Girl Math *eye roll*

Tbh I've got a STEM masters, I'm a qualified accountant working a really tough job - if I want to girl math my way into a coffee run or enjoy my girl dinner I bloody well will

I'm also in STEM. I am professional, qualified and skilled. We all are, and we respect that. We also have an informal group chat just for the women called 'pool party' which was started by the director (a woman) when the women in the team (I daresay we called ourselves girls!) got together at the pool after a day at a conference, had some drinks, sat on the loungers in our bikinis and talked about what spa treatments we'd hopefully have time for.

It's about context.

It would be less offensive then if it was "woman maths".
I hadn't actually heard of man maths before but I have seen "girl math", mostly in the context of someone doing maths incorrectly.
I hate it.

Cos everyone knows it's "lady diesel"?

"Girl dinner" is amazing! It's basically any dinner you make that is just random little bits or picky food or something that if a big strong meat and two veg man (eye roll) saw they would think wasn't real food. So if my husband is here and I'm making tea I'll do a full meal, if he's not I will have random little bits I like that don't quite go together and aren't a traditional "meal".

I feel like there's a bit of a generational gap between people that accept / use phrases like girl math and girl dinner and those that don't. Tbh I've got a STEM masters, I'm a qualified accountant working a really tough job - if I want to girl math my way into a coffee run or enjoy my girl dinner I bloody well will 😂

I don't know if people want to laugh at themselves and that's the only context I have ever seen 'girl math' used in then I think they should be able to without people policing their language. It's tiresome. It takes away peoples confidence to express themselves due to worry that everything they say will picked apart with people telling them that they are bad, they are wrong, this is how you should be expressing yourself.

It's akin to 'run like a girl'. We have 'this girl can" which I think has been quite successful - it celebrates all the sports women want to do.

Whilst we are judging people- can I please add 'girl dinner' to the hate list?!

What's this?

Never heard of lady petrol either.

I think it's fine for men and women to tease each other as long as they actually respect each other.

I've never heard that, but

Why can't we avoid using derogatory terms ? Be a bit more honest - I can't really justify this but I'm doing it anyway - rathe than use terms that do have a negative impact on people who hear them

When you have to put up with bullying and general crap because people think girls who are good at maths are weird it's really not helpful to have people making a joke of it - it's another "it's just banter " phrase that is really not "just banter "

I hate it. I've only heard it being used by women about themselves and I think they should have more self respect. Its along the lines of 'oh I'm only a little weak girl' and comes with a giggle thst makes me heave.

Whilst we are judging people- can I please add 'girl dinner' to the hate list?!

eg:

Sorry but YABU - the term 'man maths' has been around for decades as a jibe to describe the sort of hoops men will jump through to try and make buying a new car or a set of golf clubs or whatever make financial sense.

Its generally a harmless jibe at the daft stuff we all do sometimes when we want to buy something extravagant

I hate it. If I want to blow some money on treats for me then I absolutely do not have to justify it in a self deprecating well. I spend because I want to. End of.

DD2's career will have her working as a forensic accountant with one of the Big Four. Pretty sure her maths would shit all over most men's?

I jokingly use it about myself to justify the sheer number of epic holidays I book. I just see it as a funny comment, when I've debated if I can afford something trivial but then go book a holiday.

I work in a male dominated environment, in a STEM based role and quite frankly kick ass against my peers, and am passionate about getting women into engineering, supporting many initiatives to do that. It doesn't detract away from that because I jokingly use "girl maths" in my justification of spending on occasion.

Insulting shit isn't it? Like mumpreneur/ boss babe. Ugh.

"Man maths" used to be a common term among my biker mates 20 or 30 years ago to describe the creative accountancy used to justify buying a new motorbike. I've heard it used more recently in relation to a photographer buying new cameras and lenses.

It was never designed on the basis that ‘girls can’t do maths’ though. It didn’t stem from a stereotype, but silly things most of us do like spending an extra £10 to get free shipping. There were also many spin offs at the same time such as boy math which would talk about equally silly things most men do. The trend has also passed. It’s not an expression you hear a lot of anymore.

Describing Prosecco as 'lady petrol' is just as bad 🙄

What women justify spending in a special way ?

Stop making up differences between men and women that don't exist

Especially in ways that demean the capabilities of women

Dodgy math isn't girl math is dodgy math

I don't think it implies that women can't do maths/understand numbers - its just referring to how we justify spending.

I know that my coffee isn't free because I used cash to pay for it, but it's not affecting the balance in my bank. I know that returning a coat I bought and don't like doesn't make me £100 better off - buf if I then use that £100 to buy trainers I'm not spending any more than I would have if I'd just kept the coat.

It's just a bot of whimsy and I've never seen it as misogynistic - much in the way "girl dinner" isn't saying women can't cook, just that they make simpler choices when they're left to suit themselves.

I'm far more irritated by the use of 'math' rather than 'maths' in the uk.

Karen was a specific sneer now means any woman young or old who objects

And girl maths will be common as its in SM and its telling young girls to laugh at women as a group while continuing the theme that women cant do maths.

It o kg world as a laugh if at sone level you think girls can't do maths

Horrific expression

I really dislike girl math, girl boss and boss babe.

It's bad enough when men insult or credibility but when women do it to themselves or other women, it really annoys me.

Makes me roll my friggin eyes.

Just like older men who comment on women drivers and call them Doris but can't even drive safely themselves

I like it and use it often about myself!

Bought myself a coffee with money already in my purse? Well it's free, girl math.

It's a fun way to laugh about the way I justify treats / spending to myself. The same way when I purchase something expensive / do an expensive activity, I'll say "it could be worse, I could be spending money on drugs". It's just a way to laugh at something.