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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums100 easy ways to make women's lives more bearable
1. Before explaining something to a woman, ask yourself if she might already understand. She may know more about it than you do.
2. Related: Never, ever try to explain feminism to a woman.
3. Trans women are women. Repeat that until you perish.
4. RESPECT PEOPLES PRONOUNS. Its not hard.
5. Remember that fat women exist and arent all trying to get thin. Treat them with respect.
6. In fact, just never comment on a woman's body.
7. Be kind to women in customer service positions. Tip them extra. (But not in a creepy way.)
8. Trust women. When they teach you something, don't feel the need to go and check for yourself. And especially do not Google it in front of them.
9. Dont maintain a double standard for anything, ever.
10. CLOSE YOUR LEGS ON PUBLIC TRANSIT, OH MY GOD.
11. Trying to describe a woman positively? Say she's talented, clever, or funny. Not gorgeous, sweet, or cute.
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/bj5ex8/how-to-help-gender-equality-international-womens-day
dawg
(10,624 posts)Not in a creepy or non-creepy way.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Not like pink collar jobs love the pay gap or anything.
dawg
(10,624 posts)I try to be a generous tipper, especially when the service is good. But I'm not going to favor female servers over male. (Although, I suspect that many men generally do.)
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)High end restaurants, which charge a lot, resulting in higher tips, tend to hire male waitstaff.
Cheaper venues tend to hire women.
Lower tips for the pink collar ghetto. Voilà.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)IN fact when a woman's (stranger) walking down the street, leave her alone. Do not whistle, do not comment on her body, do not ask for her number, just leave her alone.
I don't know anyone who's been to a wedding where the happy bride says "yes he whistled at me on my way to xyz. I gave him my number and now I'm his wife."
If you want to catcall, the recipient should be a feline.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)But, then, my cat always looks at me like that.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)MEn typically don't bring their drinks in the bathroom with them. Women have to.
Edit-- should be in the general thread.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)And before anyone asks I mean stuff like 68-69, 53, 54, 47 (seriously, fuck that shit), 52, 7, 30, 32 (wars have been waged over less outrageous proposals than this)...
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Can't go along with all of them, but worth thinking about.
Bryant