Reminds me of how Americans spend a couple of months in the UK and return with an affected British accent.
Before social media, there were movies that molded society. Bollywood and more recently K-dramas/K-pop have influenced an entire generation.
Often these were used for shaping a younger generation as a long term strategy for a desirable adult demographic. To a certain extent, it is happening in our American public school system. Everyone who comes through it are kind of identical. It may not be apparent to those who have never stepped out of the States, but it is obvious to those outside or have known other cultures.
With social media impacts, its effect is like an oil spill. Even if you can contain it, it will be messy, expensive and traumatic for years and years. This is a Faustian bargain we have made.
1. ‘Some women’ are not ‘all
Women’. I don’t know what women you are speaking of and you have no idea about the women I am speaking about…isn’t it better to have a system where your ‘some women’ are free to compete in the unequal battleground.
Example: It is like belonging to a country as a citizen with citizen rights. Those who want to emigrate are free to join any other country they want.
Today women are guests in a world built by men. I am just saying we need a country and passport of our own.
2. I am not ‘blaming anything on male doctors’ as you are suggesting. I am not saying that you are purposely misreading me, but I am afraid there is a communication problem here. English is not my first language and so I will take responsibility for not being clear.
However, claiming that ‘women have a better immune system than men and live longer’ is dismissive. And this is exactly what I mean about the need to separate from men because it is absolutely unacceptable.
[..] "Gender influences that way that people are treated and diagnosed in health systems," Annandale said. "It influences the kind of health conditions that men and women suffer from, the way people relate to their own bodies, and what kind of access to health care they have."
Understanding gender differences in health can help scientists and doctors find ways to better treat patients, she said.
"Women generally live longer than men, but in many countries that gap in life expectancy has been decreasing over time. One of the reasons for that is thought to be that men's health is improving, but women's is not."
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3. Yes, they are ‘bizarre neologisms..used by a tiny group of people’.. but..BUT..how many are actually talking about it? It is once again dismissed as ‘bizarre’ and those who protest it are either being cancelled or called TERFs.
There is a clear line in the sand and it is always men on the other side throwing sand on our eyes. We have no support.
If I posted a poll here on HN about definition of Woman, I will be flagged and possibly banned.
I have seen posts here about HNers expressing how lonely they are or how to deal with isolation or mental health. But this isn’t a community where I can express my dejection over my experience and feelings as a woman. You dismissed my lived experience as ‘bizarre’ and ‘deranged’.
I am not saying this as an accusation but just that it reminds me of other experiences with most men. perhaps you are a woman or transgender or non binary..I have no way of knowing and so I am not going to assume that you are male. There is just low relatability that we might as well be ‘different species’.
4. I am a little offended that you consider that my speech would be considered ‘hate speech’. Perhaps on the internet because there is no free speech on the internet.
People are afraid of being accused of ‘hate speech’ that even normal conversation is being stifled. And this is about a subject that affects me as a woman.
I am sure there are men here who have daughters. Husbands who have wives who agree with me. Men with female friends. But I am also pretty positive that they will remain silent. Because this is radioactive. But if we don’t assess the radioactivity of a site and discuss further action, it will affect everyone in time. That is the tragedy of being silent due to cancel culture. There are no winners.
How can a woman fighting and claiming her identity be tagged with ‘hate speech’? This is our VERY IDENTITY that is being erased and stripped away from us.
I am not trying to be dramatic here..but as I am typing this, I have a lump in my throat and I don’t know if I am at the cusp of rage..or tears.
This is absolutely unfair what is happening in the world. It is unfair for girls, women and all the unborn girl children. I am not sure I can continue. I am done here.
Right. For many non-western people, ‘cisgender’ is a made up western term. There has always been non binary and transgender in different cultures around the world. In my culture, there are two genders(not ‘cis’..what does it even mean?) and then there is the third gender.
In Hindu puranas, there are many gods we worship who are of two genders, transgender and then there is the father of Ganga(the holiest River of Hinduism) who was born to two women.
Here is ..provided with much reservations…a generic search result link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_themes_in_Hindu_mytholo... ..I reject all western interpretations and ‘scholarly work’ and have a dim view of western style psychoanalysis of my gods and culture. But it works..as a list.
About my original now flagged/down voted comment that I can’t reply to anymore…I understand that my comment is unpalatable to many. But why can’t we talk about it?
It’s like having a door shut instead of saying No. If we can sort out the fundamental inequality and unfair playing ground, then we don’t have to argue ad nauseum ad infinitum about unequal pay.
Discuss it. Please. If not with me, amongst yourselves in your safe spaces. For your children and future generations’ sakes. Status Quo is damaging for our futures.
[..] Third gender is a concept in which individuals are categorized, either by themselves or by society, as neither man nor woman. It is also a social category present in societies that recognize three or more genders. The term third is usually understood to mean "other", though some anthropologists and sociologists have described fourth and fifth genders.[..]
Please stop. The only ‘skill’ human beings bring to picking fruit or vegetables is their willingness to work for minimum wages because we as a society have failed to keep up with tech even as our population’s food needs exploded.
After checking the website, why ‘never frozen’? This is perishable and flash freezing and thawing isn’t a bad idea at all.
$12 is too expensive as many here have opined. Having said that, you can’t make a profit..never mind break even at that price point on a never-frozen, always fresh, delivered to doorstep stand alone perishable $12/order item.
I have done this model with ghee before. And it’s was only one ingrident: butter and it was made in a commissary kitchen/permitted/licensed shared kitchen. And I could make large batches as it was not perishable.
With rent, insurance, packaging, delivery, CoG, labour and other expenses, you will have to sell a few hundred per week on one end and several thousands per month just to get over the hump.
I know this. I have lived this. Freeze it. It’s not so bad. It’s actually a good thing for perishable food.
Before social media, there were movies that molded society. Bollywood and more recently K-dramas/K-pop have influenced an entire generation.
Often these were used for shaping a younger generation as a long term strategy for a desirable adult demographic. To a certain extent, it is happening in our American public school system. Everyone who comes through it are kind of identical. It may not be apparent to those who have never stepped out of the States, but it is obvious to those outside or have known other cultures.
With social media impacts, its effect is like an oil spill. Even if you can contain it, it will be messy, expensive and traumatic for years and years. This is a Faustian bargain we have made.