Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Hey benevolence

In an alternate universe people would have cared enough.
We would have elected a better leader.
That would've been GREAT.

She's a beauty queen...

"The sequence is familiar by now: throughout history, women who speak out against powerful men – as Machado did, for instance, in the New York Times earlier this year – have been subject to a backlash. They’re slut-shamed or cast as crazy, as the Anita Hill movie, Confirmation, recently reminded us."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/30/alicia-machado-donald-trump-backlash-smear


"Spencer said it was "ridiculous" and "puritanical" to call Trump's behavior sexual assault, adding, "At some part of every woman's soul, they want to be taken by a strong man." Far-right blogger RamZPaul responded to the Trump tape by saying, "Girls really don't mind guys that like pussies, they just hate guys who are pussies."

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/11/toxic-resentment-women-powers-alt-right

ALSO

Thin = more $$$ 
(for women)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lisaquast/2012/08/06/thin-is-in-for-executive-women-as-weight-discrimination-contributes-to-glass-ceiling/#5301730218e3

"a woman’s weight could have a significant impact on her earnings"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160908084149.htm

"Researchers found even marginal increases in weight had a negative impact on female candidates' job prospects."

Blonde = more $$$ 
(for women)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/blonde-leaders-sexism_us_57bdd4f5e4b00c67eca12176?bprpb9

"Because the patriarchy, more or less."


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