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by detcader 12y ago
I've heard every LIRR train has at least a couple of state(?) police on it at all times. This is very much hearsay, but if it's true it may be a condition on many other train lines as well. In the middle of a ride once, the train
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by detcader 12y ago
A 1:1 ratio isn't a "goal", it's how things statistically would be, in any field with a large enough population, when biological sex becomes as socio-economically significant as shoe size. That is with the possible excep
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by detcader 12y ago
The argument seems to assume that "knowledge" is some sort of indivisible base class. "Knowledge" is shorthand for memories, compressed sensory input videos (plus smell, touch, and taste) of finite length in the brain. Y
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by detcader 12y ago
I know what you mean; after all, I don't consume the mainstream news, besides occasionally Democracy Now, which I mostly value for the interviews.
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by detcader 12y ago
How would Lawrence Lessig feel about this article? Lessig obviously believes that the U.S. political parties' activities are consequential to everyone's lives. Aaron seems to reject the notion of the implicit involvement, in a dem
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by detcader 12y ago
I'm sure; hopefully my meaning got through that it only stopped being so widespread and normal a couple of decades ago.
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by detcader 12y ago
Or, the game development industry was dominated by men at the start, who wanted to play action/violence games because they were socialized to find this fun, and these games socialized younger males. Natural inclination is unnecessary t
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by detcader 12y ago
I haven't seen it. One can only assume insults like "[violent act] like a girl" is still used among male youth to horrible effect, encouraging more violence and self-hatred.
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by detcader 12y ago
The book has a Wikipedia page explaining what it is; it is an original scientific work, not a wrapper for other people's articles.
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by detcader 12y ago
I have no idea what you mean here. Again: who are you accusing of paternalism and why?
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by detcader 12y ago
You say the theories of biological ineptitude of women are not nonsense and then point to childhood socialization?
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by detcader 12y ago
You are naming anecdotes (really just one that is relevant to the era of history in question) involving individual people, while the writer is pointing out more general trends. I'm going to sympathize with author.
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by detcader 12y ago
Who says that the categorization of CS majors as wimps by engineers is related at all to CS being formerly dominated by women? Social construction of gender will seep into dynamics at any point where something can be argued as "weaker&
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by detcader 12y ago
"girls like to retain some semblance of youth" No critical thought here is necessary, I suppose? It just... so happens that women "like" to look youthful? Maybe it's biological? Just the natural order of things? I a
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by detcader 12y ago
You say this as if women couldn't just be going with the dominant language trend, which men put in place.
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by detcader 12y ago
So it wouldn't be odd in the least if the programmers of iOS were just totally erased from Apple's history?
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by detcader 12y ago
Have you read "Delusions of Gender" by Cordelia Fine?
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by detcader 12y ago
We should note that black men were referred to as "boy" quite a lot until a few decades ago.
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by detcader 12y ago
Whether or not someone is "act[ing] like [women] need [their] protection" is relative assessment and you haven't even accused anyone of fitting the description.
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by detcader 12y ago
Coding doesn't involve as much kinetic and immediate action, and I can't imagine it being infantilized. When it comes to violence, you can be weak, and so "like a girl". "Driving like a woman" I think means to
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by detcader 12y ago
You "heard"?
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by detcader 12y ago
The paradigm of woman as private property has been losing popularity, obviously. We have to recognize that the "newer" constructions of womanhood are not necessarily positive.
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by detcader 12y ago
And how many Iraqis were killed by UN sactions at the behest of the U.S., the U.K., and Israel? People like Pinker are rewarded for a reason. > When Denis J. Halliday tendered his resignation from his posts after 13 months on the job (Se
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by detcader 12y ago
Anyone would take it as an assumption that all WaPo articles are edited by WaPo editors. They are her "own words" as much as any article is the "own words" of any staffed journalist. If one is assuming malicious manipula
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by detcader 12y ago
I don't see your point. Society is made up of individuals who are affected by the status quo. The personal is political. The unconscious designer receives criticism from internet writers that he could choose to completely ignore, while
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by detcader 12y ago
I'm not sure how "not having a body that implies anorexia" is a "norm" in itself, any more than having two feet is. If female characters are created that adhere to destructive norms, the creators should expect criti
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by detcader 12y ago
It's your word against her's. She has been exposed to the internals of many instances of abuse, either by being the victim or talking to the victims as a woman, so I will be believing her over you -- why shouldn't I?
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by detcader 12y ago
That's logical, I agree; I wasn't aware of that.
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by detcader 12y ago
I feel for that woman in your life, who would be called an "attacking activist" if she ever strayed outside of your proscribed guidelines of civility. It's unfortunate that women have to deal with violence and discrimination
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by detcader 12y ago
OP said "perfectly align to various norms" -- where was this or any commentator demanding alignment with norms at all, much less demanding perfection? From what I can tell, the character already aligns perfectly with the norm of &

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