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Interesting - what would you bin

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AdamNichol · 03/12/2018 11:36

BBC news article this morning:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46116262

Asks what would you bin because it's holding women back.

As an outsider male perspective, I'd put in:
Cosmetics generally - over-priced blobs of goop based on junk science to not solve problems you don't have anyway
Celeb culture - not just women admittedly, applies just as much to male idolatry, but anything that keeps the airwaves filled with vapid brain-rot and kills (directly and thru opportunity cost) genuine debate and perspective. Opiate of the masses an all that.

OP posts:
FissionChips · 03/12/2018 11:41

Sexualised music videos/ nearly every single pop/hip hop type celeb out there. Just bin them all.

TheGirlOnTheLanding · 03/12/2018 17:04

The patriarchy.
Cosmetics and celebs aren't my thing, but they're too trivial to be holding women back - the issue is structural; deeply embedded inequality.

MillionsOfGeoffreys · 03/12/2018 17:05

The patriarchy

BarbaraRoyale · 03/12/2018 17:07

Glossy celebrity magazines

MillionsOfGeoffreys · 03/12/2018 17:08

Unequal division of household labour

MillionsOfGeoffreys · 03/12/2018 17:08

The word “nagging”

MillionsOfGeoffreys · 03/12/2018 17:08

The word “bubbly”

MillionsOfGeoffreys · 03/12/2018 17:09

Pregnancy related illnesses, injuries and death

MoggEatMoggWorld · 03/12/2018 17:21

Adverts

LaurieFairyCake · 03/12/2018 17:29

In this country, having children.

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