Aching to Pupate

Femme, feisty, feminist, finding it harder to alliterate than I expected. Twenty-something, vegan, queer, sex- and body-positive, book-loving, Jewish, kinky almost-college graduate. My feminism is intersectional or it isn't worth shit. Directing my life marginally better than a butterfly in a hurricane.

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"Although benevolent sexism may sound oxymoronic, this term recognizes that some forms of sexism are, for the perpetrator, subjectively benevolent, characterizing women as pure creatures who ought to be protected, supported, and adored and whose love is necessary to make a man complete. This idealization of women simultaneously implies that they are weak and best suited for conventional gender roles; being put on a pedestal is confining, yet the man who places a woman there is likely to interpret this as cherishing, rather than restricting, her (and many women may agree). Despite the greater social acceptability of benevolent sexism, our research suggests that it serves as a crucial complement to hostile sexism that helps to pacify women’s resistance to societal gender inequality."  -

- Peter Glick and Susan Fiske (via seaofbadstories)

I believe there have been several relatively recent studies related to the idea of benevolent sexism (also often referred to as “chivalry”). Even after a simple act, like witnessing a male researcher holding a door open for a female researcher, men participating in a study were more likely to display sexist views. Here’s a short article with a few sources relating these studies.

California grants new rights to LGBT community 

youjolgbtq:

Sacramento took notice last year of the political clout of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. New laws that took effect Sunday include:

 1. Requiring school districts to have a uniform process for dealing with gay bullying complaints. 

 2. Mandating that school personnel intervene if they witness gay bullying. 

 3. Requiring state universities and colleges to create and enforce campus policies protecting LGBTs from harassment and to appoint employee contacts to address on-campus LGBT matters. 

4. Correcting inequalities between domestic partnerships and heterosexual marriages, including domestic partner health benefits sharing.

5. Allowing courts to consider the relationship between a child and a nonbiological parent when considering child rights cases involving birth parents, adoptive parents and gay or lesbian guardians.

6. Providing public accommodation and protection in education, housing and employment for gender identity and expression.

7. Making it easier for transgender Californians to get a court petition to change their gender on official documents such as birth certificates.

8. Requiring employers with state contracts worth more than $100,000 to have nondiscrimination policies in place for LGBT workers and their partners.

9. Including gender identity and sexual orientation of potential judges into the state’s Judicial Applicant Data Report to ensure that state courts are diverse.

10. Providing that if a gay couple got married in California but live in a state that won’t grant them a divorce, the California court will have jurisdiction to grant them a legal divorce.

11. Mandating that school textbooks and social studies include gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender accomplishments.

Everything EVERY state needs to be doing. EVERY STATE! You here that, LA? Because we’re everywhere and we need the same respect non-queers have!