[Diversity-talk] Who Maps the World

[Marc Gemis]

Rory,

I did not want to say that some objects are not gendered in some
countries, I'm sorry for not making that clear.
I wanted to point out is that "because object X is gendered in a
country, it is gendered in every country" is wrong.
So any statistics that count the number of objects X on a global level
to point out gender inequality is wrong.


regards

m.





On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org> wrote:
> Hi Marc,
>
> Unfortunately a lot of things are gendered, and often it's not logical. So
> when someone say "In my home ($COUNTRY), $THING is gendered for $GENDER",
> you basically have to just take their word for it, even if it doesn't make
> logical sense for you. So people can't really answer "Why?" It is because it
> is (in $COUNTRY).
>
> On 16/03/18 07:00, Marc Gemis wrote:
>>
>> - Why is a bar considered a men-only place ? Can't it be a trendy
>> place for all kinds young people to enjoy a good night out ?
>>    I have seen pubs mentioned in previous articles as well. Where I
>> live we map "taverns" as pubs. Many taverns are places where families
>> go on a sunday afternoon to meet, let the children play in the
>> playground, have an ice-creme, pancake or even full dinner together.
>
>
> Traditionally (in IE & UK) women weren't allowed in pubs, and not supposed
> to drink pints. Ergo there's still an overhang of that.
>
>> - Why is a toilet without gender tag considered men-only ? Where I
>> live public toilets have separate sections for women and men, that is
>> why we do not bother to map gender.
>
>
> Apparently in some countries that's not true! At SotM 2016 Srravya C
> explained that this isn't the case in India.
>
> --
> Rory