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Culturally we value the women and children over men and older people. This is likely due to the reproductive drive that makes babies cute and men more expendab

by ohyes 8y ago

Culturally we value the women and children over men and older people. This is likely due to the reproductive drive that makes babies cute and men more expendable than women.

austincheney 8y ago
Big tears and all. If people put that aside and simply looked at the numbers and product composition this problem wouldn't have been a mystery. Qualifying our failed perception with the implicit bias that allowed this failure doesn't ring of a resolution.
- honestoHeminway 8y ago
  No more tears, more money.
johnisgood 8y ago
But people from the same culture insist on the existence of "systematic sexism". Are they not mutually exclusive? I am genuinely interested in this. I do not understand how you can believe that people value women more than men, and at the same time say that there is "systematic sexism", "male oppression (against women)", etc. And on top of that surprisingly it is only men who are at fault, at least according to the people whom I have asked. Please if you down-vote, do give me some sort of a feedback. It helps me learn and it helps me to not make the same mistake twice. :)
- forkLding 8y ago
  I think its more about trust and trust of products, historically we've believed women and children to be weaker and more vulnerable as people which is in turn why we depict them as so in sexist attacks: "Women are not good enough" and men are depicted traditionally as "strong, tough and burly" which I would say is also a wrong and stereotyped point making it harder for many men who are not like that or might need a break but can't because they have to maintain their "tough" image. Thus Johnson & Johnson breaking that delicate trust over the issue of vulnerable women and children shows them as profiting from the "weak" and "precious" using products they knew were wrong. Society does not look well upon harmful exploitation at the profit of a few but expense of many, especially when you buy talc powder to use for children trusting that it won't harm you.

by ohyes 8y ago

Culturally we value the women and children over men and older people. This is likely due to the reproductive drive that makes babies cute and men more expendable than women.

austincheney 8y ago

Big tears and all. If people put that aside and simply looked at the numbers and product composition this problem wouldn't have been a mystery. Qualifying our failed perception with the implicit bias that allowed this failure doesn't ring of a resolution.

honestoHeminway 8y ago
No more tears, more money.

johnisgood 8y ago

But people from the same culture insist on the existence of "systematic sexism". Are they not mutually exclusive? I am genuinely interested in this. I do not understand how you can believe that people value women more than men, and at the same time say that there is "systematic sexism", "male oppression (against women)", etc. And on top of that surprisingly it is only men who are at fault, at least according to the people whom I have asked. Please if you down-vote, do give me some sort of a feedback. It helps me learn and it helps me to not make the same mistake twice. :)

forkLding 8y ago
I think its more about trust and trust of products, historically we've believed women and children to be weaker and more vulnerable as people which is in turn why we depict them as so in sexist attacks: "Women are not good enough" and men are depicted traditionally as "strong, tough and burly" which I would say is also a wrong and stereotyped point making it harder for many men who are not like that or might need a break but can't because they have to maintain their "tough" image. Thus Johnson & Johnson breaking that delicate trust over the issue of vulnerable women and children shows them as profiting from the "weak" and "precious" using products they knew were wrong. Society does not look well upon harmful exploitation at the profit of a few but expense of many, especially when you buy talc powder to use for children trusting that it won't harm you.