Hysterical Bitch

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Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their classrooms. They usually consider that they give equal amounts of attention to girls and boys, and it is only when they make a tape recording that they realize that boys are dominating the interactions.Dale Spender, an Australian feminist who has been a strong advocate of female rights in this area, noted that teachers who tried to restore the balance by deliberately ‘favouring’ the girls were astounded to find that despite their efforts they continued to devote more time to the boys in their classrooms. Another study reported that a male science teacher who managed to create an atmosphere in which girls and boys contributed more equally to discussion felt that he was devoting 90 per cent of his attention to the girls. And so did his male pupils. They complained vociferously that the girls were getting too much talking time.In other public contexts, too, such as seminars and debates, when women and men are deliberately given an equal amount of the highly valued talking time, there is often a perception that they are getting more than their fair share. Dale Spender explains this as follows:The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.In other words, if women talk at all, this may be perceived as ‘too much’ by men who expect them to provide a silent, decorative background in many social contexts. This may sound outrageous, but think about how you react when precocious children dominate the talk at an adult party. As women begin to make inroads into formerly ‘male’ domains such as business and professional contexts, we should not be surprised to find that their contributions are not always perceived positively or even accurately.

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Hence why I always go out of my way to show women in important positions during my lessons (p.e.: if we’re looking at a power point presentation about families, Mum is an astronaut or a CEO), and I make sure girls answer more questions and I praise them more. That is also why most of the photos we see are POCs, esp WOCs.

I know the rest of the teachers counterbalance me, not out of spite or on purpose, but because that is how the cookie crumbles.

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At my uni boys are around 15% of the total number of students yet they talk all the fucking time. I have never spoken in class much, because I’m a lazy ass and don’t even bother to answer questions even when I know the answers, but I think really should start talking more, just to counterbalance the trend a bit.

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The shirt this blog inspired me to create :) Just some paint and homemade cardboard stencils.

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What is wrong with people?

What asshole writes that caption?

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Happy International women's day! This has to be my favorite feminism blog :)

Thanks!

I'm sorry I'm so late getting to this and therefore made the sentiments late - but happy belated international women's day to you and everyone who follows hysterical bitch!

I know we've been saying there'll be a new zine around soon, but really definitely hopefully there will be a new one soon!

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Okay so this isn’t really Body Positive Week related buttt it is something I made today for my Experimental Writing module that I thought you would all enjoy - particularly because I made it out of words from The Daily Mail.

So, in short, for once, that paper is saying something worthwhile.

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A hard on is worth four times as much as a newborn. Pretty much sums up the rest of the bullet points, no?

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That last statistic was fucking disgusting… and people STILL call women who complain about the price of childbearing “wellfare queens” and “I don’t want my taxes to go to that.” They don’t think women are entitled to birth control and pre/postnatal care because how dare those sluts feel entitled to sex, but men MUST BE ABLE TO HAVE SEX NO MATTER WHAT HOW DARE WE’D DENY THEM SEX THEY WORK HARD FOR IT.

If you are still against free birth control after this fact bomb I hate you.

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Are we really surprised? The world revolves around the penis.