gender on the internet project
Hello Livejournalites, sorry I've basically abandoned my own LJ for the past couple of months -- things have been pretty busy over here, mostly in a good way. I'm currently in the midst of finishing up term papers, so uh, I probably won't be around notably more or anything, but hi!
Also, I have a request: Do any of you have links to instances of sexist comments being made on the internet, in places where you would normally expect the commenter to be reasonably well-educated / thoughtful / etc? What I'm looking for are not just your average trashy Youtube type comments, but ones that articulate opinions that actually show up in conversations among those of us who should probably know better -- or, especially, the kind of thing that is so well articulated that it sticks with you all day even though you "know" it's got to be wrong. I also want them to be short, maybe only a couple sentences long at most, if possible. I'm tentatively starting a (non-academic) side project related to all this, and if you have anything in mind (or come up with anything later) that might suit the criteria, let me know.
Also, I have a request: Do any of you have links to instances of sexist comments being made on the internet, in places where you would normally expect the commenter to be reasonably well-educated / thoughtful / etc? What I'm looking for are not just your average trashy Youtube type comments, but ones that articulate opinions that actually show up in conversations among those of us who should probably know better -- or, especially, the kind of thing that is so well articulated that it sticks with you all day even though you "know" it's got to be wrong. I also want them to be short, maybe only a couple sentences long at most, if possible. I'm tentatively starting a (non-academic) side project related to all this, and if you have anything in mind (or come up with anything later) that might suit the criteria, let me know.