Thinking about Pinterest made me feel sexist

En stor bok om städning — Maria Antas

(A great book on cleaning)

That’s the name of the book I’m currently reading. It is a book in which the author tells her cleaning experiences and especially, how little she enjoys them. The intention of the book obviously is to entertain and amuse. It definitely isn’t a companion. And it actually is hilarious. But while I was spending my time reading and laughing, I started wondering whether I would have enjoyed it the same way if it had been written by a man. It is funny because once again a woman stands up to the traditional understanding of roles. She makes us question how important certain cleaning customs really are and ridicules her own cleaning habits. It is a book mainly enjoyed by midlife women.

How would they feel about it if it was written by a man? Would they be mad? It would seem like there now suddenly is a man for whom the understanding of roles has changed and now he even dares complaining. Is our humor really that sexist?

Pinterest — the Female Platform

Pinterest never interested me and never seemed to attract many of my friends and those who are actively using it are female. Whenever I think about it, I let go of the thought. Pinterest seems to be a female format of social media. Facebook isn’t masculine but at least it’s unisex usable. But why is this?

Its contents seem to be mostly female interests but why? Of course because mainly women are using it. That seems like a vicious circle to me but how could it start if it didn’t in Facebook, Twitter and Co?

I don’t know the answer but I realized that strong supporters of Pinterest react extremely sensible to this. It apparently seems sexist to consider most contents female interest. I started wondering: would this observation be funny/interesting had it been made by a woman?