Hot take: #bropenscience *is* sexist...and alienates the very people that we want on our side. Science is, objectively, dominated by men, but I'm not sure this is the right approach. It feels a little bit like if we got called "lady scientists". Dismissed by gender.
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Maybe we have different interpretations of the word sexism? Obviously there's a heavy heavy bias against women when it comes to sexism, but I don't feel like that's a free pass for (and forgive this term, I can't think how to put it) "reverse sexism" by that definition
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For me it's just incoherent. But I think how we understand and define sexism and feminism is different. And I certainly don't want to push you or pull you any specific way. If you care about what I think, I'm happy to share but otherwise I think I'm covered by what I have said.
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A good definition is on Wikipedia of all places because it has a bunch of quotes defining it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism#Etymology_and_definitions …
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I tend to point folks towards that one as well:https://finallyfeminism101.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/sexism-definition/ …
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That website brings back fond memories of when I first started reading about feminism back in 2010.
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"If you’re here, chances are you’re familiar with the feminist definition of sexism = prejudice + power and chances are you think that, in itself, is sexist." So good.
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I know, right. Though I admit as an anarchist I am partial to a definition that makes an explicit reference to power differentials.
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