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> It’s hardly sexism, it’s a pervasive fact of societal interest distribution. I'm not denying the possible 'societal interest distribution', I simply felt it

> It’s hardly sexism, it’s a pervasive fact of societal interest distribution. I'm not denying the possible 'societal interest distribution', I simply felt it was an irrelevant strawman that's virtually impossible to argue against without instantly being called-out as a sexist "gent", and had no place in what purported to be a historical discussion about stairways.

rich_sasha 5y ago
Well, it's a personal blog about a subject. It is information, sources and prose, really anything the author finds interesting and persistent to the subject. If a particular myth has a particular following in any identifiable subset of the society, that's interesting to me. In particular, just before the passage you question, the author states > One reason for [resilience of this myth] might be the frequency of its repetition by parents to children. so a casual observation about it being more of a father-and-son thing is permissibly relevant in the context of a blog. And it sounds like this guy spends a fair amount of time around castles. You might disagree with it, you might argue it is due to biases involved in raising children, or other things too, but sexism it is most certainly not.
- watwut 5y ago
  Imo, most likely it is sexist remark about dads. If it is not, it is observation that the people visiting castles act in sexist ways. > Whilst working at or visiting castles I inevitably hear a dad proudly imparting this knowledge to his little boy (and it usually is boys’ talk) Like common, the "proudly imparting" is there to achieve emotional response on the reader and make dad sounds like funny figure. If you want to keep it factual and objective, most parents (both dads and moms) don't disseminate this sort of trivia "proudly". There is whole range of emotions involved from bored to interested. Sometimes they use funny voice to get kid interested. And as someone who likes to visit castles, you don't actually overhear it so super often. Nor do you hear it targeted at children as much. Moreover, "little boys", even when interested in fight and swords, they don't really care about technical details of either. They certainly don't care about left turning vs right turning staircase. This is beyond what little kids care about.

rich_sasha 5y ago

Well, it's a personal blog about a subject. It is information, sources and prose, really anything the author finds interesting and persistent to the subject. If a particular myth has a particular following in any identifiable subset of the society, that's interesting to me. In particular, just before the passage you question, the author states > One reason for [resilience of this myth] might be the frequency of its repetition by parents to children. so a casual observation about it being more of a father-and-son thing is permissibly relevant in the context of a blog. And it sounds like this guy spends a fair amount of time around castles. You might disagree with it, you might argue it is due to biases involved in raising children, or other things too, but sexism it is most certainly not.

watwut 5y ago
Imo, most likely it is sexist remark about dads. If it is not, it is observation that the people visiting castles act in sexist ways. > Whilst working at or visiting castles I inevitably hear a dad proudly imparting this knowledge to his little boy (and it usually is boys’ talk) Like common, the "proudly imparting" is there to achieve emotional response on the reader and make dad sounds like funny figure. If you want to keep it factual and objective, most parents (both dads and moms) don't disseminate this sort of trivia "proudly". There is whole range of emotions involved from bored to interested. Sometimes they use funny voice to get kid interested. And as someone who likes to visit castles, you don't actually overhear it so super often. Nor do you hear it targeted at children as much. Moreover, "little boys", even when interested in fight and swords, they don't really care about technical details of either. They certainly don't care about left turning vs right turning staircase. This is beyond what little kids care about.