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On women, empathy and (sometimes) not giving a toss
Years ago I happened to read the mansplainer wankscience classic that is Simon Baron-Cohen’s The Essential Difference (cover quote: “Women will want to talk about it … men will sit silent and brood...
View ArticleOn lady staplers and feminine weakness
Today I found out that a special “light touch stapler” is being marketed as “easy for ladies to use”. I for one am relieved to hear this. I am sick and tired of asking male colleagues to staple...
View ArticleNew Statesman: The “kindness revolution” sounds like yet more women’s work
Imagine a world in which care and compassion are valued more highly than wealth and possessions. One in which violent crime is rare and sexual assault virtually non-existent. It’s a world where...
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