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“Have you ever noticed how often the origin of breasts is explained as “for men”?”
“If you’re going to argue that breast size has been selected for, you either have to show that small-breasted women have a reduced fitness…
Jess Brooks
Dec 18, 2019
“How does the literary canon reinforce the logic of the incel?”
“Where did these young men get the idea that male pathos (stereotypically defined by them as sexual frustration) is so pathetic, so worthy…
Jess Brooks
Nov 11, 2019
“OB/GYNs don’t learn the nerves and vasculature of the clitoris.”
“It is notable that detailed illustrations of clitoral neurovascular anatomy were published by Kobelt in 1844. They are still arguably the…
Jess Brooks
Nov 11, 2019
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“The Subtle Sexism Of Your Open Plan Office”
“While some female employees felt like the new office space promoted equality, others had the opposite reaction. The researchers found…
Jess Brooks
Oct 15, 2019
“THE MYTH OF THE MALE GENIUS”
“genius is also an indelibly gendered currency used by men — almost always men — of means and success to purchase license. The lie of…
Jess Brooks
Oct 14, 2019
“I’m a female chef. Here’s how my restaurant dealt with harassment from customers.”
“I went home and started bawling. I couldn’t believe this was happening right under my nose. We reconvened for a problem-solving session…
Jess Brooks
Oct 5, 2019
“How Women See How Male Authors See Them”
“The canon is lousy with authors who yearn to be admired for their sensitivity to the full range of female personhood, be that personhood…
Jess Brooks
Oct 5, 2019
“TOO MANY MEN”
“Out of China’s population of 1.4 billion, there are nearly 34 million more males than females — the equivalent of almost the entire…
Jess Brooks
Sep 22, 2019
“Decades’ Worth of Rape Kits Are Finally Being Tested, but No One Can Agree on What to Do Next”
“On the shelf in front of us were 344 kits that had been returned from the lab in 2017. Some were nearly two decades old. 344 names, 344…
Jess Brooks
Sep 9, 2019
“Menstruation is just blood and tissue you ended up not using”
“the kind of bias that produces a doctor who can believe that menstrual toxins exist, and launch a field of study on them based on some…
Jess Brooks
Aug 29, 2019
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