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Everyday Sexism

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by Jules

Saturday / Sunday Morning Adverts

Dolls, Babies, Dolls that look like babies, Dolls that say 'mama', Dolls that need changing, Dolls you dress up to look like Britney Spears, Shopping sets.

All modelled by female children.

Ships, building things, techie toys, building bricks - all modeled by male children.

Letters from Computer Companies and ISPs that assume you're male by default

I'm so sick of this. Letter after letter from companies I have ( and haven't) request info from come by default to Mr Surname.

Tragic, and deeply insulting.

Shite customer service that.

Adverts that assume all women are obsessed with clothes shopping

Most of us prefer shoes, handbags and gadgets and macs and fast computers actually ;) And dualit toasters.

Adverts that assume all men are incapable of any domestic work but that women can automatically do it by some inborn cleaning gene

Women driver comments

Yep, thats we have cheaper insurance. But no doubt you have a smart answer to that like .. yes they cause accidents or something clever like that.

Words like Businessman used to describe both sexes. I mind this.

Last night watching a programme they said something like 'And this is the area businessmen tend to move into' (or something like that). JEEZ. Channel 4!

Men who are reading this and saying 'oh shut up' fine, you'd be happy being called a businesswoman would you ?

oh...............

 

 

 

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