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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by paganel on Saturday March 09, 2019 @04:41PM (#19348673)
This could go the other way, like you might be seen as saying that women don't have hand-spans as big as men, meaning that they're not as good as men when it comes to their physical capabilities and as such "providing" them with smaller pianos might be looked at as "demeaning" towards said women (you're thinking about them as not being as good as men are). Gender politics can be fun like that.
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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by mamon on Saturday March 09, 2019 @04:55PM (#19348749)
So producing shoes or coat's in women sizes is also "demeaning" towards women? I can't imagine why producing smaller pianos would be any different.
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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by gambiting on Saturday March 09, 2019 @05:07PM (#19348812)
Because someone would say that it shows that a woman cannot play a proper piano like a man can - she has to be provided with a smaller(and therefore obviously inferior) one.
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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by scott_s on Saturday March 09, 2019 @06:41PM (#19349275)
But it's important to keep in mind no one is saying that. It's dangerous to get wrapped up in what people might say because that relies on your imagination, not reality.
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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by iguy on Saturday March 09, 2019 @05:35PM (#19348972)
This was certainly why no teenage boy wanted to be seen playing a 3/4 size guitar! But one would hope that adults could behave better.
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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by petre on Sunday March 10, 2019 @12:29AM (#19350495)
At least some companies (Meral - cycles Cyfac) are producing bicycles in women's sizes which are not just their male counterparts painted in pink and turqoise.
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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by rayiner on Saturday March 09, 2019 @11:58PM (#19350377)
> Gender politics can be fun like that.

No, only strawman made-up gender politics is like that.

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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by natrik on Saturday March 09, 2019 @09:13PM (#19349771)
This isn't an issue in the WNBA and Women's basketball in general where the ball is smaller than the men's ball.
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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by davrosthedalek on Saturday March 09, 2019 @10:41PM (#19350041)
Are they paid the same? Are they the same level of famous? I don't really watch basketball, but I don't think they are, and a "they are not as good as men" bias could very well be at play here.
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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by BurningCycles on Sunday March 10, 2019 @01:08AM (#19350638)
The economics of sports are dominated by one factor, the size of the audience. If women started to watch female sports in anywhere near the numbers men watch male sports then the economics would change.

As it stands, women are just not as interested in watching sports as men are, with some exceptions like figure skating and gymnastics.

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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by davrosthedalek on Sunday March 10, 2019 @08:08AM (#19351621)
This leads to a couple of questions: Why do men prefer to watch men sports, why do women prefer to not watch sports, and is the "watch same gender preference" the same for men and women? For the latter, my impression is that women mostly prefer to watch men teams too.

Also, the audience=the customer, so isn't this true for almost all fields? If we are OK with wildly different pay scales in sports because of audience preference, couldn't Hollywood claim the same?

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Re:CERN cuts ties with 'sexist' scientist Alessandro Strumia by BurningCycles on Monday March 11, 2019 @12:23AM (#19356647)
>If we are OK with wildly different pay scales in sports because of audience preference, couldn't Hollywood claim the same?

Isn't that the way it is though, movie stars are paid tons more than the rest ?

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