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I have had this scary realisation about corp. Its disturbing becase I tink I realised it years ago, but here we go:
It's a sexist institution.
That is to say, its an institution because people go there, and they think its okay to act the way the other people there are acting, simply because thats how it's done.
It's sexist because the men basically go there in jeans and a T-shirt (which is simple and easy and sort of the default option) and they do not try at all to make themselves look good. Meanwhile the women go there wearing PVC shorts or basques or watever - but the key thing is that they put a lot more effort in than the men.
If the women are putting a lot of effort in then we are running into pure sexism - women working harder than men for the same reward.
So the question is really, do I continue going and thus supporting a sexist institution BUT encouraging, by my glam presence, men to make a little more effort, or do I boycott the place and thus deny it my financial support?
It's a sexist institution.
That is to say, its an institution because people go there, and they think its okay to act the way the other people there are acting, simply because thats how it's done.
It's sexist because the men basically go there in jeans and a T-shirt (which is simple and easy and sort of the default option) and they do not try at all to make themselves look good. Meanwhile the women go there wearing PVC shorts or basques or watever - but the key thing is that they put a lot more effort in than the men.
If the women are putting a lot of effort in then we are running into pure sexism - women working harder than men for the same reward.
So the question is really, do I continue going and thus supporting a sexist institution BUT encouraging, by my glam presence, men to make a little more effort, or do I boycott the place and thus deny it my financial support?
