tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post272246988001661884..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: Shaving the Subcultural Sausage into SliversUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-14176752226517527292016-04-30T13:20:06.648+08:002016-04-30T13:20:06.648+08:00I came to the comments to add the 'straws'...I came to the comments to add the 'straws' one!<br /><br />Shamefully, I had never heard of 'Long Live the Fighting Men and Magic Users!'.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-76558955133323833982016-04-30T02:50:50.278+08:002016-04-30T02:50:50.278+08:00This : https://xkcd.com/915/ and this : https://xk...This : https://xkcd.com/915/ and this : https://xkcd.com/1095/ may come in handy ^^Jean-François Lebretonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07310676119910035535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-30950897705552944512016-04-29T17:16:56.875+08:002016-04-29T17:16:56.875+08:00My wife has told me on many occassions why I can&#...My wife has told me on many occassions why I can't wear THIS item of red clothing with THAT item of red clothing because they clash and everyone will notice....she'll also refer to clothes as mauve or lavender etc and I'll be like "do you mean the light purple blouse or the dark purple blouse?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-40941723805859660842016-04-29T11:40:22.471+08:002016-04-29T11:40:22.471+08:00If you're going to implicate testosterone, I w...If you're going to implicate testosterone, I would look more toward the need to establish dominance by being the one to describe and organize a field, which gives one implicit power to describe and organize the people who take part in it, if only through the act of labeling and categorizing them - that <i>control</i> is more the motivating force than <i>order</i>, which is just a byproduct of the attempt to control.<br /><br />But before you can really implicate testosterone, you'd need to eliminate other possible sources in a rigorous way. Even assuming your impression is correct, and men do it more than women, is that because of biology or because of culture? And what does it mean that only "a certain type of man" is susceptible?Confanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361443460498670841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-87482899361893946912016-04-28T23:13:10.728+08:002016-04-28T23:13:10.728+08:00Maybe some of the art stuff women have been forced...Maybe some of the art stuff women have been forced into in patriarchies? I bet there's a shitload of important distinctions running between crotchet and knitting/sewing or makeup techniques/something else that is similar to what you're talking about.<br />Or current female-dominated industries; psychology, education, nursing (1) probably all have distinct systems for classifying schools of methodology.<br /><br />(1) http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/QS-womenwork2010.htmDunkey Haltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402191799610897998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-27981579947544637972016-04-28T23:08:43.014+08:002016-04-28T23:08:43.014+08:00As a counter-example, it might be worth noting tha...As a counter-example, it might be worth noting that librarianship - a female-dominated field in North America - is very concerned with classification and categorization. Some aspects of fashion might also be relevant to consider.Bearded-Devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415023478845579936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-14359845498366764052016-04-28T19:25:23.970+08:002016-04-28T19:25:23.970+08:00Yeah Taxonomy theory. Thing is You'll never ...Yeah Taxonomy theory. Thing is You'll never get agreement between lumpers and splitters. What distinctions matter and what are trivial? In the end it tends to be like beauty - in the eye of the beholder.DHBoggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170439175265397893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-73986935226401212942016-04-28T17:19:06.166+08:002016-04-28T17:19:06.166+08:00The family tree on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/...The family tree on Flickr:<br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/11013303@N04/8330272603jbeltmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264520619277158883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-85854074026203822432016-04-28T09:26:27.502+08:002016-04-28T09:26:27.502+08:00My wife says that women do this with dieting fads,...My wife says that women do this with dieting fads, parenting lifestyles, and fanfiction.Ben Miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059505985098422978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-39018021294341384382016-04-28T06:09:17.862+08:002016-04-28T06:09:17.862+08:00I am largely to their way of thinking.
Though in...I am largely to their way of thinking. <br /><br />Though interestingly, I find that one area where women meet or exceed men in excruciating classification is language. I think I have met just as many (if not more) female "grammar nazis" than male. I'm not sure why that sort of classification would be more gender balanced. Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923725063649465366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-72018249054995193432016-04-28T06:02:09.948+08:002016-04-28T06:02:09.948+08:00I don't want to give the impression that I thi...I don't want to give the impression that I think women don't have nuance! The opposite really. I think women are more willing than men to just accept the world is messy and go with it. Men have a tendency to want to impose structure and order on it. To speak in very general terms obviously.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-82367750631820635652016-04-28T06:00:39.934+08:002016-04-28T06:00:39.934+08:00That chimes with my own experience. I think most w...That chimes with my own experience. I think most women tend to see that sort of thing as pointless and pedantic.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-4364127346196083052016-04-28T05:58:12.378+08:002016-04-28T05:58:12.378+08:00For example?For example?noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-57448367422841934522016-04-28T05:41:54.500+08:002016-04-28T05:41:54.500+08:00@ Noisms:
Women have nuance, too, but my base rea...@ Noisms:<br /><br />Women have nuance, too, but my base reaction is it's based on feelings over naming/classifying. It's just that we (men folk) tend not to put much value in their brand of nuance...which often gets us in trouble.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-71426845688330616922016-04-28T05:17:55.855+08:002016-04-28T05:17:55.855+08:00To add a data point, one of my friends is a pre-sc...To add a data point, one of my friends is a pre-school teacher. I can't remember the context, but she observed to me the other day how fascinated the little boys are with classification ("This Star Wars guy is a a Jedi, this guy is a Sith, Han Solo is from Corellia, wait I thought he was from Alderaan...." etc etc), but there is no equivalent for the little girls. Obviously there are toys and whatnot that they are super into, but they do not have these in-depth discussions about classification of those toys and characters like the boys do. Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923725063649465366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-85240172167939298652016-04-28T03:30:40.295+08:002016-04-28T03:30:40.295+08:00One thing to do is take a look at the many classif...One thing to do is take a look at the many classification systems in female-dominated and female-facing fields.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.com