The Skeptics Guide #717 - Apr 06 2019 (Ad Free)
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You missed my point. The issue is not the Egyptians. It is us. The author of the book is saying that only the men were "the Egyptians" since only the men really counted. The nonsexist sentence would have been- "The ancient Egyptian MEN allowed their wives considerable freedom."
Gail Knapp
2019-10-23 05:08:30 +0000 UTC"The men and women of Egypt would allow the married women of the Egyptian culture considerable freedom" does sound better. But am I missing the point? Were married or unmarried women suffering harse consequences for behaving like their counterparts? Was policy at all informed by women? I acknowledge that men historically do Take control. My challenge is this, did the women of Egypt really just accept the freedom or did they demand the freedom to behave as a male counterpart? Here's my real question; is it inaccurate language to say "The men and women of Egypt created policy so that married women of the Egyptian culture enjoyed freedom"
Rebecca Barnett
2019-10-22 20:15:28 +0000 UTCThis whole conversation reminds me of period of time when the latest and greatest tvs were outpacing film rate, made me so nauseous. This is when I started really appreciating naps :p But really, I appreciate your points all round here.
Rebecca Barnett
2019-10-22 19:53:14 +0000 UTCGuilt maybe? There are horrific policies in place at the moment impacting children. Also there is so much nowadays that requires attention having to filter your speach to suit all of those needs is a non-starter. In the attempt to not step on any toes those toes are left out in the cold and falling off due to frostbite.
Rebecca Barnett
2019-10-22 17:46:47 +0000 UTCI completely agree with the frenetic pace for children's tv. I hope that children's shows will go back to long story lines, which they are able to follow. I think it wont because commercials take up so much time and there is so much competing content.
Rebecca Barnett
2019-10-22 17:26:32 +0000 UTCAs a psychology professor teaching about feminism, one example that always surprised students. I would ask them to tell me why the following sentence from a history textbook showed sexist language. "The ancient Egyptians allowed their wives considerable freedom." The usual answer was for the students to focus on "allowed," and I would challenge them by asking why this was sexist rather than just the reality of a world where men were in control. Eventually someone would notice that the "ancient Egyptians" should refer to both men and women.
Gail Knapp
2019-04-21 09:48:15 +0000 UTCWe call it the Mexican wave down under in New Zealand and Australia. Never crossed my mind that it might be racist. Also, not a fan of subtitles either, I'm trying to watch a movie or TV show. If subtitles are on (even in English speaking shows) I find myself reading and not really watching.
James Joyce
2019-04-13 18:31:08 +0000 UTCI hate dubbed stuff when lip movements and sounds don’t add up. At the same time I don’t mind subtitles as I sometimes realise I’ve misheard stuff and if needed I can have the volume really low. However this is probably all due to having grown up in a non-English speaking country where we don’t have a culture for dubbing films 😊
Jorunn Bårdsnes Horgheim
2019-04-13 16:42:15 +0000 UTCI'm probably too late to mention this, but having only just caught up with the episode, I wanted to address the "Mexican Wave" discussion. I'm not sure how or why it sounded 'racist'?!?! The term 'Mexican Wave' quite simply comes from the fact that the first time it was really publicly and widely seen in the UK was during the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, hence being called a Mexican Wave. It doesn't strike me as any more offensive than suggesting that 'Tennis Elbow' defames the game of Tennis or that a 'Victoria Sponge' traduces all people named Victoria?!?! Unless I'm missing some subtle American element to this?
Jim Eblett
2019-04-12 13:34:41 +0000 UTCJust out of curiosity, in which episode were the NASA Space Suits/All Female Space Walk originally discussed?
igor.kh
2019-04-08 23:37:04 +0000 UTCAbout the discussion of film pacing. Since CGI on an actors face keeps improving I think the opposite will start to happen. For example I, Tonya. If that was edited a few years ago it would have required a double that you couldn't see there face. With modern technology you can implant Margot Robbie's face on the stunt woman. Just imagine the elimination of akward shoots from behind or quick cuts to hide a face.
Kevin hills
2019-04-08 12:22:20 +0000 UTCSteve mentioned in passing that the verb to gyp is a slur against the gypsies. While that is true, it misses the fact that gypsy is an ethnic slur against the Romany people.
Tom B
2019-04-07 19:28:56 +0000 UTCI love listening to Steve talk about Paleontology
Marc Hickson
2019-04-06 22:05:30 +0000 UTC
