In an experiment that involved sending out more than 2,500 resumes either with or without photos of the applicant, economics researchers Bradley Ruffle at Ben-Gurion University and Ze’ev Shtudiner at Ariel University Centre sought to answer the question of whether being good looking could help you find a job. The answer surprised them: Not if you’re a woman. Pretty women faced an uphill struggle to get a chance at a job.
The economists hadn’t reckoned on the fact that 93 percent of the HR staffers deciding whether to call in someone for an interview were female.
Sweet Idiocy
Mind Over Matter
If at first they can’t succeed, just lower the standards! 🙁
Col. Ellen Haring, on the staff of the U.S. Army War College, says commanders need to downplay obstacle courses and judge a service member’s ability to stay calm and think quickly.
“Perhaps it is time to take a hard look at what really makes a competent combat soldier and not rely on traditional notions of masculine brawn that celebrate strength over other qualities,” Col. Haring says in the current issue of Armed Forces Journal.
If Women Ran The World
Let Me Fix That Headline For You
If Women Ran The World
I’d give up my right to vote, just to take them with me:
British researchers administered a test of general political knowledge to 10,000 people in 10 countries. Sample questions asked people to identify Angela Merkel, the Copenhagen summit, and the secretary-general of the UN. In every country, the men outscored the women by a wide margin…
Amen, And Pass The Steak Sauce
If Women Ran The World
We`d still be living in caves, but with really, really fancy curtains.
More Pavilions At Folkfest
Whereas American media have shed mostly darkness on the “apparently” mysterious motivation behind the ruthless, savage, April 15 attack on the Boston Marathon – a Chechen leader offered some valuable insights about these homegrown terrorists:
“[The] Tsarnaevs … were raised in the United States, and their attitudes and beliefs were formed there. It is necessary to seek the roots of this evil in America.”
The man makes a profound point.
h/t Kakola
If Women Ran The World
More than a dozen Maryland state prison guards helped a dangerous national gang operate a drug-trafficking and money-laundering scheme from behind bars that involved cash payments, sex and access to fancy cars, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Thirteen female corrections officers essentially handed over control of a Baltimore jail to gang leaders, prosecutors said. The officers were charged Tuesday in a federal racketeering indictment.
The indictment described a jailhouse seemingly out of control. Four corrections officers became pregnant by one inmate. Two of them got tattoos of the inmate’s first name, Tavon — one on her neck, the other on a wrist.
h/t EBD
If Women Ran The World
“No, after eleven minutes there is, in theory, no life left to save on the other side of the door,” (h/t Kevin B)
Is That A Monument In Your Pocket?
Another good reason for women to arm themselves;
A tiny Vancouver park is at the centre of a monument war, pitting backers of a proposed monument to Irish Canadians against activists who feel its dominant “phallic” nature would violate the integrity of an existing Montreal Massacre memorial. […]
“Placing the [Ireland Canada Monument] design 80 feet from the women’s monument, which has vulva shapes engraved in the top of each of the 14 sarcophagi forms, is inappropriate and will be seen to be a violation by supporters,” wrote Chris McDowell, an activist and second-generation Irish Canadian who led a seven-year campaign to build the Marker of Change.
So you don’t end up as a “vulva shape” in a Vancouver park.
It’s Not Her Fault
Had your parents named you “VJD”, you’d have issues, too.
The Children Are Our Future
And that’s why I’m calling for an apartheid wall to run the length of the Ontario border.
The Solution To The West’s Falling Birthrate
Compel women to serve in the military;
…each year, somewhere between 10 and 17 percent of servicewomen become pregnant. In certain locales, the figure is even higher. Former senator James Webb noted that when he was secretary of the Navy in 1988, 51 percent of single Air Force and 48 percent of single Navy women stationed in Iceland were pregnant.
h/t Joe B
The Girlfriend Trainer
Girlfriend Trainer, which is available in both the App Store and the Android market, lets players slap, electrocute, or mace a virtual girlfriend for what most people would call minor transgressions, including drinking their boyfriend’s drink or leaving her blouse on the floor. “Crack that whip and teach your gal a thing or two about being the Perfect Girlfriend!” reads the game’s description. “When scolding doesn’t work, just zap her, whack her, and train her to be your ideal girlfriend….
“About time she got the message. Slap her silly!”
If Women Ran The World
“…American feminists have gotten themselves in the business of pimping out young women… for the cause.” (h/t Michael)
The Children Are Our Future
The Joys of Feminist Economics
You go girl!
(warning, about a two martini post, so pour one now and have another at intermission)
If Women Ran The World
Mankind would still be living in caves, but with really, really fancy curtains.*
Yes, yes, remember the old rule: Whenever researchers find something to be true of females, they will interpret and report it as evidence of female superiority. As I’ve pointed out many times, this rush to patronize women reveals an underlying fear that women actually are inferior.