Health Fair Sexism
You may or may not know that I have a day job besides Sticker Sisters. This is fortunate because it gets me out of the house and keeps me fed. The unfortunate side is that I don’t get to spend as much time as I’d like to on Sticker Sisters or writing blog entries.
So a few days ago I had to go to a health expo for the day job. And even though I was in work mode, my feminist eagle eye is always on. Well boy was it shocked to see all the little boys wearing hats that said “future doctor” and all the little girls wearing hats that said “future nurse.” Uh, what year is it? I couldn’t believe it! I tried to hunt down the booth that was giving the hats away, but I never found them.
Ah well, another day, another reminder that sexism is everywhere.
The other unbelievable thing I spotted was an American Red Cross hummer. Now they can “aid victims of devastating natural disasters” and contribute to man-made disasters at the same time. Great. I’d say there are a few better uses of their money than keeping that atrocity running.
posted by Ariel Fox @ 1:06 PM
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A Red Cross hummer is pretty upsetting. Hummers seem like such a selfish commodity to me; it's weird to see them attached to an organization that focuses on helping others. Almost like an oxymoron.
I agree with you completely about the sexist attitude of those hats. Women have always been viewed as the 'weaker sex', since we are the gender that gives birth, and therefore we must be the 'gentler and weaker' sex. I detest this stereotype, and the fact that such sexists still exist that would label all girls as nurses (the 'weaker' and 'less important' career) and all men as doctors is outrageous and disgusting. My sister is a doctor, and a very successful partner in an all women practice, and no one could argue (if they met her!) that she is any weaker or 'less' than a male doctor. Such stereotypes should have been buried with the caveman days.
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