tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post718209498092918236..comments2019-06-19T03:31:30.556+08:00Comments on Gary EFL Taiwan: This is a feminist blogGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18392364550618807893noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post-71654155140583327862007-05-08T10:35:00.000+08:002007-05-08T10:35:00.000+08:00Note: All comments on this blog are welcome, and n...Note: All comments on this blog are welcome, and no comments will be disallowed. I hope people will try to use this space to have an informed discussion about issues raised in posts (everything is fine so far!) But I reserve the right to not respond directly to a comment. I may not respond for a lot of reasons--I might be busy, or I might want to give other people a chance to speak (this is a Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18392364550618807893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post-275989042679150312007-05-08T09:36:00.000+08:002007-05-08T09:36:00.000+08:00anonymous, how often do you read feminist litertau...anonymous, how often do you read feminist litertaure? Feminism is essentially an ideology that seeks to challenge systemic inequality between the sexes. Of course, women are in the focus because usually we get "businessman" "fisherman" "chairman", plus "he" 26 times versus "she" only 7 times, etc. i.e. men are unfairly in the focus all the time.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18392364550618807893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post-47717295282081172612007-05-08T04:40:00.000+08:002007-05-08T04:40:00.000+08:00Feminism often simplyfies by concentrating on girl...Feminism often simplyfies by concentrating on girls/women being disadvantaged in patriarchic society. Also the word "feminism" itself makes it clear, that boys are not in the focus, or only as potential suppressors of girls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post-41906866773663205652007-05-07T08:41:00.000+08:002007-05-07T08:41:00.000+08:00Scott, I don't think anything I said implied sexis...Scott, I don't think anything I said implied sexism has no consequences. Quite the contrary. I already mentioned the damage done to females' self-esteem, and sexism ultimately leads to violence being enacted on women by men--a very serious problem worldwide. Domestic violence against women is also a problem in Taiwan. Gendering, sexism and gender bias are three separate things, but they do Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18392364550618807893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post-2233816653781546802007-05-06T23:53:00.000+08:002007-05-06T23:53:00.000+08:00So sexism should be addressed even if it has no co...So sexism should be addressed even if it has no consequences? Sexism as statistical norm? I don't think that's really what you mean, or is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post-82967124478117210912007-05-06T22:07:00.000+08:002007-05-06T22:07:00.000+08:00I'm not sure about the best way to handle comments...I'm not sure about the best way to handle comments yet--but i did promise to respond, and I will give at least one response to anyone who comments. Of course i'd like to give you all an individual response, but it seems like I need to do this one place. So with no further ado:<BR/><BR/>Scott, it IS difficult to eliminate gender-patterned behaviour, but that is not my goal. My more limited goal Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18392364550618807893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post-51433880817309126692007-05-06T19:07:00.000+08:002007-05-06T19:07:00.000+08:00I don't think that we can or should eliminate gend...I don't think that we can or should eliminate gender-patterned behavior. Considering that "gender-patterned" behavior exists not only in every human society, but also those of countless other animals, blaming everything on culture isn't very reasonable. Men and women aren't the same on a physical level (which includes the brain), and any society formed will be influenced by these differences. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652288045145591799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post-66858160298056758992007-05-06T17:19:00.000+08:002007-05-06T17:19:00.000+08:00It's great that you examined texts like this. But ...It's great that you examined texts like this. But I don't think a feminist point of view is desirable, I'd rather speak of 'gender awareness' since boys also sometimes suffer by gendering. Higher expectations -> higher pressure, so what if a boy is not a high achiever? And furthermore "boys don't cry, don't feel pain" and all that bullshit. We should try to see the human beings behind the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post-47981610235340053262007-05-06T16:19:00.000+08:002007-05-06T16:19:00.000+08:00What an absolute outrage! Those poor high school s...What an absolute outrage! Those poor high school students being corrupted by those insidious coloured stripes! <BR/><BR/>I applaud your determined effort at addressing a serious problem but I'm concerned that you over-play your hand and thus undermine the movement. Getting upset about coloured stripes on games kit - used to play sport - usually a gendered activity (or is gendered sport evil as .https://www.blogger.com/profile/00149149710618430861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252844110058703038.post-28574046937867003732007-05-05T22:48:00.000+08:002007-05-05T22:48:00.000+08:00I don't want to say that I disagree with you. I tr...I don't want to say that I disagree with you. I try to eliminate gendered language as much as I can, although I don't take as much care as you do. My concern is a little different.<BR/><BR/>It is extremely difficult to eliminate gender-patterned behaviour. For those who read my blog, you will know that I don't accept explanations that ascribe this to biology, but it is almost impossible, even in Scott Sommershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03901761677186493865noreply@blogger.com