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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

    Must be a culture difference thing. They're certainly not, in the UK, at least in my experience.

    I've just searched it up and you're right, I was wrong; if I search '"likeable" misogynist term' or '"aggressive" misogynist term', I do find a study that references "aggressive" being used more for women, which is honestly surprising to me, I apologise!

    I didn't quite find the same for "likeable", the results seemed more about how women report having to be more amenable in the workplace to avoid being seen as "difficult", which I totally agree is a problem but isn't really what we're talking about re the terms.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    @hotdogcharmer @leadore I absolutely assure you likeability is an issue for women in the workplace in the UK. Signed, a British woman. Look up "likeability trap", though - it's the name of a campaign tactic used against women in politics. It's an ongoing problem.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Thanks. Did you try searching for "unlikeable" instead of "likeable"? Here's one about that. I suspect the UK isn't much different.

    (edit to add a quote from AOC in that article:)

    When you call Elizabeth Warren or Kamala Harris ‘unlikeable’, that’s an unsubstantial, unsubstantive, fluff, bulls**t, misogynistic word to use. Unlikeable? What is that? It’s not a policy critique.” --AOC

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I didn't, I focused on "likeable". Thanks for the link, I do clearly have a lot to learn and would like to. There's just so much I don't see, whether that's that I just don't pay attention, or don't experience it as a man, or that I don't want to recognise what I do see.

    I appreciate your time, and I'll work to educate myself 👍

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