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Some highlights of modern sexism: * Women don't "dress like sluts" and you won't be raped (Canadian police officer advice ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-137398
by rmc 14y ago
Some highlights of modern sexism:
* Women don't "dress like sluts" and you won't be raped (Canadian police officer advice ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13739876 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13739876 ) ).
* USA politicians think that somehow women's bodies can recognise "legitimate rape" and prevent getting pregnant (* http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/todd-akin-provokes-ire-with-legitimate-rape-comment.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/todd-akin-prov... ), which is just a way to stop rape victims getting abortions.
* The EU made an advert to get women into science. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g032MPrSjFA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g032MPrSjFA ). "Science: It's a girl thing". Just look at it. High heels! Make up! Lipstick! It's like something from Mad Men ('women won't be interested in a thing unless you have lots of make up!')
* It's amazing that so many films still don't pass the Bechdel Test. It's a simple game, where a film passes if it has 2 named women talked about something other than a man. Many many films don't have that. Many many films have 2 named men talking about something other than a woman, one would struggle to find films that fail the male bechdel test. What's going on here?
- randomdata 14y agoYour last point seems like it should be a function of market demands. If people wanted to see women talking about something other than men, those movies should dominate at the box office. Since women buy more movie tickets than men[1] and thus movies will be generally catered towards that demographic, if there is sexism at play here, it seems like it is coming from the female gender themselves which brings up a whole new set of "what's going on here?" questions. [1] http://womenandhollywood.com/2010/03/11/guess-what-women-buy-more-movie-tickets-than-men/ http://womenandhollywood.com/2010/03/11/guess-what-women-buy...
- rmc 14y agoYour last point seems like it should be a function of market demands. If people wanted to see women talking about something other than men, those movies should dominate at the box office. This is a correct deduction assuming (a) the film industry is a perfect market, that film producers will act as rational actors (how many "take my money" posts do we see?) and (b) that there is no institutional sexism at work in production/distribution etc. I think (a) & (b) are working here, making your "but people don't buy it!" argument false.
- baxrob 14y agorandomdata, the invisible hand doesn't seem to have developed such fine-motor control yet, and the media market has the special luxury of manipulating demand to suit its product ("hmm, would addressing real issues, encouraging honest dialog, and fostering fulfillment of folks's true potential ... sell as much popcorn? better not risk it...")