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Scott Adams of Dilbert fame has posted a blog entry on gender discrimination. His goal is to gather as many links as possible on all sides of the issue; he intends to try to summarize what's out there in a subsequent post. His blog entry includes a few interesting, possibly insightful comments, for example:
"Some men are bullies and assholes. And most men are assholes at least some of the time. When men are bullies and assholes to each other, we interpret it as exactly that. But if I observe those same bullies and assholes mistreating a woman, I interpret it as sexism. I assume others see it the same way.
"The other day a good friend who works as a massage therapist was describing a time in her past she was a victim of gender discrimination. The story sounded convincing to me. Then I asked if she knew I would not have considered her as my massage therapist if she were a man. Cricket noises."
"My larger point today is that any discussion of gender in the workplace is like two blind people standing on an elephant and arguing whether the elephant is a sandwich or a bar of soap. Both are 100% wrong. That includes me."
Personally, I find Adams' writing to be frequently interesting — he at least tries to find his way around traditional blindspots. Sometimes he even succeeds. Since gender discrimination is so often a topic in technical fields, perhaps Soylentils will find this of interest...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @02:46AM
monthly bleeding, which despite being a completely natural thing most men think is super gross and disgusting.
I am a man and I never thought that to be gross nor disgusting. I recognize it is inconvenient for women, and they need to take some precaution to avoid making a mess, that's all.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday March 16 2015, @03:24AM
Because you are a real man. Many women have some kind of shame about it, but I tell them that each "rag" will be a celebration of not only vitality, but fertility. I then perform the red-wing procedure (I have to fight some of them to let me do it, but they love it when I do) and paint stripes on my face with it like a native American chief in ceremonial dress. And go, "Boobooboo!" while stopping the "Boos" with my hand just like a native American does.
Unfortunately I no longer have a washing machine closeby, so I bought a black bathmat and lay it down to prevent further staining of my mattress.
For those of you lesser men who have not experienced the feminine beauty of "Aunt Flo's visits" -- take the plunge. Be more gentle than usual, and try to avoid getting it on your hands and hand-printing all over the place. Certainly do not recoil. But if you can make a woman who is squeamish about it comfortable, you will win her over. It's the same strategy for any other part of her she doesn't like, belly rolls for example. I love gnawing on belly-rolls, she will squeal and squirm at first but you will own her later.