Senate Let's Talk: Feminism

Does this belong here? I think it kind of does:

https://deadline.com/2018/06/terry-...-expendables-4-threatened-trouble-1202417462/

"In testimony this morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Crews said Expendables producer Avi Lerner called his manager and asked that the actor to drop his case against Adam Venit in order to appear in the fourth installment of the action film.

Asked By Sen. Amy Klobuchar asked Crews if he has a role in the sequel.

“No. Simply because this same producer is under his own … investigation,” said Crews. “Abusers protect abusers — and this is one thing I had to decide, whether I was going to draw the line on. Am I going to be a part of this or am I gonna take a stand, and there are projects I had to turn down.”

This is the other half of what the MeToo movement has enabled - it's good to see.

 

My point was basically that the US has lots of problems with women's rights, but that this faulty survey putting us at #10 worst is incorrect.

As a feminist, articles like that bother me, because they are sensationalist and they make the doubters of the feminist movement doubt even more. I don't want valid surveys or representations of women's issues in the US to be doubted because of some clickbait crap.

As for MeToo, I think the fact that it exists and works (to an extent) to bring down perpetrators is actually a sign that the US is not as terribe for women as #10 worst in the world. At least here people's claims are starting to be taken seriously.

And I absolutely love what Terry Crews is doing for the men who are victims of sexual abuse and harassment.

 

I 100% agree with you, and I don't hold posting the article against you at all.

Glad you're having these conversations with your son. You are a great mom and a great lady overall

 

It's a easy mistake to make. Statistics are easily misleading even for me who old job revolved around it.

And it's not just the US with this metoo scandal.......its blown the lid off a lot of dirty stuff that went down in the UK too.

 

Absolutely agree. I love when people say, "Well the real reason for a wage gap is that women tend to choose professions that don't pay as much, like teaching." Because it gives me a chance to say, "Have you ever considered that the reason those jobs pay less in the first place is because they're thought of as 'women's work', and therefore not valued highly?"

 

You answered your own question.

The best storytelling turns our everyday problems into epic drama that inspires. Women's issues were more overt in the past, and more subtle in the modern day.

See the logic?

 

I thought they did? Plus WW has been in modern-day Justice League, and CM will be in Avengers 4. Captain Marvel, particularly, has to explain why she's been gone long enough that none of the Avengers have heard of her. If she disappeared shortly before Iron Man then it have come up.

 

And with Black Widow there's more creative room with a prequel to delve into her past, than as opposed to the present when we still don't know if the character as we know her now will survive Avengers 4.

 

I found this interesting. https://www.racked.com/2018/4/25/17...-hair-mantis-black-widow-gamora-scarlet-witch

The author explains that female characters, such as Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Mantis, and Gamora, wearing their hair down, as opposed to arranging them with ponytails or at least buns, is sexist. Interestingly, a shaved heads, ponytails, etc. apparently signify bisexuality and/or flamboyant personalities. What do you think?

Personally, I do find it a little strange to see so many women without ponytails and buns in superhero films. I named myself after a cisgender lady who fairly often arranges her hair in a bun. During university, I did notice that more of the women on the teams had ponytails than the sorority members. Not sure what that says about them.

 

If it helps though I haven't seen the full film, it seems like the character of Hope in Ant-Man and the Wasp puts her hair in a ponytail when she is in uniform as the Wasp.

 

I saw that earlier with my eponym (cis lady after whom I named myself). We laughed ourselves to tears.

It will be interesting to see what challenges Wonder Woman will face in the next film. I read that a writer thought that the 1980s were when things were finally just fine for women. I was like, "What?" Equality between the sexes and genders is still a journey. I'm happy that women have more rights than we once did in various countries. But as long as full equality is not permitted everywhere, and as long as there are women suffering oppression anywhere, then that hurts everyone. I'm glad it's less acceptable to shame those who suffer sexual violence and human trafficking. We most oppose all forms of domination and oppression.

 

Patty Jenkins is directing the sequel (like she did the first WW), so there's hope that the 80s won't be perfect for women as some (apparently) think.

 

True that. I mean, the era of Reagan? Ew.

 

I think we maybe should stop handing out guns and ammo to anti-feminists and then complaining when they shoot up the place.

A comment under the article:

Not sexist. Nothing to see here.

 

Yeah, I agree with Ava. I worked on shows where male characters took off hazmat suit helmets in times where no one actually would... Mostly because it was better to see their faces than to be totally accurate.

Super heroes are in a fictional world. While I don't think we should be sticking only to ultra sexy short skirts for female super heroes, we must admit that all superhero costumes have some impracticality. And that male superheroes have costumes that accentuate their muscles and general physique.

I see it more like you're supposed to be looking at a Greek statue rather than a real person. That's basically what superheroes are. Mythical gods for our era.

I don't care what way their hair is.