Originally posted on language: a feminist guide:
And they’re off! As we move into the Season of Endless Televised Sport (this year centring on the month-long FIFA World Cup), some men have started their own competition to find the Most Unconvincing Reason Why We Shouldn’t Have To Listen To Women Talking About Football. I’m tempted…
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Men behaving inappropriately
Originally posted on language: a feminist guide:
In Britain we are currently in the grip of an epidemic of something called ‘inappropriate behaviour’. Stories about this worrying disease were all over this week’s newspapers. The Sun reported that Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green had been accused of ‘inappropriate behaviour towards a woman 30 years his…
On banter, bonding and Donald Trump
Originally posted on language: a feminist guide:
In my last post I argued that gossip–personal, judgmental talk about absent others–is not the peculiarly female vice our culture would have us believe. Both sexes gossip. But one common form of male gossip, namely sexualised talk about women, is made to look like something different, and more…
Bullshit: the struggle goes on
Originally posted on language: a feminist guide:
When it comes to the way she speaks, a woman’s place is in the wrong. It’s a point I’ve made frequently on this blog, and last week brought a reminder of how true it continues to be. On the same day I published a post inspired by criticisms…
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