tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post126424866382971753..comments2023-05-14T03:03:09.451-05:00Comments on Female Impersonator: Of course women are people. Was that really a question?Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-27741927351503425882008-04-01T11:01:00.000-05:002008-04-01T11:01:00.000-05:00If I am a white male:1. My odds of being hired for...If I am a white male:<BR/><BR/>1. My odds of being hired for a job, when competing against female applicants, are probably skewed in my favor. The more prestigious the job, the larger the odds are skewed.<BR/><BR/>2. I can be confident that my co-workers won’t think I got my job because of my sex - even though that might be true.<BR/><BR/>35. The decision to hire me will never be based on assumptions about whether or not I might choose to have a family sometime soon.<BR/><BR/>http://colours.mahost.org/org/maleprivilege.html<BR/><BR/>The list is pretty interesting, and it definitely highlights many of the opportunities women are still lacking.<BR/><BR/>Also, why we still need a Black History Month:<BR/><BR/>http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~mcisaac/emc598ge/Unpacking.htmlKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139058825727884888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-31647234751909682582008-04-01T07:53:00.000-05:002008-04-01T07:53:00.000-05:00Like I tried to make clear in this post, Tyler, I ...Like I tried to make clear in this post, Tyler, I do not feel as if women don't have any rights in America (there are a few that I think are missing, but that's not the point here). You saying that White Men's History Month is a good idea because well, the white men shouldn't be punished since they didn't enslave human beings, and hardly anyone alive was around when women couldn't vote, ignores one of the main tenets of the post: that American society is still unequal because women still do not have the same opportunities as men. White men are still the most privileged group in America. It just IS. So I don't see the point in giving them a month to go over how their many privileges have allowed them to contribute more and more easily to American society. But that's just me. And maybe if you come up with a really good argument, I'll reconsider.Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-15249730893541256152008-04-01T07:15:00.000-05:002008-04-01T07:15:00.000-05:00Good question, Colt. Since this is about history,...Good question, Colt. Since this is about history, I'll by saying we still learn more about white men in history than others. I, for instance, have known about Voltaire forever, but JUST learned about his brilliant lover, the Marquise du Chatelet, who, among other things, figured out that KE = 1/2(mv^2), which Newton and Voltaire didn't realize. In physics, I was taught about what Newton did, but not about what she did that he missed, even though I used her formula all the time. My high school history teacher made us learn about the women's rights movement and the civil rights movement on our own over a break because he didn't want to bother teaching them in class, in which he mostly talked about white men. (History isn't the only subject that ignores us - it's only been about ten years since someone found out how big the clitoris actually is.) But to more directly answer your question, while *most* of the de jure inequalities have been fixed in the US, there are plenty of de facto inequalities, and there are legal inequalities regarding issues that aren't quite the same for men and women (reproductive rights especially). Then, there's the rest of the world, and they matter too. If you look at a feminist news site/blog like feministing.com, you'll see a lot of this stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-89450812060056063092008-04-01T00:18:00.000-05:002008-04-01T00:18:00.000-05:00We celebrate these months to remember. Because if ...We celebrate these months to remember. Because if we don't remember our past we don't have a future. Plain and simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-28425637349431498342008-04-01T00:06:00.000-05:002008-04-01T00:06:00.000-05:00No, every other month is just a month. When we hav...No, every other month is just a month. When we have a month of special displays for the achievement of whites and males, then I will agree it is fair. It just happens that the U.S. has been historically most influenced by white males, and yes there are some bad reasons for it, but most of US history is white males. nobody alive today is responsible for slavery, there are very few people even old enough to remember women being denied voting rights. How about our generation just agrees everyone is even and stops having a month to glorify one kind of person over another. Lets teach all people's contributions every month.Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425919642933133023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-20911259578456965312008-04-01T00:00:00.000-05:002008-04-01T00:00:00.000-05:00Every other frickin' month besides Black History M...Every other frickin' month besides Black History Month and Womens' History Month is White Men's History Month. <BR/><BR/>:vUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08305516222213331351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-83854626516730213342008-03-31T23:51:00.000-05:002008-03-31T23:51:00.000-05:00I got a question. What in America do women not hav...I got a question. What in America do women not have the opportunity to do that men have? I know that it is still harder for women to get better paying jobs and promotions, but what privileges are denied to them? I'm not trying to be sarcastic. I would just like to know. Because this is America, land of the free and home of the brave. So if someone has been denied there right to pursue there own happiness. I would like to know about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com