Comments on: Weekend Gender Observations http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/weekend-gender-observations Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Laura Pappano http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/weekend-gender-observations#comment-180 Laura Pappano Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:55:39 +0000 http://nicolemlavoi.com/?p=1288#comment-180 Nice post! Funny what happens when we look around and "notice" stuff that has become as ubiquitous as (yellow) wallpaper. Bet the schedules on those men's and women's b-ball posters reflected equal status on the entertainment calendar (not!) Nice post! Funny what happens when we look around and “notice” stuff that has become as ubiquitous as (yellow) wallpaper. Bet the schedules on those men’s and women’s b-ball posters reflected equal status on the entertainment calendar (not!)

]]> By: ken http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/weekend-gender-observations#comment-179 ken Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:30:37 +0000 http://nicolemlavoi.com/?p=1288#comment-179 Regarding paternalism...I see it in the gym a lot. There is one guy in particular (we call him "the colonel") who enjoys giving advice to women. Unsolicited advice. To women who are in very good shape. I have seen him give advice to men as well but they are men he is working out with. It makes me crazy. He has never approached me. I could say it's because I have such great form but those other women do as well. More likely it's because my workout partners and I read as a little too dykey for his comfort level--which is fine by me. Regarding paternalism…I see it in the gym a lot. There is one guy in particular (we call him “the colonel”) who enjoys giving advice to women. Unsolicited advice. To women who are in very good shape.
I have seen him give advice to men as well but they are men he is working out with. It makes me crazy.
He has never approached me. I could say it’s because I have such great form but those other women do as well. More likely it’s because my workout partners and I read as a little too dykey for his comfort level–which is fine by me.

]]> By: steven http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/weekend-gender-observations#comment-178 steven Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:08:30 +0000 http://nicolemlavoi.com/?p=1288#comment-178 i dono about the golfing world, but bicyclists tend to offer helpful (and usually sound) advice to other bicyclists, regardless of gender. (your seat is too low, etc). it's typically a camaraderie thing. bike shops, though, very often will lapse into gender-based paternalism and will often offer helpful "advice" to women who already know exactly what they want. the other annoying thing bike shops sometimes do is talk to the boyfriend when the woman is the one shopping - it's why i tend to wander all the way to the other corner of the store when my gf is buying bicyclestuff. the posters are curious. the men's poster doesn't have a team shot at all - the only pictures are of people who i assume are starting players. i don't know terribly much about women's college basketball, but i'm pretty sure that women's teams do a better job of using -all- their players in games - unlike men's teams. i dono about the golfing world, but bicyclists tend to offer helpful (and usually sound) advice to other bicyclists, regardless of gender. (your seat is too low, etc). it’s typically a camaraderie thing. bike shops, though, very often will lapse into gender-based paternalism and will often offer helpful “advice” to women who already know exactly what they want. the other annoying thing bike shops sometimes do is talk to the boyfriend when the woman is the one shopping – it’s why i tend to wander all the way to the other corner of the store when my gf is buying bicyclestuff.

the posters are curious. the men’s poster doesn’t have a team shot at all – the only pictures are of people who i assume are starting players. i don’t know terribly much about women’s college basketball, but i’m pretty sure that women’s teams do a better job of using -all- their players in games – unlike men’s teams.

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