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walkingman

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2. Patriarchy is designed to primarily serve the needs of a relatively few elite men.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Sat Oct 7, 2023, 09:46 AM

Oct 2023

“What would the world look like if girls were taught they were volcanoes, whose eruptions were a thing of beauty, a power to behold, a force not to be trifled with?”~Mona Eltahawy

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After Shunning Nobel-winning Scientist, University of Pennsylvania Celebrates Her Nobel Prize [View all] CousinIT Oct 2023 OP

Typical crap done to women...women have just as many smarts as males except males Stargazer99 Oct 2023 #1

+1 2naSalit Oct 2023 #3

Patriarchy is designed to primarily serve the needs of a relatively few elite men. walkingman Oct 2023 #2

Yes: It's not broken: Patriarchy is working exactly as it's founders had hoped, in 1500BCE lindysalsagal Oct 2023 #7

Sure patriarchy is alive and well. However, Quakerfriend Oct 2023 #12

An attorney I knew said "academia is the last bastion of sexism." Nt spooky3 Oct 2023 #4

Knowing those who work in higher ed... CousinIT Oct 2023 #5

Yep. Academia is definitely a bastion of the the good ole boys' club. Irish_Dem Oct 2023 #6

I believe that Rebl2 Oct 2023 #8

Will they pay her backpay? LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #9

Excellent question. Delmette2.0 Oct 2023 #11

She should sue the snot out of them. Not sure the legal grounds or if there is any CousinIT Oct 2023 #13

She could get a full professorship with an endowed chair at the university of her choice. vlyons Oct 2023 #10