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I now think I misunderstood you, and you were actually distinguishing between 1) Curiosity over if the image is AI,…
When you wrote: and was depicted, the person wasn’t curious whether the image was AI or not, he was described…
He was obviously frantic about his inability to be sure if an image of cute dogs is AI or real.…
“I kind of find it funny that three people gave four very different reasons why they think that people have…
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Category Archives: Sexism hurts men
The Dos and Donts of Dick Jokes, or What Feminist Critics Got Right
I wrote this a long time ago, but I never got around to posting it, which is why the articles it refers to are old. I think it’s still more or less relevant though. The fellas and lasses over at … Continue reading
Posted in Gender and the Body, Sexism hurts men
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Moving towards equality, but in the wrong direction
Via You’re Reading Too Much Into It, The New York Times reports on a new trend: super-skinny male models. Where the masculine ideal of as recently as 2000 was a buff 6-footer with six-pack abs, the man of the moment … Continue reading
That’s The Way We Became the Brady Bündchen
So photos recently surfaced of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Giselle Bündchen on vacation in Mexico together, hanging out and being schmoopy and generally doing the kind of things one does when one’s on vacation with one’s … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Sexism hurts men, Sports
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Dodge Rams Are For Girly Men
Real men, it appears, drive Chevys: A lot of commercials make sexist appeals to insecurity about masculinity, but this one is impressive because it’s just so pure. The Dodge Ram has a heated steering wheel! Manicures! Pro football players! Unstated … Continue reading
Posted in Media criticism, Sexism hurts men
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Male circumcision could be outlawed in Denmark
Via BigFred:
The Kristeligt Dagblad newspaper has reported that several parties in the Danish Parliament are considering legislation that would ban circumcision on boys as well as girls. After an intense week of discussions by MPs, it appears that the proposal for a ban covering both genders is gaining traction.[…]
At the centre of the debate is […] Continue reading
Posted in Sexism hurts men, Syndicated feeds
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On Boys’ Higher Accidental Death Rate
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a new report out, about accidental deaths among children age 0-19. The most likely time for a kid to die in an accident is when they’re aged 15-19; the second most likely time is in the first year of life. (See the chart on page 25). […] Continue reading
Posted in Sexism hurts men, Syndicated feeds
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We Know How To Stop Prisoner Rape
In a letter published in The New York Review of Books, David Kaiser of Just Detention International argues that we could significantly reduce prison rape, if we genuinely wanted to. “Since 1980 the murder rate inside prisons has fallen more … Continue reading
Posted in Prisoner rape, Sexism hurts men
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Two Brothers Targetted by Homophobic Violence; One Dies
From Pharyngula, an article about how two brothers who were holding each other’s arms as they walked were assaulted, and one of them killed, because passersby in an SUV thought they were gay: [Jose] Sucuzhanay (suh-KOO-chen-eye) and his brother Romel, … Continue reading
Personally, I feel like I've been duped when I like a cute puppy doing something cute that turns out to…