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True gender equality is actually perceived as inequality. A group that is made up of 50% women is perceived as being mostly women. A situation that is perfectly equal between men and women is perceived as being biased in favor of women.
And if you don’t believe me, you’ve never been a married woman who kept her family name. I have had students hold that up as proof of my “sexism.”
My own brother told me that he could never marry a woman who kept her name because “everyone would know who ruled that relationship.” Perfect equality – my husband keeps his name and I keep mine – is held as a statement of superiority on my part.- Lucy, When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege. (via seaofbadstories)
I might have reblogged this already but it’s so good I don’t care.
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Kyriarchy in action.
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Also the study where they had women and men talking in a discussion and when women spoke around 30% of the time, men perceived them as dominating the discussion. They didn’t consider it “equal” until something like 5-10% of women talking.
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Voila. A beautiful example of why fighting for equality becomes a gross exaggeration in the eyes of the oppressors.
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this picture pretty much sums it all. Gaza, Palestine
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Posted on February 25, 2012 via Warriors Rise with 127 notes
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Ruby’s Bridge from Child to Adult: A Little Girl’s Contribution to Civil Rights
“On Nov. 14,1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first black child to integrate a public school in New Orleans. It was to become one of the most memorable images of the civil rights movement.”(via auzubillah)
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Saira Liaquat, 22 yrs, burn victim and survivor, holding an old photograph of herself before she was burned with acid by her husband. There are presently over 300 cases of burn victims registered in Pakistan. Most victims are between the ages of 14 - 25 years old.
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Since the year 2000, only 22 Israelis have died from Qassam rockets. That’s less than 2 casualties a year.
Posted on February 23, 2012 via Derp with 700 notes
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Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has developed ‘Little Sun’, a small solar-powered lantern, in collaboration with entrepreneur Frederik Ottesen .
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one year: of Pain
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