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We’ve all seen stupidly gendered toys and clothes. Buy why stop there when you can apply stereotypes to every product imaginable? Bread. Eggs. Glue. Of course we need separate versions of them for men and women. My «favourite» is the bible for boys, advertised with the promise: «Discover gross and gory bible stuff». A Twitter thread full of examples – find your own favourite.
«Ask a man about his worst date, he’ll tell you a funny story. Ask a woman, she’ll tell you a horror story.»
An interesting attempt at creating a new set of tests to measure how equally genders are represented in movies, raising the bar from the intentionally low level set by the Bechdel test (Need a primer on the Bechdel test? Look no further)
A six-year-old child, born as a boy, who knew she was a girl at the age of three. This is her story, told by her mother (and herself) in a podcast.
Men have all the gadgets, women – or should I say: girls? – have all the mental powers, even divine powers.
When men and women of exactly equal ability face each other in chess, men win more often – but only if they know they’re playing against the opposite sex. Fascinating insights on why this is the case – and what it means for the world beyond chess.
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