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So what would you call a "men's issue" or a "women's issue"? Or do you think that no such issues exist?


Sure. Motherhood issues. Reproductive rights. Sexism issues (of which there are tons). Things that are inherent to being a woman. In some places, there's a luxury tax on tampons (!) - that's a woman's issue. Social clubs (or gyms) that admit only men/women. And, clearly, trying to break out of the stereotypes people hold of 'what women are' is also a woman's issue.

Here is an example of what can happen when people think that love of fashion is inherent to being female. It's an ad campaign using fashion imagery to attract girls to science - and you wouldn't see a parallel campaign using guns to attract boys to be a teacher, would you? Or racecars to be a nurse? Examples of what she's talking about start about one minute in: http://youtu.be/x3eZQHwGQE0




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