Sexism in SF - Revision history

Lquilter at 20:18, 5 September 2007

2007-09-05T20:18:35Z

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	* sexist language in fans; see women's experiences in filmgoing ("Welcome to the Dollhouse" at the Brew'n'View, Chicago); women's experiences in RPG environments		* sexist language in fans; see women's experiences in filmgoing ("Welcome to the Dollhouse" at the Brew'n'View, Chicago); women's experiences in RPG environments
	* systemic barriers at cons; e.g., inadequate attention to nursing rooms; lack of childcare which disproportionately affects women who are disproportionately tasked with childcare		* systemic barriers at cons; e.g., inadequate attention to nursing rooms; lack of childcare which disproportionately affects women who are disproportionately tasked with childcare

			==Further reading==
			* [http://www.broaduniverse.org/stats.html Broad Universe bean collectors]: stats about women writers and creators in SF

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Lquilter: sexualized representations

2007-04-30T03:40:13Z

sexualized representations

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	*** occupations		*** occupations
	*** gender and ethnicity; or gender and other identity issues, such as age, sexual orientation, etc.		*** gender and ethnicity; or gender and other identity issues, such as age, sexual orientation, etc.
			*** extremely sexualized representations: see women characters in comics, all the fucking time
	** sexist representations, especially of female but of any characters: relying on stereotypes; shallow		** sexist representations, especially of female but of any characters: relying on stereotypes; shallow

Lquilter: some manifestations

2007-04-30T03:39:36Z

some manifestations

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	'''Sexism in SF''' makes itself manifest in numerous ways:		'''Sexism in SF''' makes itself manifest in numerous ways:

	* a dearth of representations of female characters		'''fictional representations'''
	* [[gendered]] representations ~~of characters in occupations~~		* representations of women and female characters within SF
	* [[~~gendered~~]] representations of ~~characters~~ in ~~relation to their~~ sex roles		** inadequate representations: a dearth of representations of female characters, too few, not enough, not comparably deep or fully realized
	* ~~shallow~~ or ~~stereotyped~~ representations of female characters		** [[gendered]] representations - [[marked]] as female without questioning or considering that gendering. Specific gendered representations are not necessarily sexist and may in fact be feminist or challenges to sexism. But omnipresent unquestioned gendering is a type of sexism in itself.
			*** sex roles
			*** occupations
			*** gender and ethnicity; or gender and other identity issues, such as age, sexual orientation, etc.
			** sexist representations, especially of female but of any characters: relying on stereotypes; shallow

	* unequal recognition of female creators		* representations of issues that are gendered "feminine" or of "female interest" or issues that are coded "women's issues"

			'''fandom and professional communities'''
			* professional opportunities for female creators
			* professional opportunities for creators who work in areas [[marked]] as women and therefore not "default" male
			* unequal rewards, recognition, compensation for female creators
			** awards
			** disparate compensation based on gender
			* gendering of work within SF and fandom (are men doing programming at cons and women doing the consuites and childcare? are men officers of associations more frequently than women?)
			* unconscious bias against female creators (the reason why so many women use masculine or gender-neutral pseudonyms or variant names)
			* readers' and fans' deliberate bias against works with female characters, "female" themes, female creators
			* publishers' and editors' unconscious or deliberate bias against works with female characters, "female" themes, female creators
			* fans', readers', publishers' and editors' assumptions and distinctions about such work: "hard" versus "soft" science; "science fiction" versus "fantasy"

	* unequal access to opportunities for female creators		* unequal access to opportunities for female creators
			** gender- and race-specific (and size- and age-specific) [[casting actors\|casting of actors]]
			** institutional barriers that handicap women (e.g., old boys networks in film schools)
			** socialization (e.g., young girls and science)

	* incidents of sexual violence		* incidents of sexual violence, sexual harassment, disparate sexual objectification of fans
	* sexist language		* sexist language in fans; see women's experiences in filmgoing ("Welcome to the Dollhouse" at the Brew'n'View, Chicago); women's experiences in RPG environments
	* ~~unequal access of fans, for instance~~, inadequate attention to nursing rooms, childcare~~, etc.~~		* systemic barriers at cons; e.g., inadequate attention to nursing rooms; lack of childcare which disproportionately affects women who are disproportionately tasked with childcare

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2007-04-29T20:13:57Z

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'''Sexism in SF''' makes itself manifest in numerous ways:

* a dearth of representations of female characters
* [[gendered]] representations of characters in occupations
* [[gendered]] representations of characters in relation to their sex roles
* shallow or stereotyped representations of female characters

* unequal recognition of female creators

* unequal access to opportunities for female creators

* incidents of sexual violence
* sexist language
* unequal access of fans, for instance, inadequate attention to nursing rooms, childcare, etc.

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