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verilyvirile t1_j9czm19 wrote

Reply to comment by otirk in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

This response focuses on who the gritting routes benefit without specifically acknowledging who the routes neglect and how.

I’m sure you comprehended more than that after reading the entire article. They even elaborated and included injury statistics to support their claims.

BTW sexism, etc. is not necessarily an intention or a feeling. Nobody (in this context) is trying to say anyone went out of their way to intentionally create a disadvantage for women. The argument is that this important decision regarding gritting routes was made during a time when working men’s needs were prioritized over anyone else’s and it needs updating (which some may see as implying someone made intentional decisions to disadvantage women but that would be them erroneously conflating creating benefits for men with creating disadvantages for women — it’s possible to benefit both).

(To reiterate) the article also provided common examples and peer-reviewed data for the requested considerations.

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obscureposter t1_j9ct8qa wrote

Reply to comment by GrandmaPoses in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

I find zero problem with a private company using data like that to determine where to open a location. It’s not racist to want to open a store where you are most likely to make profit. That’s just good business. I never understood people wanting corporations to be as you said the vanguard of equality. It’s strange that we will complain about corporations having too much power but then expect them to be the champions of our society.

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AdventurerLikeU t1_j9crmpb wrote

Reply to comment by steroidsandcocaine in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

Sounds like common sense to me, considering women use the bathroom more frequently than men and use toilet paper for more things than men - but here’s a source I found after a quick Google that says the same thing.

As for the “women use baby formula more than men” - maternity leave is often longer than paternity leave (if it even exists). So women are by that very fact more likely to be feeding the baby, simply because they spend more time with the baby during that maternity leave. According to the International Labour Organisation, 98 countries meet the ILO standard of at least 14 weeks maternity leave and 107 countries finance maternity leave cash benefits through social security. Compared with paternity leave, which is found in 78 countries, and only five of those countries provide paternity leave for more than two weeks. So of the percentage of babies who receive formula milk alongside or instead of breast milk, there’s a fairly good chance that - at least in a heteronormative household with a father and a mother - the mother is doing more feeding and so using formula more than the father.

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Uncynical_Diogenes t1_j9crlnc wrote

Reply to comment by Weazelfish in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

>happening.

Idk about this word. We never actually have the discussion, and I can tell, because the word “reparations” is still a bogeyman.

No, I think this discussion keeps getting hinted at, and you’re tired of the hints. Because if we actually ever had the conversation, you’d have much more immediately relevant things to complain about.

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ZoharDTeach t1_j9crjau wrote

Reply to comment by no-comment-3 in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

>When people talk (knowledgeably) about systemic racism or systemic sexism, this is what they mean. They aren't automatically accusing people who are part of these systems of being racist, they're calling on people who have agency within that system to learn more, uncover their blind spots, and make changes.

Except this almost never happens and it is instead used as a cudgel that you are not allowed to defend yourself against lest ye be labelled racist.

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AdventurerLikeU t1_j9cqwmt wrote

Reply to comment by GetlostMaps in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

Obviously men use toilet paper, but it’s common sense to realise that women use it more. Men use it when they poo. Women use it when they pee, when they poo, when they have vaginal discharge, and when they have their period (because it’s easier to put a tampon in after you’ve cleaned up down there and mopped up the flood of blood). According to studies, women also use the bathroom more frequently than men.

So yes, I think it’s safe to say women use toilet paper more than men.

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AdventurerLikeU t1_j9cqhos wrote

Reply to comment by steroidsandcocaine in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

Most men don’t use toilet paper when they piss, only when they poo. Women use it more because we use it for when we pee, when we poo, when we have an unexpected “was that my period or just my body doing body things down there” moments (aka vaginal discharge), and when we actually have our period (because it’s easier to put a tampon in if you clear away the flood of blood first).

And realistically women still do the majority of basic childcare things like feeding the baby (even when they’re on formula and not breast milk). That’s not to say men don’t do it, just that women do it more - and it’s not necessarily because men aren’t pulling their weight for parenting duties, but sometimes for reasons like some places not having paternity leave alongside maternity leave, etc.

So yeah, I think it’s safe to say women use toilet paper (and arguably most toiletries) and baby formula more than men.

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