Comments on: Victim/Enforcer http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/09/victimenforcer/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Thene http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/09/victimenforcer/#comment-70569 Thene Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:56:43 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/09/victimenforcer/#comment-70569 <i>Yet, on the other hand, when they were describing what they were going to do to my grandmother, as far as surgeries and medicines went, they addressed the lecture to me.</i> Well <i>duh</i>. You're a <i>female</i> relative, ergo you are way more responsible for her care than any of her male relatives are, even ones who are more closely related to her than you. Didn't you get the memo? (For real, this seems to happen in every family. In the real world a mere 58% of carers are women [<a href="http://83.137.212.42/sitearchive/eoc/Defaultb861.html?page=15440" rel="nofollow">UK</a>] but in dispatches from teh Pat, all carers are women and all women are carers, whether they know it already or not). Yet, on the other hand, when they were describing what they were going to do to my grandmother, as far as surgeries and medicines went, they addressed the lecture to me.

Well duh. You’re a female relative, ergo you are way more responsible for her care than any of her male relatives are, even ones who are more closely related to her than you. Didn’t you get the memo? (For real, this seems to happen in every family. In the real world a mere 58% of carers are women [UK] but in dispatches from teh Pat, all carers are women and all women are carers, whether they know it already or not).

]]> By: Antigone http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/09/victimenforcer/#comment-70503 Antigone Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:08:07 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/09/victimenforcer/#comment-70503 Thus the "if for no other reason" part. I agree, but I find that it's hard to convince people that "positive" stereotypes are just as harmful as negative ones. Thus the “if for no other reason” part. I agree, but I find that it’s hard to convince people that “positive” stereotypes are just as harmful as negative ones.

]]> By: Greg http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/09/victimenforcer/#comment-70492 Greg Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:38:01 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/09/victimenforcer/#comment-70492 "Perhaps the idea of “intelligence as a female quality” is making inroads as a stereotype. This is still a bad thing, if for no other reason than it discourages males to learn things." It's bad for women too; ask an Asian how it feels to have to measure up against the same stereotype. “Perhaps the idea of “intelligence as a female quality” is making inroads as a stereotype. This is still a bad thing, if for no other reason than it discourages males to learn things.”

It’s bad for women too; ask an Asian how it feels to have to measure up against the same stereotype.

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