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Showdown: Chauvinist Humor vs. Racist Rhetoric
There’s some need for discussion about this feminism thing. I mean, contrary to popular belief, feminists don’t necessarily hate all men – or love all women, and equally importantly, feminists have a sense of humor. I mean, as matsu’s blog at MediaGirl (hat tip for the image) points out, “Make a racist joke to a [...]
Posted: October 23rd, 2007 under Civil Rights, Congress, ERA, Equal Rights Amendment, Other, United States, apples, black, candidate, chauvinism, chauvinist, citizens, civil rights act of 1964, color, discrimination, equality, feminism, feminists, gender, hatred, humor, injustice, institutionalized racism, jail, justice, law, men, minority, nation, national origin, oranges, politically correct, race, racial discrimination, racism, racist, rape, rape trial, religion, rhetoric, sense of humor, sex, sexism, sexual assault, slavery, the Other, white men, women, women's movement.
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I Was A Teenage Feminist…
Last semester, I reluctantly acknowledged that I was not a biology major. I did this after I had long ceased taking classes in the biology department that were required for the major and didn’t pique my interest. I didn’t think of myself as a non-Bio major, but I didn’t think of myself as a non-non [...]
Posted: August 21st, 2007 under Angier, E-Z Bake Oven, Natalie, National Institutes of Health, Woman: An Intimate Geography, biology, chemical, college, default, department, discrimination, education, english, equality, evolutionary, female, feminist, gender, gender bias, gender equality, genetic, genetics, hormone, institution, interdisciplinary, major, male, objective, objectivity, old boys, organismic, professor, reproduction, reproductive system, sociobiologists, sociobiology, sociology, student, syllabus, testes, women's health, zygote.
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Hospitality: Coffee, Tea, or Me?
Flying makes a lot of people nervous. One of the strategies that airlines employ to help people relax is to objectify women all around them. This is still practiced at Hooters Air. According to Wikipedia, “In the 1960s and 1970s, many airlines began advertising the attractiveness and friendliness of their stewardesses. “National Airlines began a [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2007 under Female Sexuality, Pornography, Self Objectification, airline, beauty, binge drinking, bird flu, cabin crew, casual sex, corporate objectification, culture of fear, danger, discrimination, drug culture, fashion, fear, flight attendant, gender, gender role, hooters, marriage, objectification, pedophiles, pensions, plane, pregnancy, profession, sex, sexism, sexuality, standard of beauty, stereotypes, stewardess, stripping, terrorism, truancy, uniform, uniforms, union.
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