Average sexist sci fi writer: The women in my stories are one-dimensional #stereotypes functioning primarily as rewards for my male protagonists.
Heinlein and Stephenson: The women in MY stories are powerful, intelligent, interesting rewards for my male protagonists.
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“These are what I would call silent #genocides — there are no TV crews, no #journalists. But they are happening, & they’re happening now,” said Fiona Watson, Survival’s research & advocacy director, who has worked on #IndigenousRights for >3 decades.
The issue often receives little priority from governments, which critics say see uncontacted #IndigenousPeoples as politically marginal because they don’t vote & their territories are often coveted for #logging, #mining & #oil extraction.
Public debate is also shaped by #stereotypes — some romanticize them as “lost tribes,” while others view them as barriers to #development.
Survival’s research concludes that half of these groups “could be wiped out within 10 years if governments & companies do not act.”
#UncontactedIndigenous peoples are not “lost tribes” frozen in time, Watson said. They are contemporary societies that deliberately avoid outsiders after generations of #violence, #slavery & #disease.
L’#écritureinclusive, une arme contre les #stéréotypes de #genre
https://theconversation.com/lecriture-inclusive-une-arme-contre-les-stereotypes-de-genre-264283
L’écriture inclusive vise une égalité des représentations entre femmes et hommes. Mais face à la diversité des options proposées, quelle stratégie adopter ? Une étude récente montre que les formulations rendant visibles à la fois le masculin et le féminin – comme « étudiants et étudiantes » – sont les plus efficaces pour réduire les stéréotypes de genre.
L’#écritureinclusive, une arme contre les #stéréotypes de #genre
https://theconversation.com/lecriture-inclusive-une-arme-contre-les-stereotypes-de-genre-264283
L’écriture inclusive vise une égalité des représentations entre femmes et hommes. Mais face à la diversité des options proposées, quelle stratégie adopter ? Une étude récente montre que les formulations rendant visibles à la fois le masculin et le féminin – comme « étudiants et étudiantes » – sont les plus efficaces pour réduire les stéréotypes de genre.
My daughter is starting high school (USA). She's brought home 4 things I am "required" (?) to sign. 3 they are just normal lists classroom rules. The 4th is for gym... Ugh. It is every bad gym teacher stereotype spewed across four pages of text, with lots of all-caps, plenty of phrases like "you WILL...", "NO EXCEPTIONS", "you will be ABSOLUTELY SILENT", etc.
Most of the rules and "expectations" are pretty reasonable but the angry, accusatory tone is unhelpful, and the missed-class rules are openly punitive rather than educational.
So I wrote a note to that effect above my signature, and clarified that my signature meant I had read the document.
Kid was concerned about my annotation. I offered to tell the gym teacher I lost the document and request a new one, but kid decided to just let it ride.
Many thoughts, including
- This is how you make most students hate PE
- This is how you keep negative #stereotypes alive (I'm actually aware that Not All Gym Teachers, but this doesn't help)
- This is how you tell the kids there are two tiers of students: the athlete ingroup, who are used to this kind of communication and know this gym teacher (who is also a coach) will be sympathetic to them despite the strident tone, and everyone else, the outgroup.
This school is generally pretty good, but there are always issues, usually of exactly this kind: a subset of teachers or administrators treating all kids like criminals regardless of their behavior.
My daughter is starting high school (USA). She's brought home 4 things I am "required" (?) to sign. 3 they are just normal lists classroom rules. The 4th is for gym... Ugh. It is every bad gym teacher stereotype spewed across four pages of text, with lots of all-caps, plenty of phrases like "you WILL...", "NO EXCEPTIONS", "you will be ABSOLUTELY SILENT", etc.
Most of the rules and "expectations" are pretty reasonable but the angry, accusatory tone is unhelpful, and the missed-class rules are openly punitive rather than educational.
So I wrote a note to that effect above my signature, and clarified that my signature meant I had read the document.
Kid was concerned about my annotation. I offered to tell the gym teacher I lost the document and request a new one, but kid decided to just let it ride.
Many thoughts, including
- This is how you make most students hate PE
- This is how you keep negative #stereotypes alive (I'm actually aware that Not All Gym Teachers, but this doesn't help)
- This is how you tell the kids there are two tiers of students: the athlete ingroup, who are used to this kind of communication and know this gym teacher (who is also a coach) will be sympathetic to them despite the strident tone, and everyone else, the outgroup.
This school is generally pretty good, but there are always issues, usually of exactly this kind: a subset of teachers or administrators treating all kids like criminals regardless of their behavior.
🚻 En réponse aux stéréotypes de genre qui engendrent la violence et les inégalités à l'école, l'éducation à la vie affective, relationnelle et à la sexualité (EVARS) est un outil crucial.
#NousToutes#EVARS#Egalite#LutterContreLesViolences#Feminisme#Education#Stereotypes #SanteSexuelle
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🚻 En réponse aux stéréotypes de genre qui engendrent la violence et les inégalités à l'école, l'éducation à la vie affective, relationnelle et à la sexualité (EVARS) est un outil crucial.
#NousToutes#EVARS#Egalite#LutterContreLesViolences#Feminisme#Education#Stereotypes #SanteSexuelle
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