Time: 7:55
One of BBC Today's topics is the big review which found that abortion doesn't increase risk to women's mental health. After a couple of minutes of discussion an anti person is introduced to add "balance".
Not gender balance, obviously. Why include women? Especially in a discussion that pertains to their health and bodily autonomy. I must be light-headed from not having had breakfast yet...
Friday, 9 December 2011
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
The Games Children Play
Time: 18:40
Man speaks thusly on the radio: Boys are for getting us through the higher levels on games. Etc.
Presumably that's straight from The Book of Girls Don't Play Computer Games, Chapter 3, Verse 1,000,001.
(Actually, it's from Heresy, a BBC Radio 4 discussion programme which "challenges established ideas and questions received wisdom.")
Man speaks thusly on the radio: Boys are for getting us through the higher levels on games. Etc.
Presumably that's straight from The Book of Girls Don't Play Computer Games, Chapter 3, Verse 1,000,001.
(Actually, it's from Heresy, a BBC Radio 4 discussion programme which "challenges established ideas and questions received wisdom.")
Monday, 5 December 2011
Boys Are Better
Time: 12:30
If today's conversation in the library is to be believed, boys are intrinsically straightforward and adventurous, and girls are catty. This being near the children's section, they were also in earshot, though I'm not sure they were old enough to understand what was being said.
Oh, shhhhh--
If today's conversation in the library is to be believed, boys are intrinsically straightforward and adventurous, and girls are catty. This being near the children's section, they were also in earshot, though I'm not sure they were old enough to understand what was being said.
Oh, shhhhh--
Sunday, 4 December 2011
Who Knows Breast?
Time: 12:30
A conversation about breastfeeding. Older Woman advises Younger Woman that she'll have to stop feeding her baby soon because her husband would want his breasts back and would get jealous otherwise.
That breasts can multi-task didn't enter into it. But in any case, it was clear that the breasts under discussion belonged either to the baby or the father and not to the woman they were actually attached to.
A conversation about breastfeeding. Older Woman advises Younger Woman that she'll have to stop feeding her baby soon because her husband would want his breasts back and would get jealous otherwise.
That breasts can multi-task didn't enter into it. But in any case, it was clear that the breasts under discussion belonged either to the baby or the father and not to the woman they were actually attached to.
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Breakfast Reflection #1
Something that's surprised me about recording the first sexist bullshit of the day is how much shit I let slide.
For example, the Vince Cable interview that inspired this project was preceded by a discussion about Caesareans, which inevitably featured patronising views on women's ability to make decisions about their own bodies. This absolutely qualified as sexist bullshit but for some reason I didn't react too strongly. Obviously, my brain has to protect itself from dissolving into a pile of sweary plasma, but why notice one thing and not the other? Something to think about.
In any case, the swear jar is going hungry today.
For example, the Vince Cable interview that inspired this project was preceded by a discussion about Caesareans, which inevitably featured patronising views on women's ability to make decisions about their own bodies. This absolutely qualified as sexist bullshit but for some reason I didn't react too strongly. Obviously, my brain has to protect itself from dissolving into a pile of sweary plasma, but why notice one thing and not the other? Something to think about.
In any case, the swear jar is going hungry today.
Friday, 2 December 2011
Labour's Leadership Contest
Time: 7.20am
Labour is having a leadership contest after being trounced in last week's election. The candidates are all men except for Nanaia Mahuta, who is David Cunliffe's proposed deputy.
Over to the sadly predictable ex-Labour MP John Tamihere, who says she was only chosen because she's a woman and Maori. He wasn't even first in the queue…
I haven't spotted any comment from him about leadership contender, and fellow Maori, Shane Jones.
But it's Nanaia Mahuta's turn,
Nothing to add to that!
Labour is having a leadership contest after being trounced in last week's election. The candidates are all men except for Nanaia Mahuta, who is David Cunliffe's proposed deputy.
Over to the sadly predictable ex-Labour MP John Tamihere, who says she was only chosen because she's a woman and Maori. He wasn't even first in the queue…
"The only thing she's lacking is she doesn't have a limp. Then he would have got the disabled [vote] too."
I haven't spotted any comment from him about leadership contender, and fellow Maori, Shane Jones.
But it's Nanaia Mahuta's turn,
"John's comments show male parochialism is alive and well in Maoridom... If John Tamihere thinks that Maori women should be in the home cooking kai, then he's wrong.
I would advise him to stick to his knitting. He's a failed politician who is never making it back in, and it's a bit rich for him to advise Labour on its leadership team."
Nothing to add to that!
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Teach The Little Children
Time: 7:42am
Fathers don't have an equally important role in teaching compassion, such fluffy feelings are for the mummies, as usual. Thank you, Facebook and the Dalai Lama.
"Mothers in society are the first lamas, or gurus, of compassion; our spiritual lamas come later in life. Our mothers teach us the power and value of compassion right from birth."
Fathers don't have an equally important role in teaching compassion, such fluffy feelings are for the mummies, as usual. Thank you, Facebook and the Dalai Lama.
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