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It's surprising because several myths about financial status within relationships are still unfounded despite being commonly spoken about. Also, we haven't com
by waboremo 4y ago
It's surprising because several myths about financial status within relationships are still unfounded despite being commonly spoken about.
Also, we haven't come that far in regards to gender roles. Women wearing pants and going to work, and men wearing nail polish is the extent of what was normalized in society. Anything else and we still view it with very traditional lenses.
- woodruffw 4y ago> Also, we haven't come that far in regards to gender roles. Women wearing pants and going to work, and men wearing nail polish is the extent of what was normalized in society. Anything else and we still view it with very traditional lenses. Even this is an optimistic lens: a man wearing nail polish at work is likely to play very differently between a coastal city and a small "heartland" town.
- hotstickyballs 4y agoThe truth remains that women can and do get pregnant.
- xupybd 4y agoVery true. My son is six months old and as we've chosen to breastfeed half the time I'm completely useless to my son. I can change nappies and comfort him but most of the time he needs his mum. I can see why society developed the way it has. If you remove birth control and baby formula people would be forced into traditional rolls during their child bearing years.
- s1gnp0st 4y agoBusiness must accomodate humanity, and not the other way around. Silicon Valley utopians would like everyone to be a fungible unit of productivity. If your culture does not produce healthy children, your culture is going away.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoThat's not the Bay Area, mate, that's just Capitalism. SV just like to put their own veneer on it to make it seem kinder and gentler than the NYC screw-you-pay-me approach, but make no mistake it's the same stuff.
- s1gnp0st 4y agoThe SV utopians are firmly in control of technology with the most leverage to define the future.
- siva7 4y agoMen wearing nail polish is definitely not normalized in our western or eastern society.
- pxmpxm 4y agoI thought that one specifically was a non-hetero signaling device?
- DaiPlusPlus 4y agoOr goth
- red-iron-pine 4y agoYeah mostly where I've seen it on guys is in the metal / goth / punk / i'm-in-a-band-but-not-really scene. No connotations to homosexuality AFAIK.
- schrijver 4y agoClose, I think it’s more about signalling you’re not into traditional gender roles. There are women who are into that, just like there are gay men who don’t like effeminate men. If you live in a place with enough potential friends and lovers it saves everybody time, and you look fabulous to boot.
- Gigachad 4y agoIt's normalized to the point where it's not likely to attract attention but still not common. I'd say it would be vastly more normalized than a man wearing a skirt for example.
- rayiner 4y agoI have literally never seen a man wearing nail polish.
- flappyeagle 4y ago
- rowanG077 4y agoThe issue I think is more that women have been fighting for rights while men aren't really allowed to do that in western society. There are countless examples. Women can wear mens clothing and no one bats an eye, but men can't wear womens clothing. It's now normal for women to work, but stay at home men are almost non-existent. Teenage boys kill themselves many times more often but the main thing you hear about in the news is how social media effects teenage girls.
- musicale 4y ago> men can't wear women's clothing Regarding men's fashion, I find it interesting that: Long robes are still worn as formal/professional attire in certain contexts: judicial robes, academic regalia, clerical robes, etc.. Wigs seem largely out of style, with the professional exception of British judges and barristers. Kilts are still around, but tunics are out of fashion and tights/leggings seem to be relegated to sports/athletics and dance.
- TheOtherHobbes 4y agoNone of those are women's clothing. They're formal clothing used for status signalling. One of the messages is "We are not here to do manual labour, fight physically, or display overt sexuality." (Kilts are something of an exception, but they're dual-use.)
- emkemp 4y agoRe Kilts, I'm reminded of that scene in _Braveheart_ where the Scots start flashing and mooning the English before a battle starts.
- red-iron-pine 4y agothere is nothing in Braveheart that should be thought of as historically accurate
- musicale 4y ago
- yellowpencil 4y agoWho is “we”?