Feminism- experiences of man-whispering and the refusal to do so...

[scifisam]

Are the women only allowed to fill it out in crayon?

The whole workshop is only aimed at women, so presumably they'll be expected to bring their own crayons, borrowed from the children they definitely have.

 

[stuff_it]

If you actually read up on this scale, you'll find that everyone is meant to have both traits in equal measure. You'll also find that she had to redo a short form, without calling women gullible.

 

[scifisam]

If you actually read up on this scale, you'll find that everyone is meant to have both traits in equal measure. You'll also find that she had to redo a short form, without calling women gullible.

Including it in the first place was tantamount to saying "I'm replicating ancient stereotypes and other women will fall for it, hahaha!"

On my PGCE we had a seminar where we taught about appearance because apparently postgrads who've pretty much all got previous work experience don't know how to dress in the workplace. It included a section about not wearing your hair curly because it looks "messy." Men were told to wear suits and the rest was about women and none of it was useful.

 

[AnnaKarpik]

Ernst and Young have been running an amazingly awful "leadership" seminar for women for a few years: HuffPost is now part of Verizon Media It's actually a guidebook to man-whispering:

Here are some of the best bits:

“Don’t flaunt your body ― sexuality scrambles the mind (for men and women).”

"Women’s brains absorb information like pancakes soak up syrup so it’s hard for them to focus. Men’s brains are more like waffles. They’re better able to focus because the information collects in each little waffle square."

And apparently women are gullible and childlike. If you rate yourself low on those scales, but high on "willing to take a stand" and self-sufficiency then you are more masculine than feminine:

You have to laugh or you'll cry.

Not enough facepalms in the world.

 

[equationgirl]

I have no words...

 

[Gimigimi]

If you actually read up on this scale, you'll find that everyone is meant to have both traits in equal measure. You'll also find that she had to redo a short form, without calling women gullible.

If everyone has both traits in equal measure why assign them to genders in the first place? I doubt that it's an attempt to point out the absurdity of how society genders these traits. Seems a bit subtle for someone who felt the need to put "masculinity" as an example of a masculine trait and "femininity" as a feminine one.

 

[pinkmonkey]

Including it in the first place was tantamount to saying "I'm replicating ancient stereotypes and other women will fall for it, hahaha!"

On my PGCE we had a seminar where we taught about appearance because apparently postgrads who've pretty much all got previous work experience don't know how to dress in the workplace. It included a section about not wearing your hair curly because it looks "messy." Men were told to wear suits and the rest was about women and none of it was useful.

Some twat on Linked In wrote this essay about how to dress, no backpacks apparently. I did post up that I was gonna ignore that one as the health of my back and my personal safety (briefcases do not leave both hands free) were more important to me than being judged by uncreative idiots.