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"Break the Bias"

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HoliHormonalTigerlilly · 07/03/2022 20:12

Why is the International WOMEN'S Day campaign using gender to describe sex?

https://www.internationalwomensday.com

And what kind of a tagline is that?!

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crunchermuncher · 07/03/2022 21:31

@HoliHormonalTigerlilly

I've been asked for a quote by our social media team about how we can "break the bias".

I'm considering:

"stop equating sex with gender!" Or

"protect the sex-based rights of women & girls"

Brilliant! Or "When I say 'woman ' I mean 'adult human female' "
crunchermuncher · 07/03/2022 21:30

The whole thing depressed the fuck out of me.

Even aside from the 'who is this for' aspect, the whole 'show us how you're breaking biases against women' felt kind of hectoring. Like if you're not breaking biases (it's irrelevant in your job, or you're vulnerable and have no power to do so) then you're letting the side down. Women that are suffering oppression in the workplace can't join in.

I honestly couldn't think how I could relate it to my job, without having to reverse engineer some kind of fake problem that I'm overcoming. It actually seems to be highlighting sex stereotyping - "look at me, being a builder, eh!" Etc....

I really wanted to be positive and join in but it just seemed like a massive load of wank (and an extra job to do!).

Maybe I'm just a bit fed up...

HoliHormonalTigerlilly · 07/03/2022 21:29

I've been asked for a quote by our social media team about how we can "break the bias".

I'm considering:

"stop equating sex with gender!" Or

"protect the sex-based rights of women & girls"

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DorothyZbornakIsAQueen · 07/03/2022 21:15

Because its for anyone who identifies as a woman. They sent an email round in work asking for pictures of women in our workplace. I looked into it further to see what they thought a woman was.

IcakethereforeIam · 07/03/2022 21:09

I thought it was just me! I'm so easily triggered nowadays.