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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Amy Alkon

      It does try. However, we're largely ignoring this as usual & doing our own thing anyway. #WomenAreNotCulturallyConstructed #WeHaveAgencyhttps://twitter.com/amyalkon/status/894555339000958976 …

      Helen Pluckrose added,

      Amy AlkonVerified account @amyalkon
      Feminism now stands for pushing women to do jobs they don't want to do & to compete more than they're comfortable with #HavingItAllMiserably https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/894456503398268928 …
      3 replies 7 retweets 17 likes
      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017

      I don't deny social pressure exists but think we need to promote ignoring it &asserting individuality more than accuse others of exerting it

      7:05 AM - 7 Aug 2017
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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          'I was made to feel this & so couldn't do what I wanted to do or be who I wanted to be' is feeble & makes others responsible for ur feelings

          1 reply 4 retweets 11 likes
        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Which isn't to say it doesn't happen and people don't feel daunted by social expectations & give into them.

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          But if you're a woman in the west now, you really do have the power to decide what to do with your life quite safely & with minimal censure.

          1 reply 3 retweets 12 likes
        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          So I'm not hugely sympathetic to 'I was made to feel unwelcome in science because a scientist wore a shirt with cartoon women on it' or...

          2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          'I was made to feel that I couldn't stay at home with my kids even tho my partner was happy with this coz feminists said this is bad.'

          2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
        7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          If those who want women to have all the choices & opportunities have a role to play now, its in pointing out we already have them and...

          1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
        8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          ... that we can safely ignore other people having ideas about women's roles that we don't like & do what we want anyway.

          1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
        9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          If the people trying to pressure you into choices you don't want are your family & community, this is hard & you'll need support.

          2 replies 2 retweets 9 likes
        10. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          But mainstream society defends your right to choose your own path in life whether career or family focused or, most commonly, a bit of both.

          1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
        11. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Some people are telling me of truly awful experiences of being made to feel unwelcome in a job or undermined & I know this happens.

          1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
        12. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          And that sometimes it happens on the basis of sex. But we do not have a society which exerts huge pressure on women to fit certain roles.

          3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        13. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          A family member of mine had a horrible work environment where she was sexually harassed & called names for not covering her head.

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        14. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 7 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          But this does not reflect a widescale social pressure where women are not welcome in the workplace.

          0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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