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i believe that he loves balls
they know that their partner will want to try what's on their plate
so they order a small sample to make sure it's to their liking
they were scoping out the joint for their partner
to see if it's the kind of place they'd like beforehand
they ordered twice
because your sense of taste changes while you eat
one for if they asked outright to try it
the second to test for if they get hungry after their meal
that person really knows their stuff
to the point that i'm even left wondering
are they someone i know?
This is more extreme version of a broader phenomenon described by Rebecca Solnit (among others): “A book without women is often said to be about humanity but a book with women in the foreground is a woman’s book.” This is the same logic that allows us to unreflectively give teenagers The Catcher in the Rye instead of The Bell Jar, because JD Salinger’s book seems to have universal appeal, while Sylvia Plath’s is an account of pathology (when in reality, of course, both books tackle the protagonist’s mental illness).
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/04/incel-movement-literary-classics-behind-misogyny
it’s because women aren’t perceived as human
"why shouldn't men be allowed in womens chess"
because they're men
"so you're saying women are worse at chess?"
no fuckhead thats a whole different sentence
It’s the same logic that I used to become a feminist to begin with. An objective look at the world shows differential outcomes for men and women. You see it in sports, in top-level business and academic and government jobs, in finances, and in virtually every facet of modern society. In this case, more chess competitive players are men and most grandmasters are men.
So then the question is, why? Is there something naturally inferior or detestable about women, or is there an artificial force keeping women and girls down? Based on my lived experiences and academic research, I concluded the latter, that society is biased in favor of men, against women. The issue is that you have people who assume the former projecting that belief onto people who believe the latter.
The rules of women’s leagues keep men out. Maybe because women have historically been excluded from a field, like in coding, chess, or academic competitions. Maybe men have an “unfair advantage” in some cases because of sex-based differences and the artificially imposed rules of the game (e.g.: cycling, track and field, or MMA fighting). Maybe there’s so little representation and space for women that having an environment made up of only like-minded women can seem like a safer alternative for getting into a potential hobby. Honestly, I don’t think the why matters so much. Those are the rules. Maybe society shouldn’t be set up in such a way that skilled athletes and competitors get so many unfair advantages, but it is. When you’re playing for money, for titles, for advantages, playing by the rules is all you have.
