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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

If a man lived like a woman for a day...

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CannyLad · 17/03/2019 22:23

And not because they wanted to (not a trans thread)!

Apologies if this has been done/shared before but I saw this video and it really did make me stop and think. The whole piece might not be your story, but I bet at least one element gets a wry smile forming.

www.mamamia.com.au/video-if-a-man-lived-like-a-woman-for-a-day/?fbclid=IwAR1nWsfUlFYD-vxoeUgKFYZVDVgxGkfX4W2i2-Ea3730lRV9YfOoRi-Xzs4

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abuseofpowercomesasnosurprise · 17/03/2019 22:39

Have you seen the French Film 'I am not an Easy Man'? Worth a watch:

Spokk · 17/03/2019 22:49

Saw I am not an easy man on netflix. What an eye opener!

But that Ozzie video. It feels crazy to say thankfully I have only been sexually harrassed on one workplace, but I’ve spent bloody years working at looking unappealing. Not good for promotions, though.

CannyLad · 18/03/2019 06:50

Hahaha, yep, nice the easy man gets a look from the other side. I think it's when you flip the viewpoint you really see how ridiculous some of the things we take for granted are. I've definitely been asked to get the coffees when I was the only female (engineer) in the room. I think a lot of men think we do a lot of this shit because we want to and don't realise how much is imposed.

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AnyOldPrion · 18/03/2019 07:02

Maybe it’s the mood I’m in, but I find watching them so depressing because it’s all so true, yet largely so normalised it goes unnoticed.

CannyLad · 18/03/2019 09:52

It's shocking isn't it? My formative years were in the 90's when ladettes started behaving badly like in the bar scene, which I think was a backlash, but then we seem to have had a backlash to the backlash and we're no further on.

In my experience men just don't realise that this happens, or fail to apprecate the cumulative effect so whilst one incident could be brushed off the never ending stream is what wears you down. I'm extremely lucky that no-one gives a rats ass about my appearance where I work but I have applied my fair share of slap to fit in perviously.

I think the every day sexism project is a good starting point but how can we get men to agree that every instance of discrimination needs to be challenged?

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Spokk · 18/03/2019 12:33

When it benefits them

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