by Virginia Slims cigarettes and men as Montecristo cigars. Yes, more women than men smoke Virginia Slims, and more men than women smoke Montecristos, so each is identifiable with a specific gender. But my point is, most people don't smoke!
- throwaway2016a 9y agoThat's not the point. No one was confused. Heels are a controversial thing in the work place. Some people see them as a symbol of oppression for women because they are uncomfortable and serve little purpose but to make women taller and their legs look longer (which to many people translates to sexier). On the flip side. In past history men have worn high heels too. And some feminists see them as a symbol of empowerment. There have been more than a few controversies over workplaces forcing woman to wear hears. Especially on jobs where they are on their feet all day like retail. In any case, not the best choice of a symbol.