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"There is also a special problem for some young men, namely those with especially restless temperaments. They aren’t always well-suited to the new class of serv
by pmorici 13y ago
"There is also a special problem for some young men, namely those with especially restless temperaments. They aren’t always well-suited to the new class of service jobs, like greeting customers or taking care of the aged, which require much discipline or sometimes even a subordination of will."
Did the above line from the article strike anyone else as flagrantly sexist?
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- api 13y agoIt strikes me as flagrantly lot of things. There's been a nice string of NYT articles in which people from planet trust fund try to comprehend disadvantage.
- throwaway54984 13y agoNo. I couldn't care less about political correctness.
- whatevsbro 13y agoThat's a good attitude. Political correctness is insane. But you don't need a new throwaway account for each "bold" statement you make. Speak up, though. The world needs more people waking others up.
- yummyfajitas 13y agoDo you believe the line is incorrect, or does it merely make you dislike the writer?
- pmorici 13y agoI think it is a broad generalization of a group of people based on a stereotype w/o supporting evidence.
- opendais 13y agoYes. It is very sexist imho
- bowlofpetunias 13y agoLet's try a little exercise in reversing the problem: "There is also a special problem for some young women, namely those with especially docile temperaments. They aren't always well-suited to professional careers, like making hard sales or managing grown men, which require much confidence and sometimes even exercising authority." Yes, dripping with it. Although more condescending than outright sexist. I'm guessing the author comes from a privileged background.
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- icambron 13y agoI've read enough Tyler Cowen to be relatively confident that it's a positive claim, not a normative one. He isn't judging them, or at least he isn't expressing that judgement. He's simply saying here thinks there's a significant number of young men ill-suited to the available jobs. Now, perhaps you think he's mistaken about that, which is fine, but just calling it sexist doesn't establish that.
- wwweston 13y agoSexism isn't the biggest problem with that phrase. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error There's arguably some sexism too, but speculating that there's a class of young people that finds subordination difficult and even that there might be more young men in this category than young women strikes me as reasonable. Sexism would be looking at a young man and assuming that he's unlikely to make a good subordinate based on his gender.