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"Why It Sucks To Be a Woman on YouTube" (Original Post) Jamaal510 Jan 2015 OP
Recently I discovered a series of videos thucythucy Jan 2015 #1
people have got to understand why women are so tired of this. men have lost their seabeyond Jan 2015 #2
Hi SeaBee! Good to see you again! thucythucy Jan 2015 #3

thucythucy

(8,069 posts)
1. Recently I discovered a series of videos
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 10:35 AM
Jan 2015

on YouTube called "Sixty Symbols," produced by Nottingham University, offering twenty minute or so discussions by physicists and astronomers on topics such as the nature of electrons, black holes, dark matter, etc.

When the speaker is a woman--a PhD in whatever field--there are invariably unbelievably sexist comments made about her body, etc., and these constitute a good portion of all the comments in general.

Sad, but true.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
2. people have got to understand why women are so tired of this. men have lost their
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 10:57 AM
Jan 2015

sense of boundary and respect, that is clear. it is ALL the fuggin' time.

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