<![CDATA[io9: Sexism]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Sexism]]> http://io9.com/tag/sexism http://io9.com/tag/sexism <![CDATA[Sexist sixties ads claim women will clean everything, even on the moon]]> When I picture life on Newt Gingrich's moon colony, I picture women and men long nights spent hunched over a microscope, or working in the oxygen processing center, where they'll convert moon water to breathable air. But one Madison Avenue firm had a very different view of life in space, one where women's key contribution was keeping the habitat spic-and-span. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5880196&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[SGU Gets Another Season And Takes Responsibility For Sexism-Gate]]> Just as Stargate Universe started to get better, so did its future. Syfy has decided that SGU should stay around for another season, along with Sanctuary. But will this next season hold a better future for the women of SGU? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5425614&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[SGU's Female Lieutenant Responds To Sexism-Gate]]> Actress Julia Benson just started blogging and Twittering, and she addresses the uproar surrounding Stargate Universe's last episode, which many claim went a little nuts with the breast happy camera angles, "for all the talk about my natural (and believe me they are 100%) assets I promise you that there is much more to my character. Who knew that a tank top could cause such a stir. Our show is about people and people have sexuality. The creators are not exploiting it, they are exploring it. That is what writers, actors and directors do. " [JBO] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5385505&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Is Science Fiction Feminized Or Is It Sexist? Both.]]> Is science fiction "feminized"? Do women exist to destroy all that is cool and inspiring about space opera? That's what one blogger argues in a post that's stirred up controversy this week. But is his opinion really the problem? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5381793&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[It's the Far Future of 1992 and Hot, Dominant Women Rule the World!]]>
He must escape or die.
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]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=341649&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Stop Oppressing Men in Virtual Worlds With Unrealistic Body Expectations]]> Is the virtual universe ready for Men's Lib? In World of Warcraft they are. Fans are getting irked about how the male characters in WOW are so muscle-bound and macho-bulky that they are practically unable to move. While female characters are lithe and flexible, the men hobble around in so much armor that it's as if they're wearing high heeled shoes all over their ridiculously proportioned bodies. Is this a feminist plot? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=323853&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[DNA Warlord James Watson Finally Spanked for a Lifetime of Racism, Sexism]]> James Watson, who won the Nobel Prize for helping to discover the double-helix shape of DNA, has been suspended from his administrative duties at Cold Spring Harbor Labs over comments he made to the London Times about how blacks are genetically hardwired with lower intelligence than other races. This should come as no surprise to people who have followed Watson's career. Many claim his "discovery" of DNA's structure came from peeking at (and stealing from) colleague Rosalind Franklin's work, a pioneer of microscopic imaging techniques whom Watson derided as an ugly woman who couldn't deal with people. Franklin died before the Nobel prize was given out, so she never had a chance to protest. Watson also grossed out a crowd at UC Berkeley during a public lecture in 2000 when he claimed that "darker" women had a higher sex drive due to genetics (AP mentions this lecture in a story). But what Watson said last week in the Times was much worse. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=313066&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Another Superheroine Bites The Dust In The Kitchen]]> Yet another superhero comes home to find his girlfriend or wife dead. Feminist critics refer to this phenomenon as "Women in Refrigerators," after a comic where Green Lantern comes home to find his girlfriend hacked up and stuffed in the fridge. Says Occasional Superheroine of the latest instance:
The "honey, I'm home...and you're dead" trope is getting rawther tired, isn't it? Didn't I read this book three years ago?
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]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312181&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Green Lantern Serves Up Equal Opportunity Exploitation]]> The Green Lantern Corps is fighting a fierce war against the evil Sinestro Corps — and it's taking a toll on their tight spandex uniforms. In last week's issue of Green Lantern Corps, the evil followers of Sinestro totally shred the costume of the studly Sodam Yat. The result is exactly the sort of porno image that comics usually lavish on female heroes. (Click on the cut-off thumbnail for the full-length image.) And, as blogger Rachelle Goguen points out: More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=310710&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Nicole Kidman Killed Wonder Woman, Says Warner Bros.]]> Wonder Woman could be on hold forever — thanks to Jodie Foster and Hilary Swank. Actually, blame the sexist stumblebums at Warner Bros. The last three Warner movies with female leads bombed: Nicole Kidman's The Invasion, Swank's The Reaping, and Foster's The Brave One. So Warner Bros. president of production Jeff Robinov says he won't even look at a script with a female lead ever again. More »
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