Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot

Re:Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot by groby_b on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @11:13PM (#3769468)

At least partially that might well be because society perpetuates the stereotype that gut-reactions are a female thing, guys are really bad at listening to their heart, and in general emotionally stunted. At some point, it becomes internalized - and you see men simply ignoring emotions and feelings that they're well aware of.

Sure, it's dressed in sugar coating ("guys are rational!"), but it's still affecting behavior. That's the thing with gender stereotypes - they actually hurt both sides, just in different ways.

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Re:Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot by hosh on Thursday March 29, 2012 @01:46AM (#3769803)

Ignoring your gut or your heart is a behavior that can be unlearned through various means, including meditation. Being mindful of your emotions has nothing to do with society and stereotypes, and everything to do with your own habits of the mind and experiencing reality as is.

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Re:Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot by groby_b on Friday March 30, 2012 @06:45PM (#3778494)

And society and prevalent stereotypes shape your habits and how you experience reality in the first place. Nobody is saying you can never get rid of this behavior - just that we're all being indoctrinated from a very early age, and that it takes lots of work to break that conditioning.

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