Category Archives: sexism

FAQ: I’ve got nothing against equal rights for women, but we’ve got that, so isn’t feminism nowadays just going too far ?

April 3, 2007 · by · in allies, clarifying-concepts, FAQ, feminism, sexism

Simple, basic legal equality regarding the right to own property, sign contracts or vote does not always translate into social equality in work, the community or the home. Feminists who point out residual cultural traditions and reactionary business practises that disproportionately disadvantage women are not making it up…

Women online: coping with abuse, threats and cyberstalking

April 2, 2007 · by · in gender, objectification, op-ed, sexism, sleazebags, violence

There’s been a lot of discussion of the threats made against Kathy Sierra online over the last week. Many other women online know how it feels to be objectified and have your arguments trivialised or mocked because of your gender, and a substantial number also know about graphic threats of sexualised violence and brutal death. […]

FAQ: What is sexual objectification?

March 23, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, gender, introductory, objectification, privilege, sexism

Sexual objectification is the viewing of people solely as de-personalised objects of desire instead of as individuals with complex personalities and desires/plans of their own. This is done by speaking/thinking of women especially as only their bodies, either the whole body, or as fetishised body parts. Sexual attraction is not the same as sexual objectification: […]

Sexual Harassment

March 20, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, introductory, op-ed, sexism, Sexuality & Health

Haven’t put together an FAQ for SH yet, but I just found an excellent resource for anyone looking for clearly laid out material. From the Memorial University of Newfoundland: Sexual Harassment Information Site. Obviously, their definitions and referenced laws are specific to their own region, but the site offers more information about the conceptual and […]

FAQ: Aren’t you all just a bunch of "feminazis"?

March 19, 2007 · by · in FAQ, FWW, sexism, sleazebags, spot the strawfeminist

The word “feminazi” is a false construction, a strawfeminist, created to scare people away from the juicy crops of equality, equity and the end of female subjugation. (See the “strawman” entry in the Logical Fallacies section at the Critical Thinking Website.) stealthbadger (Stealth Badger): A dudely introduction to feminism (utterly debunks the arguments made to […]

FAQ: Does feminism matter?

March 15, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, feminism, gender, introductory, sexism, victimhood

Hell yes. 1. Society deals with gender in a way that, on balance, harms women. 2. This is a problem that must be corrected. [yami (Green Gabbro): Feminisms] Related reading: All FAQ articles below have links to further reading on other sites Harm to women: FAQ:Isn’t feminism just playing “victim” politics? Gender inequity: FAQ:What is […]

Jill Filipovic and internet searches

March 9, 2007 · by · in feminism, op-ed, sexism, sleazebags, Solidarity & Sisterhood

This is a crosspost to effect a Googlebomb, correcting an injustice against a fellow feminist blogger. Jill Filipovic, who blogs at Feministe and Ms. JD, is a NYU law student who has been the subject of cyber-obsession on a discussion board allegedly populated by law students. The discussions regarding Jill Filipovic (and many other female […]

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