Things that I find gross and sexist about marriage
- When the dude asks team brides father for her hand in marriage
- When the father gives the bride away
- When the bride is supposed to take the husband’s last name
Also a bonus points for things I find gross and sexist about proposals
- When a guy tries to pressure his partner into saying yes by proposing very publicly and then she is vilified and he receives sympathy if she says no
Participation grades are, in effect, inherently sexist, as well as ableist.
Teachers, first off, favor boys speaking in the classroom, even ones who think they do a good job of classroom equality.
- teachers are more likely to call on boys and then go on to reinforce, praise and encourage them. When a boy gives a wrong answer, a teacher will spend time to help him reason out the correct answer. However, when a girl answers, a teacher is likely to either respond with a bland “okay” to her right answer or simply to move on to another student if her answer is incorrect.
- Boys are eight times more likely to call out in class without raising their hands and tend to dominate discussions. Boys are twice often used as role models in class and five times more apt to get a teacher’s attention when they raise their hands to recite. Boys often recite even if they have not done the day’s homework, whereas even well prepared girls hesitate to participate. The older girls get, the more they let boys take over the class.
- Teachers learn boys’ names more quickly.
- An underlying theme of coeducational schools is that if only boys would work harder and behave better, they’d get better grades. The underlying message for girls is “You are nice and well behaved, and you work hard, but you’re not very smart.”
This is not even considering students who suffer from social anxiety or autism, or who are maybe even just introverted. This is generally an ableist phenomenon. Besides, anxiety mostly affects—wait for it—women. Women are twice as likely to have anxiety than men are.
Classrooms need radical change. Learning gender roles begins during childhood, and what are we teaching children? That boys get to talk, and girls get to submit to them.
That’s fucked.
Racism and Sexism in The Vampire Diaries (and the Originals)
This post is going to be just as it sounds. Underneath the cut, I will be ripping apart TVD and pointing out the enormous amount of racism and sexism within this show.
I’m sure I’ll end up with a lot of responses with people going “Well, it’s just a TV show” or “You’re taking this way to seriously” or (this is always my personal favorite) “What about the white male people?”
Quite, frankly, I don’t care. If you want to be blind to everything that’s wrong with TVD, that’s your business (I think it makes you dumber than a rock, but still that’s your business).
If any of you have anything to add to this or if there’s something I’ve forgotten/haven’t considered, let me know and I’ll add it!
