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Sometimes you really come across a scenario that expresses how unfathomably deep the tradition of sexism goes. The idea that Steinbeck would rather thank the ma
by helboi4 2y ago
Sometimes you really come across a scenario that expresses how unfathomably deep the tradition of sexism goes. The idea that Steinbeck would rather thank the man who literally just asked for the research papers for him, rather than the woman who literally wrote them is one of those scenarios. The fact that that was a totally unremarkable and natural thought process to go down is just so wild.
- adamc 2y agoIt suggests to me that women were so low in status as to be effectively invisible in plain sight.
- epicureanideal 2y ago[flagged]
- WillAdams 2y agoWho was the highest placed woman in government at that time? The fact that it was essentially inconceivable that a woman would be in charge anywhere is pretty much the definition of sexism.
- helboi4 2y agoI'm gonna guess you're probably a sexist since you felt the need to write this bad faith comment twice. It's dumb to ignore the actual researcher when its the research you're benefitting from. She ended up getting nothing from her research which was pretty common for women back then because it is well known that it was not socially acceptable to allow women to overshadow men with their achievements. This was the early 20th century. At that point of time, any similar scenario was probably sexism. Everyone was sexist. The likelihood is not low.
- epicureanideal 2y ago> I'm gonna guess you're probably a sexist I think this proves my point.
- metalforever 2y agoPeople still do this to me (a woman) in the workplace now, like a lot.
- burkaman 2y agoIt's also unclear if she even agreed to share her notes. This article says she did, but other sources (https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-dust-bowl/sanora-babb https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-dust-bowl/sanora-babb) say her boss just gave her notes to Steinbeck without telling her.
- epicureanideal 2y ago[flagged]