[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Some interesting thoughts on "benevolent sexism"

[Mitchel McAllister]

Testify, sister!

I recently had several straight guys cringing when I was discussing with a friend how a straight man's IQ drops at least 20 points if they even think about boobs.

And not one of them could refute what I was saying.


- Reverend Mik McAllister
--- On Fri, 4/5/13, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
It's often not so much a compliment as it is an admission of (#1) the remarking person's lack of world experience or (#2) a man's delight that there's a woman in his subculture, presumably someone he can hit on.  #2 often entails #1. 



On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:

I always kinda wondered why I cringe when someone is astonishedly pleased that as a woman I [code|weld|CAD|etc].  That ought to be a compliment, right?  Excellent discussion here.  Go Sci-Am!




Rachel1.0



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Subject:        Some interesting thoughts on "benevolent sexism"



Lots of really good thoughts here, esp. comparing obituaries and the

response to "I fucking love science" revealing her gender:



http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/psysociety/2013/04/02/benevolent-sexism/



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