Facts-not-feminism

This is an older series, but it sadly still holds relevance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_jvVQ1uP3U

John and Carl discuss the feminist theory behind abolishing the family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbk9FexHcAg

Dress codes have always targeted certain types of people. Especially girls. At St. Johns County schools, 31 girls were dress coded in one day. Many schools argue that they enforce dress codes so that “female students are less likely to distract their male peers''. Why this requires shoulders and collarbones to be covered, I have no idea. If you find shoulders sexy, I don’t see why it’s my problem to change what I wear. This statement is exclusionary as well, as it discludes LGBTQ+ students, saying that there are only two genders, and that everyone is straight. At one school, 90% of kids who were dress coded were girls. Unfortunately, many schools share statistics similar to this.

But it’s not only girls who are stopped by the dress code rules. Texas put in a rule in all of it’s public schools that any one who identified as male or nonbinary had to have their hair cut above the bottom of their ears. One student who didn't follow the hair length guideline was put in suspension for five weeks for refusing to cut his hair. He was then sent to a “disciplinary alternative education program” for seven weeks where he would possibly face a harsher punishment. This student had worn his hair long for several years and had never had any problems.

Unfortunately, it goes farther than suspending kids for their hair length. Students at a school in Florida were forced to wear a “shame suit”, a bright yellow shirt reading “DRESS CODE VIOLATION” in capital letters and red sweatpants saying the same thing. According to a student, they use this to shame students so that they don’t break the dress code again, but research shows that shaming students isn’t actually an effective strategy.

However, many still believe that dress codes and uniforms are helping. At one school in New York, 68% of parents reported believing that uniforms improve academic performance, and 84% believed that they promoted equality between students. A 2010 study found that uniforms didn’t decrease the number of suspensions for elementary students and in middle and high schools, suspensions actually increased. In a 2003 study, they found that elementary and middle schools with uniforms had less behavioral issues. But again, in high schools they increased. In North Carolina, they found that many principals and assistant principals believed that uniforms actually did decrease misbehavior, when in fact the data showed no changes. Another study showed little improvement in academics and attendance.

It’s not only schools that have strict and sexist dress code rules. The International Handball Federation has recently removed their women’s bikini uniform regulations, saying that women may now wear “a tank top and short, tight pants with a close fit”, as opposed to the crop top and bikini bottoms. The rules still call for “tight” and “close fitting” uniforms, while men aren’t held to the same regulations. Their shorts just have to be “not too baggy”.

Dress codes have become a really big problem. They’re sexist and schools with uniforms usually have more cases of body shaming. There are solutions, such as a looser dress code, only requiring students to wear a top, a bottom, and shoes, with no nipples or butt showing. Many kids all over the US are campaigning for dress codes to become looser and I hope this encourages you to say something about it. You could do anything from organizing a protest to posting something on social media. But every bit helps.

Works Cited

Author Larry Wilder, and Larry Wilder. “Pros and Cons of School Dress Code.” Fresno Pacific University News & Magazine, 12 June 2018, https://news.fresno.edu/article/11/11/2007/pros-and-cons-school-dress-code.

Brown, Lyn Mikel, and Lyn Mikel Brown is professor of education at Colby College and co-founder of three girl-fueled social change organizations. Her most recent book is Powered By Girl: A Field Guide For Supporting Youth Activists. “Girls against Dress Codes.” Rethinking Schools, 4 June 2020, https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/girls-against-dress-codes/.

Paz, Isabella Grullón. “'Sexist,' 'Racist,' 'Classist': Georgia 8th Grader Challenges School Dress Code.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 4 Sept. 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/us/politics/mask-dress-code-protest.html.

Shields, Author: Leah. “Public Records Show More Dress Code Violations for Female Students in St. Johns County Schools.” Firstcoastnews.com, 12 Apr. 2021, https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/gmj/public-records-disproportionate-dress-code-violations-female-students-st-johns-county-schools/77-a2bd2163-f28d-427b-9815-7e9b8b5c8cd1.

Sparks, Hannah. “Handball Federation Pulls 'Ridiculous' Bikini Uniform after Fine Backlash.” New York Post, New York Post, 1 Nov. 2021, https://nypost.com/2021/11/01/handball-federation-pulls-ridiculous-bikini-uniform/.

Talbot, Bailey. “Fresh Talk: The Sexism of School Dress Codes.” Courant.com, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2020, https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-fresh-talk-talbot-dress-code-0314-20200314-gw7n7sxy45cflktlsuh5njqenu-story.html.

Todd A. DeMitchell Professor of Education. “Does Wearing a School Uniform Improve Student Behavior?” The Conversation, 22 Feb. 2021, https://theconversation.com/does-wearing-a-school-uniform-improve-student-behavior-51553.

Waller, Allyson. “ACLU of Texas Sues Houston-Area School District over Gender-Based Dress Code's Long-Hair Policy.” The Texas Tribune, The Texas Tribune, 21 Oct. 2021, https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/21/magnolia-isd-texas-long-hair/.

Here is a compilation of HBR videos that you guys ought to have been watching anyway, but I was too distracted to properly post when they came out.

But It's Ok When Women Do It | HBR Talk 192

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XElxIPg_F-U

Tactics feminists use to smear the men's rights movement involve one subculture with another to demonize them all. Also, feminists say that men approaching women to speak is, without exception, harassment. At the same time, women trying to date high-class men is perfectly acceptable, to the surprise of no one.

Put On Your Red Hip Waders, Because We're Going In Tonight | HBR Talk 193

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3BGUZfgqQY

This is a continuation of the previous discussion, looking at how women's dating strategies are unimpeachable, but men's strategies are inexcusable. Also, strategies celebrated by feminists do everything they accuse incels of doing.

#MenToo And Sexual Violence Prevalence Research | HBR Talk 194

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHr7XwdlRNk

Whenever anyone tries to talk about men's victimization, feminists can always be counted on to diminish that suffering, ignoring all evidence and contriving excuses to justify the crimes. Also, feminists have entirely different definitions of what constitutes rape and abuse than what the rest of us abide by.

Hell On Earth: Whammon Most Affected! | HBR Talk 195

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsPF3sqpCMs

Biden's screw-up of the Afghanistan withdrawal caused ripples of additional problems. So naturally, the problem people are concerned with above all else is the career prospects of women rather than murders.

Doggone Liars Prelude To A Pertinent Question | HBR Talk 196

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-WqRIL3q34

It begins with an elaborate metaphor about using hasty generalizations and harmful stereotypes in order to turn an entire neighborhood against all dogs just so one crazy cat lady can

force her neighbor to get rid of a harmless terrier. The metaphor segways into an article on how anti-feminist groups are gateways into the 'far-right.'

Graped In The Head | HBR Talk 197

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlwtWNBCKo8

Feminists argue that women can be raped without realizing it until weeks later with what they call gray rape. It's as stupid as you assume.

Domestic Violence Affects Both Sexes | HBR Talk 198

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IQcnnJVa6I

Whenever men's rights activists try to address these issues, they inevitably come up against feminist gatekeepers doing everything they can to keep men out of the discussion. Only the feminist lens is allowed, and all efforts to the contrary must be destroyed.

Education Gap & Skilled Labor Shortage - Now What? | HBR Talk 200

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKSyX2XVZKg

At the rate things are going, we'll soon reach a point where two women earn college degrees for every one man. So how is the educational establishment addressing this issue? Awkwardly

and clumsily in the best cases, which do nothing to address the actual problems. This inability will have national consequences as universities fail to produce enough qualified students to meet demands in STEM and the trades. And it looks like the efforts to recruit women to make up the difference isn't working out as hoped.

Feminists Hijacking International Men's Day? | HBR Talk 201 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmrMGSSTLQ

Feminists are very territorial to keep men out of any discussions on topics they claim. However, they're just as aggressive to take control of men's issues on Men's Day. Unsurprisingly, they're unable to hold to their own standards. Men's Day, they say, should be about shaming and punishing men for their crimes against women, and men's advocates should be prevented from 'hijacking' the day.

CRT, Datamining, And Woke Testing... OH, BOY! | HBR Talk 202

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkl8bITD-Es This stuff gets heavy. It was hard to boil things down to a few key points, but suffice to say that I hope you guys are following the culture war, and are at least familiar with things like CRT. If not, well, these gals are as good as any to introduce you to this new nightmare.

Anyway, that's everything I should have posted in a more timely manner. Although, you guys ought to already be watching these guys.

I know the journal I just wrote, but I figured I owed it to you guys to point you to a news channel that I feel is noteworthy. And I'll start out by this excellent breakdown of leftist ideology that supports paedophilia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eKR8UsfH6k Supporters of this ideology include feminists, so I figured it counts for this group.