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Re: Three teen sisters who win medals in coding competitions

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Post by eru » Fri, Apr 22, 2016, 12:43 PM UTC

StudyAnimal wrote: post #139

TeMPOraL wrote: post #114

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Social signalling is relative to the things available for that society. Even if there were no "nice cars" available by your standards, there still were "impressive" cars, relative to the society in question.

No I think except for the politicians and military most people just got the standard model of Trabant or nothing.

You could also get a Wartburg, a Moskvitch or a Lada, and a few others. Probably also Skoda, but I don't remember hearing about them back then.

The big brass were driving Volvos. They were nice cars, but Sweden was seen as sufficiently neutral and socialist-like.

Re: Three teen sisters who win medals in coding competitions

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Post by ae_keji » Sat, Apr 23, 2016, 1:41 PM UTC

meowface wrote: post #137

ae_keji wrote: post #135

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Well, it exists everywhere, but so does sexism.

What evidence do you have that makeup is actually linked to sexism at all?

That women wear it daily while it doesn't even cross most guy's minds. Also that women wear it, and are expected to wear it, to look better while, again, the concept rarely crosses most men's minds.

Re: Three teen sisters who win medals in coding competitions

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Post by ae_keji » Sat, Apr 23, 2016, 1:41 PM UTC

gozur88 wrote: post #136

ae_keji wrote: post #135

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Well, it exists everywhere, but so does sexism.

So... it doesn't have anything to do with our culture at all, then?

Human culture, I guess if you step back far enough. I say culture because I don't think makeup is tied to genetics.

Re: Three teen sisters who win medals in coding competitions

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Post by meowface » Sun, Apr 24, 2016, 12:39 AM UTC

ae_keji wrote: post #142

meowface wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What evidence do you have that makeup is actually linked to sexism at all?

That women wear it daily while it doesn't even cross most guy's minds. Also that women wear it, and are expected to wear it, to look better while, again, the concept rarely crosses most men's minds.

If it doesn't cross guys' minds but it does cross their minds, isn't it a reasonable explanation that they personally notice the effects and like how it looks on them?