My biggest problem with her was that she talked about how sexist Knocked Up was and then went on to star in a bunch of sexist rom-coms. Like she didn't really make an effort to, I don't know, do somethiing about that sexism.
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Because she's a pretty and successful actress, and we get obsessed by them and then hate them. Actors don't get backlash like actresses do, even if they are assholes, wifebeaters or drug addicts.
The sad thing is that I have chatted with make CEOs about these issues, and frankly they do not see this as an issue. You'd like to think some were enlightened enough, but remember, these CEOs are primarily in their late 50s and 60s. Not young enough for the feminist movement to have really affected their lives (and…
What bothers me about this is that he could be making a valid point if he weren't being so....Matt Lauer-y. It's true that neither men nor women can 'have it all.' And I think the fact that men, too, struggle with sacrificing family for their careers is brushed aside. Society is waaaaaaay harsher on women who…
Exactly. That's kinda the thing. It's expected socially that men will do career, women will do career plus cleaning/babies/rearing.
Right. Whether a woman can "have it all" depends on what you think "having it all" means. Indra Nooyi's daughter might be hurt now about her mother not being able to go to coffee hour at school, but I'd like to think that when she's older, she'll realize how badass it was that her mom was the CEO of a Fortune 500…
The "we're all human" defense has become a loophole in the patriarchal system. Whenever someone is called out for making a statement that is misogynistic in nature, all they have to say is, "What? This happens to people of ALL genders!" and they're in the clear with those who are like minded.
Women have to choose, women have to think about it, men don't. This is a fact. Until men can be pregnant, breastfeed, and experience centuries of patriarchal oppression it will remain a fucking gender issue. I'm saddened that they roped Martha into this nonsense.
Can't wait for the clips of him asking men this same question. C'mon turdburger, cough em up.
Let's be clear, it's not possible to work 60+ hours a week and be there for the home stuff. Maybe once and a while if you're the boss you can arrange your schedule to be there but you aren't doing the daily after school pick ups, the homework, etc. It doesn't matter if you're working three jobs making minimum wage…
While it's stupid that he's pretending that everyone's equal right now, I would like it to actually be that way someday. That men and women are questioned equally for their decisions to either throw themselves entirely at work at the expense of family or entirely at family at the expense of work. Or, you know, not…
I remember reading an article and I can't for the life of me remember the publication that talked about this. The men in high powered jobs wrote how they were not as connected to their children but felt it was their job as a father to provide for them. They expressed anger that the women were not willing to make the…
Seriously, do men EVER get asked this? It's assumed they provide the truly valuable parenting ——intellectual, spiritual, political, whatever——while women just wipe asses and do the shit work.
From my time in Boston I found that they mostly protest on the weekends. Hatemongers have to keep down jobs too, probably at puppy-kicking farms and the DMV.
HE IS AN IMPORTANT PERSON.
HE SELLS MONOGRAMMED COFFEE THERMOSES (PROBABLY).
"That particular statistic is from my personal observations. I'm just speaking here as a dude."
This is going to sound really sad, because it is. At the time that I got married, I could have used this woman's help because I had so few friends. I asked two friends from high school and my cousin and they really were not invested in me as a person at that time in my life.
BLESS YOU