Anyone who complains that this might imply conventionally attractive women are less intelligent, or less committed to their intellectual pursuits, needs to check her privilege. It's easier for some to reach, but that doesn't make the expectation that we be decorative (not merely presentable or professional looking, as men might be asked to be) in addition to being capable any less unreasonable or sexist.
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Date: 2012-12-30 11:37 pm (UTC)Anyone who complains that this might imply conventionally attractive women are less intelligent, or less committed to their intellectual pursuits, needs to check her privilege. It's easier for some to reach, but that doesn't make the expectation that we be decorative (not merely presentable or professional looking, as men might be asked to be) in addition to being capable any less unreasonable or sexist.