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Perhaps on a macro level gender issues have been covered at a surface level. However most people don't grasp how ingrained gender biases exist in everyday situa
by mr_bojangles 8y ago
Perhaps on a macro level gender issues have been covered at a surface level. However most people don't grasp how ingrained gender biases exist in everyday situations or in this case, literature. This is an interesting project to bring those more nuanced or subtle biases to light.
- 1000units 8y agoEverybody already knows about the missing tampons in the men's restroom. Tell me about the little kid's life I could have saved with five dollars.
- kwhitefoot 8y agoWhat does any of this mean?
- beaconstudios 8y agoI read it as a disdainful version of "instead of focusing on small-scale complaints about gender issues, why don't we focus on more important and large-scale issues like saving children's lives?"
- scotty79 8y agoGoogle it. Nah. Jk! Knock yourself out: https://market.unicef.org.uk/inspired-gifts/polio-vaccines-to-protect-100-children/S359184/ https://market.unicef.org.uk/inspired-gifts/polio-vaccines-t...
- apu8812 8y ago> Tell me about the little kid's life I could have saved with five dollars. I do not know where you got that estimate of $5 from. Here are more credible estimates according to GiveWell (https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effec...): > As of November 2016, the median estimate of our top charities' cost-effectiveness ranged from ~$900 to ~$7,000 per equivalent life saved.
- Old_Thrashbarg 8y agoGood point. Also learning about gender bias might also then translate to quicker understanding in terms of other biases, like biases the apu8812 is pointing out. People who tend to move towards a progressive attitude in one aspect (like sexism) tend to then adopt more progressive attitude in other social attitudes it seems.