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[@kikipocalypse]

Women's parking spaces were originally introduced in 1990 in Germany to improve women's safety and reduce the risk of sexual assault. This was formulated because women felt at risk in parking garages which were often dark and deserted. After Germany, places like South Korea and China also adopted this policy.

[@barrylangille3523]

I was looking for this comment. I had an idea that would be the reason.

[@coldbrewcrys3771]

Japan also does something similar with women only train cars for the same reasons, I think.

[@adamnilsson87]

The fact that this didn't occur to me is horrifying and I feel bad but also kind of gender affirming as a recently discovered trans man. Unfortunately that parking is probably a good idea.

[@lingo3125]

I confirm (I live near Germany and sometimes shop there). This kind of parking place also tend to be close to the shop entry.

[@ajanamyth]

There are also the slightly wider parking spaces for parents with young children that need help getting in and out of cars

[@Rising_Pho3nix_23]

"Tire his mouth out with some meat" could also be in r/suddenlygay

[@mosey708]

Was looking for this comment. This was my immediate thought thank you! 😂

[@gruffen4]

that crowd is a gold mine for some of the most homoerotic stuff ever.

[@princesskatarina351]

The very fact that some men love the feel of salty meat in their mouths is very gay.

[@EJKelly-tu9dm]

RIGHT THO!!!!! I need that to pop up in some fanfic asap.

[@Bladeofwar94]

I was suspecting gay energy when Jamie talked about the jerky XD

[@Omnywrench]

What annoys me most about the "loves bugs" thing is that that's not a bug; snails are mollusks

[@dimitrisskar4174]

there r ppl that call snails bugs? lmao

[@Alana-vk4fs]

Bug isn’t a taxonomic term though, it’s more of a vibes-based one, and I’ve generally heard of molluscs like slugs and snails being included as well as insects. I see it in the same way as how a tomato is botanically a fruit and culinarily a vegetable. Anyway language is funky

[@86fifty]

Came here to say this, thank you! I suppose they meant, like, 'garden pests' lol

[@mothgirl326]

I mean theyre not a true bug (Hemiptera) but people call a lot of things that arent true bugs bugs, something something linguistics idk

[@theomnibenevolence]

as a guy, everyone should use women's shampoo and conditioner, its so much better oml 😭😭 LET THE BROS HAVE LUSCIOUS LOCKS GOD DAMNIT

[@unapologeticallylizzy]

r/FierceFlow

[@illusion7007]

As an AFAB individual, they work way better, but sadly they smell way too sweet most of the times and literally give me headaches and make me nauseous. The amount of judging stares I get when I buy ‚mens‘ products is astonishing.

[@theomnibenevolence]

@@illusion7007 they probably are judging you for your hair smelling like motor oil and ketchup after using men's hair products

[@theomnibenevolence]

@@unapologeticallylizzyI imagine the things said on that subreddit is just a copypasta of "I need to use XXL tampons because I have a wide-set vagina and a heavy flow"

[@dragonwolfzero820]

as a dude, women's hair soaps usually don't do much for my hair, actually many ones I've used has dried it out. but thats just mostly because my hair requires certain things and I get that from a brand thats not gendered and is for dandruff which has so many vast scents however I will use any body wash that smells nice. I appreciate stronger scents so I gravitate toward "men's" scents but in general I will still use any scent for soap as long as the brand takes care of my hair and skin needs.

[@Pendragon1400]

They can gender a soap, but lord forbid I ask them you use my correct pronouns 🙄

[@whatismylife8100]

Yea ikr it's like the same people who say "if you're a man who likes musicals you're not a man" will also say "once a man always a man, you can't change gender!!" Want to clarify i don't agree with any of that and ik you don't change your gender I'm just quoting the stuff ppl say

[@GayGothPirate]

They'll be insistant about calling their car "she" yet lose their mind if you ask them to respect your pronouns

[@alex_runarin]

​@whatismylife8100 A guy: does anything remotely feminine "You're a woman, such girl behavior" The same person: I'm trans, I use she/her pronouns "You're a man, you're so masculine. You're not feminine at all, MAN"

[@claudiafoglietta993]

and then get mad when you misgender their dog, double standerds

[@toxicwolf8518]

@@telespectre9764 is it me or youtube wont let me comment?

[@CatherineKimport]

"Cowpoke." Cowpoke is the gender-neutral term for cowboy/cowgirl.

[@fevre_dream8542]

Cowhand, cowherd, cowpoke, herders, ranchers. Apparently "cowboy" in some areas was used more to denote a horse thief, robber, or outlaw; and I recall reading an article somewhere that suggested "cowboy" was a derogatory term specifically for black ranchers (although I'm not sure how true that is).

[@syro33]

Oh that's what it means! Good to know!

[@emisformaker]

@@fevre_dream8542 I would believe it, if only because 'boy' has been used as a term for a servant longer than it has been to denote a male child. All children were once referred to as 'girls'. And all male enslaved people were called 'boy', to the point where it remains a reasonably offensive way to refer to a grown Black man (I have heard from Black men). It further makes sense in that most of the people who did what we would refer to a specific 'cowboy' stuff were POC.

[@DigiVixen]

Actually, it was a mispronunciation for latine folks in that field from what I've heard. @@fevre_dream8542

[@-Tomarrystan-]

TW - gross i would have expected cowpuke

[@HarriedPedestrian]

Saw a dad buying sewing supplies for his son, who apparently wanted to learn how to sew “like grandma”. I expected the dad to steer him to more masculine pursuits, but his only objection was that he didn’t want his son to buy supplies grandma already had and could share with him. Wholesome moment.

[@nelevanloon2930]

my son is 5 and recently sewed me a beautiful heart with “mama” embroidered on it with a little help from his grandma and it is now one of my most priced possessions 🥰

[@moptop1052]

15:36 side tangeant, but I hate the fact that the woman's face is cropped out. The inherent misogyny in viewing women's bodies as the object of desire rather than the person just gives me major ick. Why does the man's face get to be part of the sexy photo, but the moment we vaguely humanise a woman she loses appeal? Yes, I'm reading too much into it, but it just bugged me. Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk

[@SevCaswell]

I agree. Cis Straight culture objectifies and infantilises women. When it comes to pointlessly gendered baby clothes pink is for girls and baby/powder blue is for boys but as the boys grow up the blue gets darker and darker, often switching to black, however the pink used for baby girls often stays the same for women no matter their age.

[@TheSaraPanda]

I thought the exact same thing, so thank you for writing about it!

[@karowolkenschaufler7659]

no. you're not reading too much into it. that is in there. you might like the film "brainwashed". it's about how camera shots do the same thing this pictre does. showing women as bodies, not as people and so on. you're not reading too much into this. it's just so much always around us that we tend not to see it. and get shamed when we point it out. because we are ruining the fun... would be so much more fun if women just shut up and let themselves be dehumanised.. just not for the women. ok. I got a bit bitter in the end. but I stand by my point. human history is full of humans dehumanising eachother. and images are a bit part of it.

[@NexusCubed2950]

You're not looking too far into it, it's absolutely true, and im glad other people have noticed

[@skittlesryan7862]

Do not use scented shampoo for dogs. They don't care whether or not you use the bottle with the little girly eyelashes dog or the more boyish one. They do, however, care whether you smear them with smelly chemicals. Dogs have sensitive noses and use scents to communicate; from my experience, they absolutely HATE the smell of citrus as well.

[@Desimere]

yeah, even as a human it gets too much to have to smell the same scent over and over again with scented hair products, can't imagine how tough it would be for a dog. Major invasion of personal-space.

[@sarahallegra6239]

I was going to say this too! I also get migraines and dogs’ sense of smell is like a million times stronger than mine is.

[@eclipsemoonishere]

​@@Desimere fr [I absolutely despise sprays especially they make me cough and I can literally smell it rn just by thinking of it]

[@Jane-oz7pp]

depends on the dog as to whether they hate the smell of citrus. Most of my past dogs have loved it.

[@thepaganapostate3208]

I would much prefer to avoid anything scentend unless the scent is naturally derived. Ie. if a shampoo/conditoner is utilizing aloe or coconut then it makes sense that that smell might linger in the product post-use.@@Desimere

[@JamiJR]

I work in a public library and noticed that the people who check out "Code Like A Girl" the most are fathers trying to encourage their daughters to try new things.

[@magdolyn]

It's also an attempt to get more girls interested in STEM subjects, like Jamie said.

[@alwayssarc]

I had the other book she wrote “daring book for girls” when I was younger and it was full of life advice that could’ve been considered masculine like tying sailing knots and even changing tires if I remember correctly. So I presume this book was written similarly

[@chappieindahaus2509]

That is genuinely adorable

[@mangantasy289]

@@alwayssarc that's absolutely wholesome. Love this. Then Jamie was absolutely right about it.

[@IsaFromUruguay]

That's so cute

[@Gio_Bun]

My dog doesn’t care if I say “good girl” or “good boy” he just hears “good” and gets all excited and happy.

[@AddiRockART]

21:40 that’s hobby lobby (like hobbycraft) an arts and crafts carrier in the USA that is known for its conservative Christian culture (closed Sunday, sued for excluding women’s health care for employees over birth control, denied trans employees access to bathrooms, etc). That’s a gun toilet paper / loo roll holder. ‘Murica

[@MoodyMickey]

I couldn't even tell that it was a toilet paper holder 🤦

[@AddiRockART]

@@MoodyMickey I think it’s too short for paper towels… lol 😂 but I’ve seen some the tacky stuff, there’s two near where my parents live and it’s always funny to just see the bizarre stuff they end up stocking

[@MoodyMickey]

@@AddiRockART lol my brain couldn't even register what it was. I hardly ever look around in hobby lobby, so I haven't seen all the weird decor items they sell

[@electronics-girl]

Hobby Lobby also doesn't use barcodes on the items they sell, supposedly because when barcodes were first rolled out in the '80s, the owners of Hobby Lobby decided that barcodes were the Mark of the Beast. And apparently they haven't changed their minds in the last 40 years.

[@Sly-Moose]

I really hope they went bankrupt

[@LadyJuse]

The Zootopia meme is missing a key thing - the baby is gonna be named after the bunny. I think it's mainly due to her saving her life. The bunny thinks it really sweet.

[@arttherapywithamanda]

Lol, it's also kind of how girl friendships are formed. Or at least a lot of mine are. Some of my longest lasting ftiendships started this way.

[@minohki]

@@arttherapywithamandastarted with saving your friends life?

[@Desimere]

@@arttherapywithamanda or naming your child after the friend?

[@n.c.pictures]

Yup. Judy saved her from a giant fake donut and the pregnant one this time saved the bunny and fox from being frozen to death too 😂

[@Jane-oz7pp]

​@@minohki very clearly she meant the exchange of compliments

[@mr.perfectcell1887]

I worked retail and a woman asked where the shavers were and wanted a specific brand. I showed her one in that brand because most other types were sold out. But the one left was 'for men'. She barked "Do I look like a man?" and walked out. Like, lady, nobody cares what razors you use.

[@wintergray1221]

Shopping with my mom: - tell her I need shaving cream - go to the aisle - I look on both sides, reading some labels, then choose one - Mom whispers dramatically that I've got a can for men - I point out the larger quanity for the better price and continue shopping My genitals do not influence how foamy soap that makes hair removal easier works. Also the subtle hint that I'm not cis failed afaik, but I'll keep trying.

[@mr.perfectcell1887]

@@wintergray1221 You do that, keep being you.

[@thequeercow6874]

16:24 I looked up the "code like a girl" book and it seems like Jamie was right about his assumptions. seems like a book to show that anyone can get into coding no matter what gender and teaches you how to do coding stuff

[@dietotaku]

the worst part about the girl/boy dog shampoo is that dogs hate the smell of citrus 😭

[@MxPotato84]

Same with cats.

[@gemmascotland899]

Most creatures hate citrus....I soak lemons in water n spray it all over the house to keep spiders away

[@Revanbzn]

And dogs rely on smell to identify themselves to others we shouldn’t make them smell of not dog

[@owli-wankenobi3727]

They are smart creatures, then... all citrus is evil.

[@MeltedBrains89]

They do? I had a dog who loved to eat the tangerines, my sister would open them for him and leave them on the ground and he ate them happily... Maybe it's the essential oil from the peel and that's why he needed my sister to open the tangerines

[@arti_lu_nico16]

"Sounds like a masculine thing to MURDER PLANTS" ICONIC 😂😂

[@electronics-girl]

That immediately made me think of Crowley in Good Omens. Although it's not clear whether he actually murdered plants, or just pretended to. Also, I think that angels and demons are canonically non-binary in Good Omens. (Though he is mostly masculine-presenting.)

[@durabelle]

Yep, very masculine to murder plants! Same as squashing bugs. I mean obviously men can't love anything, so their fascination with bugs must be destructive. Girls on the other hand just pet ladybirds and rescue worms from the pavement after rain.

[@QUEERVEEART]

fr lol i laughed so hard

[@Ari_C]

​@@electronics-girl idk if they're all nonbinary so much as at default just don't have any concept of or internal sense of gender. some angels may choose to view themselves as nonbinary or even one of the binary genders but I'm sure more of them simply don't identify with _any_ gendered label. plus in response to being called "a good lad" Crowley did respond with "not really either"(or something along those lines, can't remember exact wording rn) so it seems pretty safe to say that though his current presentation is more masculine he definitely isn't a man

[@LilChuunosuke]

15:09 I had this toy as a kid! Basically it's just a cheap plastic megaphone with a voice synthesizer. "Boy" makes your voice come out deeper, "girl" makes it come out high pitched like you just inhaled helium, and "robot" is a robot voice.

[@EmmaSpAce111]

I had the “daring book for girls” as a kid and it was basically just kid cultural stuff like jump-rope rhymes but also how to climb a tree. It felt like the girlscouts in a way. A bit more feminine than the Boy Scouts, but something that was comfortably gendered so it could try to diversify what guides are available to girls I guess? Some of it was very “playground and sleepover girls stuff” but other parts were like “a way to learn how to carve a whistle without getting bullied for reading “boy books” if that makes sense? It might seem a bit dated now but it was a really big deal to the girls in my class when it came out because it had so much stuff in there, and it was for girls! A book with girly stuff that also had more “boy” stuff, but now you can do it too! Not just because “it’s girly now” but also because some of those skills weren’t usually taught to most girls and it was harder to get lessons for it than it often was for boys. Now we have the internet and all that, but this was still when your family would have the one shared computer and kid social media was stuff like club penguin and neopets (which were probably a better idea than giving kids instagram tbh) I, personally, was a webkins kid

[@PokhrajRoy.]

“Drinks tea?” “That’s just British.”

[@oliverbennett8501]

I actually snorted at that one 😂

[@mykaalexmcdowell]

Bring British is feminine, confirmed!

[@nitzanshu4695]

And then the british person says he doesn't like tea, criminal!

[@foxesofautumn]

To be fair "my gender is British" really gets around having to choose between pink laxatives and green laxatives.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

9:40 Godzilla is inherently queer because people are scared of them as they take up more and more space.

[@neilxenomorph1225]

I don't know if it's widely accepted cannon but in one of the movies Godzilla was female (at least when it comes to gonads), the whole plot twist of that movie was that they self fertilised and laid eggs so there was a giant nest of tiny Godzillas

[@xBloodxFangx]

@@neilxenomorph1225 1998 godzilla was still male but laid eggs asexually

[@stevennelson8479]

These people don't want sexuality brought up in society but want Godzilla to have a huge swinging dong to prove Godzilla is male.

[@kwowka]

@@xBloodxFangxif an animal can reproduce through parthenogenesis they can’t be male… intersex or female maybe, but looking at examples of parthenogenesis in nature… (However, in 2021 scientists were able to create fertile young off of two male mice, but it doesn’t seem to occur naturally, and is very complicated)

[@bottomofastairwell]

Plus, that bright pink light they shoot out of their mouth is FABULOUS lol

[@lrfcowper]

I, a cis woman, would love those jerky hearts and bacon bouquets. I'm diabetic, so Valentine's sweets don't work too well. They're missing a huge market of non-men who are diabetic or doing high protein or keto diets.

[@kitaster11037]

Right!? Specialty jerky sounds amazing, just get rid the small dick marketing and that'd be awesome product.

[@MachallaNaNaNa]

Right?? I'm diabetic too and would love valentine's jerky lol

[@bevishhh]

6:20 this reminds me of getting in to an argument (shortlived, swiftly blocked) with someone who decided to bring transphobia to a reel of a tomcat who happened to be wearing a pink collar and claw caps 😬 she was adamant that the cat MUST be a girl because it was wearing pink, even though the owner had said it was male. And then went off on one about trans people, topping it off with a side serving of racism! Wild.

[@tomrobertson3444]

Are you suggesting some flamingos aren't girls? Shocking! I need a lie down.

[@bevishhh]

@tomrobertson3444 right!? And I guess all Jay birds are boys, who knew!?

[@ROMAN-my7xf]

I just thought Godzilla and Mothra were a lesbian monster power couple.

[@TheObserver3]

This is now cannon in my mind forever 😊

[@justjade256]

this is my new headcanon, thanks

[@stormylobby]

Hell yeah, I’m stealing this headcanon

[@carlyblack42]

Plus, didn't Godzilla have spawn? Adds credence to female parthenogenesis

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

Didn't Godzilla lay eggs at some of the movies? Showing they are AFAB at least.

[@elliotschnabel8364]

9:31 - 10:20 In the 1998 film, Godzilla lays a bunch of eggs, which means the character is female in that continuity. Also, yes, Godzilla, is a reptile.

[@theasexualvampire13]

I was thinking the exact thing.

[@xBloodxFangx]

He's actually male. They still refer to godzilla as male in the 1998 film, but lays eggs asexually.

[@obsidianagent]

Fun fact: "Shin Godzilla" had the Japanese refer to previous Godzilla sightings, and one in the US was noted as "That wasn't a Godzilla, the Americans where wrong"

[@ashmac87]

That's what I thought! But then I was like, did I imagine it?

[@Jane-oz7pp]

That's not Godzilla, that's Zilla.

[@KacielNolwen]

As someone in the tech field; I actually quite like the Coding like a Girl idea if that's a book teaching and inspiring young women to get into the field. I would love that book to have example of amazing women in the field too. It's hard for girls to think they can do things if they only see men doing said things so I'm all for encouraging them.

[@KashiTake]

The women parking spaces are for womens safety to stop sexual assault but some of them turned into spaces where ppl with kids can park

[@GretaRitz]

When I played softball growing up, my dad would tell me to stop throwing “like a girl” and when I’d snap back at him with a “I AM a girl,” he’d say “you need to throw like an athlete” 😑 took me years to realize what BS that was

[@ArturGlass.C]

They're the reasons some tomboy sportsy girls go through a "I'm not like other girls" phase. Like granted I am trans anyway but still it was awful trying to have an interest in sports when you're a "girl" especially mixed team sports. They will expect you to compromise your gender in such a casual way. It's legit a barrier of entry. (It wasn't my gender so I've always found it more easy but like damn that's fucked to actual girls)

[@PrinAnie]

My wife works with a number of computer science orgs that are called something like code like a girl/girl code/or something because over the low numbers of women in computer science. My wife's company is one of the best in the field for demographics. 32% of programmers are not men. She always jokes that to get ahead in the computer industry as a woman, everyone had to think she was a man for the first 15 years of her working life. (She's trans)

[@Cle-o]

I have code like a girl it's a great book about pushing back against stereotypes in a male-dominated industry. It's got heaps of information about influential women in programming and it's certainly not pointless.

[@floreya67]

Sounds great, I'm gonna look that up!:)

[@victoriasapko8086]

Code Like a Girl was written by one of the authors of The Daring Book for Girls. I suspect this was a response to The Dangerous Book for Boys (which, in my opinion, is pointlessly gendered). Her books are about encouraging girls to be more adventurous, curious, and brave. I can totally get behind this, so I expect that Code Like a Girl is intending to push back on the phrase "like a girl"being used as an insult.

[@karowolkenschaufler7659]

good to read that the author seems to be a good one. coding was also originally a women's job. the code that got americans on the moon was written by a woman. so "code like a girl" has potential for a little history lesson as well.

[@Mika.theAlien]

As a non-binary person... I'd love to not be forgotten but still I don't really want those people thinking about me.

[@juliansandoval8022]

why would they? hopefully you are not that much of a narcissist enough to think that the world owes you, just for thinking the way you think. In the end, you are either a man or a woman, male or female, regardless if you feel you are a horse, a cat, etc. And you can never change that. This does not make me a bigot, and you know it.

[@Flyn4thewin]

Preach homie "Like, recognize me but don't look at me"

[@ekrtznekrtz5229]

@Mika.theAlien There is no such thing as non-binary. A person is either male or female. Fact.

[@waffles3629]

For real. Like I'd rather be forgotten than get death threats.

[@ahmadkhairul337]

What does being a non-binary means?

[@GaymerJenn]

I agree with your assessment about the Code Like A Girl book. I'm a woman and a software developer, and getting young women interested in coding and STEM in general is so important and very much needed. The "code like a girl" movement is definitely about empowerment and reclaiming "like a girl," just like you said.

[@lekiscool]

As an agender person who has an autistic affinity for pink. I really confuse people. 😂

[@Toon_Topaz]

Omg another autistic agender who loves pink! Hiiii! (my favorite is green but pink is in second place)

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

As a cisgender woman, I say we should really stop gendering things/products.

[@garricksl]

stupid marketing practice

[@dantevito1193]

You should probably stay away from the Spanish language. Literally every object has a "gender".

[@unngjerde5064]

​@@dantevito1193 yeah, but the feminine words aren't pink and more expencive

[@xdani_thethinkingneko]

The thing is, we aren't talking about spanish. So what are you even talking about... As someone who was a third-generation immigrant, and my family came over in the 1970s, I don't appreciate you using my family's language as a weapon. It's quite pathetic. The way Spanish speakers gender things is more akin to help people often call cars girls in english,in America. It has nothing to do with the way things are marketed. The language did that way before capitalism was a thing 💀.​@@dantevito1193

[@the.axolotlgirl]

The word was nerfted when gender was added Think how many problems would be solved if the genders were both combined into one No homophobia because it can’t exist No transphobia because it can’t exist No sexcist people No small pockets just for girl No clothing for specific genders

[@Leofwine]

28:26 - German here: Women's parking spaces *don't officially exist* in the traffic law code. These parking spaces are found in well-lit and surveilled areas, and near exits. A 1990s study/survey found that female drivers felt unsafe on parking garages at night, hence private businesses started plopping these parking spaces down.

[@gogobeebee963]

I've always thought these parking spaces were a good idea, especially when I'm driving somewhere at night. I'm glad they really exist so people can feel more safe.

[@Yes_this_is_my_cat]

I was looking for this comment thanks!

[@artbookgaming]

I was looking for this comment. I think I heard somewhere they were an anti r*** measure

[@ThatLolaSnail]

In the new SBGG, that will become law in November 2025 there is a special paragraph that specifically excludes trans women from these women's parking spaces... I guess they needed a new excuse now that everyone realized that the women's sauna problem isn't real... Unruly Juli made a good video about the new law, it's called "self id law meets bathroom bill"...

[@ronna2027]

There are also "women train cars" on the subways on many lines in Asia countries I have been to that have more cameras and are better lit to protect women using the metro on their own. There are also sometimes "times" when the trains are "for women".

[@Demolicious]

"Meat Bouquet" sounds like a euphemism for something lol

[@emmadrew3911]

14:23 I heard “am I autistic? I used to be” and was very confused for a moment lol

[@TheAutisticFrog]

yeah lol

[@chuuuuu_k]

Same 😹

[@ihavenolife7597]

Nonbinary person here! You're right! We're always forgotten 😭

[@timothyisstupid]

I'll never forget about you! Mostly because im in your walls, hi/j

[@ihavenolife7597]

@timothyisstupid They're in the walls... THEY'RE IN THE GODDAMN WALLS-!

[@Themarshmellow-mf4lr]

I totally felt that dude 😭🫥

[@Vahlee-A]

I love enbies, they're awesome! I came out as enby before I came out as trans. I have tons of envy friends.

[@Samurai-2009-]

As a nb I felt this on a spiritual level

[@InoraPhoenix]

27:51 I think the “joke” here is that when women take a bath, we wash off our makeup, so we look “worst”. Possibly also that our jobs aren’t as difficult, so we’re not disheveled after work the way men are?

[@hp_universe_obsessed6890]

That's what I thought too

[@kamianya]

Yuuuuuuup. That whole bs idea that women are lying by wearing makeup.

[@TheSnowconeMachine]

for the abdominal cramp medication the ONLY thing i would think would justify that is if the "venus" ones were designed for period cramps but as we know companies in general are allergic to even mentioning periods

[@3raccoons-ina-trenchcoat]

I love how every time square space sponsors him Jaime is like "actually I'm starting another totally real ambitious project"

[@bookllama8158]

“Loves bugs” Shows a SNAIL 😂

[@mosey708]

Snails are bugs in animal crossing. Does that count? 😆

[@Jane-oz7pp]

Oh no the layman used the layman's definition of bug instead of only using it to mean Hemiptera 🥲

[@electronics-girl]

I think slugs and snails are cute, but I do not like insects (or arachnids) at all.

[@pjschmid2251]

That was my first reaction. What the heck that’s not a bug it’s a snail. Oh and The stereotypical women doesn’t like bugs they scream. WTF.

[@phoenixfreefall]

As far as treating kids differently: I would not treat my kids differently automatically based on gender. However, if my kids asked for something different, obviously I would respect their boundaries. The only benefit of the doubt I could give the dad playing with his kids is if his daughter asked for more gentle drops, and he complied with her preference.

[@katj4487]

That’s how I saw it too. More like the dad playing how each child liked to play rather than being gentle with the girl and rough with the boy. I’m a mom of two girls, older one loved rough play and thrill seeking, younger one wanted gentler play and was a bit more timid with adventures.

[@NotLaura-Baka22]

My 2 daughters are very different if my husband or I threw them like that we'd do it differently too for them despite them being the same gender :) it made me think of that Bluey episode where their dad plays roughly and Bluey loves it but Bingo doesn't.

[@areawoman101]

The biscuits 🤣🤣🤣 Also, the pet shampoo really missed the opportunity to sell Shampoo for Bitches

[@sk1ttlz904]

Yeah. The caption saying boy dad vs girl dad I think is what gave it that "pointless gendering" flavor

[@Mokiefraggle]

I honestly figured, watching that, that it was more just that the boy in particular needed some roughhousing due to being _super_ wound up and needing something to wind his energy levels down. You hear the dad at one point say something like "Ah-ah! No yelling" when the boy starts doing that over-excited little kid shriek, while the girl is just kind of giggling, but is also more passive about the play-tossing. She's not backing away or not wanting to, but she's not quite as enthusiastic as the boy is. Also, the way the dad is tossing the boy around with clear mimicry of professional wrestling moves (the first toss being a "Last Ride" powerbomb, while the second was a powerslam) suggests that this might be part of the game for the boy, while the girl just likes the feeling of getting dropped onto the beanbag chair, but doesn't need the tossing around to go with it, because she's not interested in that part of the game.

[@springwood1331]

My late grandpa had broad Glaswegian accent, was a builder and had a medals for his service in WW II. He also loved baking cakes and growing veg and flowers in his garden and loved flowers and plants generally and did not care what anyone thought about it (and as far as I know, no-one ever said owt about it neither 😅)

[@timothyisstupid]

Its funny how many times I've been told, "Stop doing those things, they make you too manly," but when i come out, the same people go. "You'll never be a man: Bruh

[@yumm1962]

For REAL-

[@pineapplefrostyfruits9225]

A thing I discovered/realised about that is: it's not about consistency. It's not about being "right": it's about punishing you for performing gender "wrong" (from their opinion) by deliberately misgendering you. As long as you are outside/different, it doesnt matter how hypocritical they are. The point isn't to state facts: its just to try and punish you. Once I realised that a lot of things started making more sense about the way Transphobes are.

[@KVMJB]

My mom used to always say stuff like "Don't wear those clothes like that / part your hair like that! It makes you look like a boy!" but now, now that i know i'm a trans guy, she's always calling my hair "pretty" and "beautiful" as if it's not the exact same thing i used to do??

[@Frogus.pondus]

I got called boyish looking and mocked for my masculine looking jawline, shoulders etc. But the moment I came out as trans suddenly the same people kept telling me I will never look like a man because I have such a delicate, feminine appearence lmao Btw. I am 8 months on hrt and have not been misgendered by a stranger even once since like, 2 months in. I guess haters are just gonna hate

[@linden5165]

I was thinking today of all the times when I was growing up that other children tried to bully me saying I looked/sounded/walked like another gender than they assumed I was. Realising I was genderfluid has helped me make sense of why I felt secretly pleased in those moments.

[@purpleiguana208]

Jamie: "I will never do Elf on the Shelf." Me, having survived three kids fighting over the whole Elf thing for many Christmasses because MIL just had to buy us one: You are a wise man, Jamie.

[@Travelling_with_my_dog]

My mom, 90 years old, has long maintained that when she was a girl, pink was for boys here in the US of A.

[@Roadent1241]

Just curious, what was the logic?

[@seileach67]

@@Roadent1241 Red was considered a MANLY color, but too intense for little boys, hence pink as a lighter version. Blue was associated with women because it's a soothing, calm color (also Christian cultural influence via associations with Mary) and so pastel blue was assigned to little girls. The switch seems to have something to do with the mass commercialization of Valentine's Day and images of pink hearts and romance becoming more feminized vs. being for both men and women.

[@Sarisjackoviak1815]

​@@seileach67 as well as wwii

[@edienandy]

@@seileach67I read it was because some First Lady (I don’t remember which one) was really fond of the color pink.

[@Jane-oz7pp]

​@@seileach67 I promise you the masculinity of pink is older than your religion.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I will never stop mentioning that one Ad that had a Dishwashing Liquid ‘just for men’ and it’s basically dishwashing liquid in a black bottle.

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

Wait what? Is that actually a thing?

[@timothyisstupid]

Wouldn't the same people think that women should do the dishes? Im getting mixed signals

[@snoop4472]

That is so freaking funny that i kind of wanna buy it

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@alicebthegachaweirdo8378Yes, it is

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@timothyisstupidIt’s to ‘encourage men’ to wash dishes

[@Dancinglemon]

The absolute stink that got raised when I bought my male cat a pink harness and his brother got a green one with rainbows and a tiny, cute bow on the back. They’re cats. They have no concept of gender and these were the cheapest options. Besides they’re both allies.

[@kwowka]

2:50 fun fact my cishet guy friend regularly makes jokes about like. How his hair went curly when he got his period, he can’t remember when he got his last one and OH NO AM I PREGNANT and he also wears dresses sometimes. Mostly to piss off his hyper conservative parents. And because his little sister is queer and it cracks her up.

[@6PrincessHeart9]

"This Valentine's Day tire out his jaw-" I will baby, I will.

[@starparodier91]

I’m dying at the meat bouquet. It’s so stupid that I almost want it. 😂

[@lingodelfo5415]

Ciswoman here, and those seem much more intriguing than flowers that are just gonna die and rotten in a week

[@starparodier91]

@@lingodelfo5415 Same here and I don’t like flowers because of allergies. I’ll let my fiancé know lol

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

I know what my girlfriend is getting for her birthday, that's for sure! It's so temptingly hilariously absurd. 🤣

[@CorwinFound]

It's very tongue in cheek. They know it's ridiculous and went nuts with it. "Manly Meat" sounds like penises, and then guys are encouraged to eat it. It's funny as all hell and one of the few examples of pointlessly gendered that I approve of.

[@MaxRide1]

@@lingodelfo5415 and the meat ones wouldn't go rotten in a week?

[@carligirrl]

For decades, my family has had a 2 day annual family event where one day they have the women cook breakfast and another day they have the men cook breakfast. And that's how they separate it. By gender. Recently, I suggested we use literally any other way to ensure we have enough people cooking each day. No one listened. So I've decided if I ever have a family member who comes out as nonbinary, they get a free pass to not help cook. And if anyone tries to guilt them for not helping, they can be like "well, you don't have a day for me so therefore I don't have to cook."

[@anoniondoesstuff6043]

I recently went to a conference for women in industrial careers and we went on a tour of a plant beforehand and we were given steel toed shoes for the tour. They were leopard print on the outside and pink on the inside. Like why cant we just have normal steel toed shoes 😔

[@Jane-oz7pp]

tbh in my experience that's usually a decision made by a woman who works an office job and thus cares a lot more about appealing to the male gaze.

[@electronics-girl]

I would be okay with pink, but leopard print sounds awful.

[@melusine2913]

Fun fact, the first people who coded were women, and unfortunately, I lost the source, but up to mid-1970, computer science wasn't gendered, it started when publicists associated computer games with boys.

[@adrianblake8876]

The first coder ever was a woman, Ada Lovelace, but this was a century before the modern computer was even invented...

[@electronics-girl]

Also, I believe that the first generation of computer programmers were recruited from more diverse fields like language and music, and it's only more recently that programming became more closely associated with math and electrical engineering. Or something like that; I'm not sure of the exact story.

[@eDoc2020]

The traditional gendering was men creating the machines and then women operating the machines.

[@caltheuntitled8021]

@@adrianblake8876Yeah. If I remember right, there was a guy that drew up a design for a mechanical computer and she provided him funding. He never actually built the thing because of how ridiculously big and expensive it would have been, but Ada wrote programs for it. Modern day simulations show that her programs would have worked, had the full computer been built.

[@karowolkenschaufler7659]

the code that got americans on the moon was written by a woman. at first it was hard to see what code was even for. it was one of those "not a real job" jobs so it was left to the women. men were the engeneers. who built stuff you could actually see and touch. and it was just more usefull to let women code since you didn't have to pay them as much as you would have had to pay a man. "calculators", people who did calculations and in the beginning of computers used to check the computer's calculations used to be mostly women for similar reasons. male scientists just needed cheap workforce to do... well... sort of mathematical household stuff. checking, doing repetative calculations...

[@amandahalcott5121]

Drinks tea - "thats just british" 😭😂 Also it's care-uh-bean-er (USA pronunciation)

[@Chickienugs]

I like Jamie’s pronunciation, it’s like Nigela Lawson’s pronunciation of microwave 😂

[@Jane-oz7pp]

Not just US, that's _the_ pronunciation literally everywhere

[@estebandelasexface8193]

​@Jane-oz7pp no, only Americans would pronounce the first syllable like 'care' lol

[@melissatrible4214]

@@estebandelasexface8193 would car-a-bean-er be about right for UKish pronunciation?... Those are pretty much the two variants I've heard, I think.

[@estebandelasexface8193]

@melissatrible4214 Hmm, I think it's closer to the ca in cat than the ca in car, but I don't know how you would represent that haha. So yes that's probably the closest, depending on the accent.

[@j.rinker4609]

I want to see a book on how to "Weld like a girl". According to my dad, women make better welders because they have steadier hands. It was just an observation from what he'd seen.

[@Jane-oz7pp]

Not punching things definitely helps prevent nerve damage

[@hannahk2976]

Me watching the ad and not skipping it because of the adorable Ginny pigs getting their hair done 😂 so cute

[@ecologist18]

Original Godzilla in Japanese films was gender neutral ‘it’, later English dubs use male pronouns, and at one point Godzilla lays eggs through parthenogenesis but in the same film referred to as male. So… who the f knows?

[@Jane-oz7pp]

You're thinking of the 1998 Godzilla movie made in America with the eggs, that is canonically Zilla, not Godzilla. They are different creatures entirely.

[@ecologist18]

@@Jane-oz7pp Are you sure? To my memory they still called it Godzilla in that movie

[@electronics-girl]

If Godzilla lays eggs but uses male pronouns, then Godzilla must be transmasc!

[@spiker.ortmann]

​@@ecologist18they call it Godzilla in the movie, later the Japanese version mentions the incident in Manhattan where the americans confused a mutant lizard with Gojira...Zilla is a joke in the original canon.

[@unapologeticallylizzy]

...Godzilla is non-binary transmasc?

[@RMills646]

The zootopia one, the last 2 images are the pregnant shrew saying "I'm gonna name her Judy" and the rabbit finding it sweet since her name is Judy. I guess it's about being a girl's girl and general positivity between women

[@Tustin2121]

4:54 - You’ve got it all wrong, Jamie. The biscuits for boys have dresses and the biscuits for girls have trousers because obviously only boys can like girls and girls can like boys. We wouldn’t want to be promoting *gayness* now, do we? 🙃

[@user-ic3sm2mv7p]

Oh well of course

[@Aarglefarg]

The Buscopan one reminds me of a case in Australia where the pain relief drug brand Nurofen had a line of products with different packaging for period pain and migraines etc. But it was the exact same medicine inside, sold for a higher price, and they got fined for deceptive practices and ordered to remove the products.

[@tommybruneel9573]

Im a buff guy and yesterday i did a full face of makeup. Complete with eyeliner. Gender abolition is fun

[@juliaanderson7779]

Epic

[@andrewevans4724]

“My jam making business is on pause.” So you’re saying that this time, you were not the Jammidodger but the Jammidodged. 😎

[@kiplee-musicgirl23]

1:57 The last two frames have the shrew saying that she’s gonna name the baby Judy, after Judy the rabbit police officer, because she saved her life and complimented her

[@spencerpearson1321]

To be clear, when it says that it shoots roll caps what it means is that you insert a rolled up slip of paper with impact sensitive powder at specific intervals. it doesn’t shoot anything out of the barrel all it does is hit the powder charge with the hammer and it makes a loud noise. I bought them as a kid in tombstone Arizona as a sort of novelty knickknack. It was a lot of fun, but I had a hard time getting my hands on the rolls after I ran out.

[@angel794]

I had cap guns as a kid in California in the 60s, good fun.

[@procprime]

My brain couldn't accept the term "cowperson" without it sounding odd and I couldn't think of any neutral term for cowboy so eventually I just settled with cow. Just Cow. Toy guns for Cows.

[@lingodelfo5415]

Cowperson sounds like a gender-neutral cow version of Batman

[@bitchenboutique6953]

Try not to go down the “what’s the gender neutral term for a cow?” wormhole. It’s really annoying.

[@DaremoTen]

Cow Hand.

[@procprime]

@@bitchenboutique6953 ??

[@jansilverthorn777]

Cow punch?

[@itsafroggytime]

fellas, is it gay to listen to music?

[@barrylangille3523]

Well, I listen to music and I'm gay .... ? Proof? /s

[@bonesbeans6053]

"something in the music is turning the freaking people gay!"

[@lingodelfo5415]

I think there's a mistranslation, it's not about the music, it's about the headphones. Small and unnoticeable, just like a woman should be. Men use big-ass headphones and know how to use Bluetooth to connect wireless technology. Obviously.

[@JonEvans-st9kt]

That's a hard one cause I am gay i listen to heavy metal the amount of people have told me how can I be gay and like metal cause apparently that's not normal 😂

[@Clovertheeparrotking]

Nope but it can be ^^

[@waffles3629]

25:40 Yes, the pills are pink. Like aggressively pink. It's bizarre. Also they are usually cheaper for some reason.

[@Artemis_-yy1nt]

2:29 As a (cis) girl, I'm here to disprove that, because I don't understand that meme either😂😂

[@kaleb7931]

As long as the dog shampoo takes away the smell of badger poo my dogs have rolled in I don’t care what it smells like and I have a male and female dog I’m not going to buy 2 different types.

[@someonehavinganidentitycrisis]

Gasoline smell is pretty good, though

[@penelopeviews7335]

I'd take flowers over badger poo any day.

[@mikelwrites]

a true cowpoke gets one cowboy gun and one cowgirl gun

[@roseatkins7864]

They can do both

[@lucyannethrope7569]

You are right Jamie, Code like a girl, is in the positive vibe, making coding more accessible for women. My (now grown up) daughter read that book for a small class in uni last semester (she is part time studying to become an electrical engineer), as a part of the "getting more women into male dominant occupation"-agenda. (She works as a certified electrician while she studies)

[@wearwolf2500]

16:39 Something I have noticed is that a lot of newer programming books will almost exclusively use "She" when talking about a generic person, either the reader or a possible user of a program. I think it's a conscious effort to try and make women feel more comfortable and accepted as programmers. I don't need this book to use masculine pronouns to make me feel accepted when reading it but I can see how having a bunch of "He"s thrown at them could discourage women who already might feel unwelcome.

[@alexisjean6191]

The Parking spaces for women - Usually they are in well lit areas, monitored with cameras, and near security - all designed for safety purposes. Much like women only train cars.

[@gogobeebee963]

I was just thinking about those train cars, it makes sense

[@erraticonteuse]

See, I understand the train cars, because women getting opportunistically groped on trains was epidemic in Japan, but the parking spaces seems to just be security theater? But if there are statistics or anything showing that assault rates in parking areas went down, I'd love to know.

[@hayuseen6683]

It makes sense except for not making it all safe.

[@Jane-oz7pp]

​​@@erraticonteuse are you actually serious? You don't think a small woman in a dark parking area away from cameras and the main thoroughfare, for example, is at greater risk? Also, yes, there is a statistical increase in harm to women when using parking lots. Visible cameras and clear lighting are KNOWN deterrents and have been so for ages now. We don't need statistics specifically for this use, as have them from _literally every use of these visible security measures_

[@electronics-girl]

@@hayuseen6683Exactly. It seems like just an excuse to skimp on lighting and cameras for everyone else.

[@IreneSmith]

I've been making a living as a programmer for close to 40 years. But for most of my working life I've been the only woman on the team.

[@stressica]

Code like a girl is very much the same as the sanitary company you've mentioned. As well as this book, it's a programme developed to get more diversity in STEM fields 🧡 it's really active in New Zealand and Australia. You should check out some of their ads 🤣 they're hilarious and call out some ridiculous concepts of femininity such as "I can't code cos I'm on my period"

[@kikipocalypse]

Godzilla is literally a female in canon.

[@killer_rabbit42]

Yup, she laid eggs in the 1998 movie

[@xdani_thethinkingneko]

I thought that the original Creator referred to Godzilla as it? Using a gender-neutral pronoun. I was under the assumption that only the English releases, change the dub to him. I did find on Google though that there was a season of a show, and a few other things that had a female godzilla. So probably just depends on the version.

[@InoraPhoenix]

@@xdani_thethinkingnekoI know in the 2000 movie she was female, since she laid eggs, but not sure about other canons

[@dark7859]

@@xdani_thethinkingneko Apparently Godzilla lays eggs in one of the movies, so that's where that comes from. I mean, either way, I don't think the sex of this nuclear bomb allegory mattered much when Godzilla was first created XD

[@Roadent1241]

​@@InoraPhoenix She was an ace too!

[@dietotaku]

my husband would be so sad if i didn't get him chocolate for valentine's day...

[@sammygirl6910]

All I could think of was a guy excitedly opening his present, seeing the box of bacon, laughing, and then crying later in the shower where no one could see. 😢

[@susanpeter-thompson]

Some guys also like getting flowers.

[@witchtale3159]

9:10 Make bow ties, I think they’d be cute •u•

[@minimomma1]

Code Like a Girl is a campaign to encourage more women in STEM and computer science in particular. Part of these campaigns is to show that coding is used in all kinds of things not just traditionally masculine things. Not sure about the book but the organization who runs the Code Like a Girl event is a good organization. I'm saying this as a woman in STEM who does STEM outreach with high school students, but hasn't worked with that particular organization.

[@TheObserver3]

The women's parking spaces in Germany are supposed to be for women shoppers protection and are closer to the shops and on site security, the hope is that men won't assault women in the shops parking lot if they are likely to get caught' yeah we live that kind of world sadly.

[@MaxRide1]

having been followed to my car at night as a cis female, I can concur that we do sadly live in that kind of world (uk)

[@floreya67]

Sadly that sounds kinda nice and necessary:(

[@EyMannMachHin]

5:04 Since dogs are mostly dependent on their nose for tracking their world, I'm totally sure they just love scented shampoo *Kappa*

[@Fabala827]

16:16 yes, that’s the coding book vibe. She’s great.

[@nullhumorexception9960]

As a German, I've never heard of these "women parking spaces" personally. But I've looked it up and the spaces designated for women apparently have better lighting as well as cameras and are located near the exits, so it's a security thing. Nevertheless, they are also generally wider, to "prevent accidents and make car trips with children easier" which just reinforces stereotypes. Also, it's not like men don't need security.

[@gogobeebee963]

Of course men need safety too but being a women walking through an abandoned dark parking garage isn't really safe so it does make sense. And while it is stereotypical women are more often the ones left to take care of the kids

[@Roadent1241]

Dare I ask what the disabled bays are like?

[@gogobeebee963]

@Roadent1241 it's probably the same as usual in parking garages lower floor and close to the door. I doubt the women parking zones interfere with the disabled parking at all I mean they seem considerate.

[@rosiefay7283]

If those spaces needed better lighting for the driver's safety, then so do all the other spaces. Safety is not a gender issue.

[@hayuseen6683]

​@@gogobeebee963 Are these parking spaces enforced by law?

[@einsannika1167]

10:49 AROACE FLAG let's gooooooooooo

[@honeyandcardamom]

Your square space ads always make me smile, they're so silly

[@Jaybird196]

They kinda make me sad, that he doesn't actually offer those services. I kinda wanted, some trans jam :( !

[@adafrost6276]

15:10 That's a voice changer. The "boy" setting lowers your voice, "girl" raises it, and "robot" makes it monotone and bitcrushed.

[@EdieBird]

Re: the toilet doors. The MOST Shapely buns I've ever seen were on a man. Like, this dude looked like he was smuggling hams in his jeans. Just the most perfectly perky butt I have ever seen. Dog shampoo scents - I like my dogs to smell like vanilla. Left to their own devices, they (both female) would prefer to smell like corn chips and chicken poop.

[@barrylangille3523]

I know a man who very likely would make quite the scene about those door signs. "Well I've got a real cute butt but I'm MANLY" And don't think it would matter how crowded the place was...

[@EdieBird]

@@barrylangille3523 I mean...a great butt is a great butt no matter what!!!

[@ErisIsAnAbomination]

15:56 I actually had The Daring Book for Girls as a kid! If I remember correctly, it had tutorials for stereotypically “manly” activities like outdoor games and basic construction, as well as a section on starting your own business. It definitely kept me busy during the summer and I had a lot of fun with it back then!

[@crisgriffin3042]

A few months ago I have ordered a 1kg bag of nutritional yeast from a local company, and it called "Bro Foods" lol. I mean I guess they were trying that "backwards psychology", cause vegan products are "not manly".

[@JNCressey]

14:37 "hardware store for women" "diamond earrings" ... well, diamonds are hard, and they get worn... so...

[@mattildeo1950]

swiss here: we also have women parking spots. it's to feel more secure, because there are many aggressions in parkings during the night.

[@juliansandoval8022]

yeah but that's Switzerland....you know, first world

[@mattildeo1950]

@@juliansandoval8022 so it's ok to assault ?... i don't get your point. And i was only offering the information as he way wonderingwhat was this gendered-parking

[@peenyweeny3834]

"owns knitwear" is hilarious . literally 90% of clothes are made of stockinette stitch fabric. if you own clothes you have feminine energy

[@Desimere]

yes, i find it very interesting how the size of the yarn determines whether something is seen as knitwear

[@victoriasapko8086]

Yup, everyone who owns a T-shirt owns knitwear.

[@elaineb7065]

Owns ugly festive sweater, oh you must be feminine... NOPE!!! On top of that, if you knit, of course you own knitwear!!! If you want to keep your head warm, your hands warm, your face warm (I thought balaclavas were manly anyway), your neck warm, you own knitwear. You own a cable sweater, that's knitted. YIKES!!! Owning knitwear means you want to keep warm & maybe you or somebody you know knits

[@Jane-oz7pp]

yea let's just redefine weaving to mean knitting and the same in reverse.

[@bottomofastairwell]

Own clothes, listen to music, what's next? Breathe air?

[@bellikoy6048]

A German here. The parking spaces are real, but they have a purpes. In our parking lots it's mostly really empty and if your alone, there is a risck of getting herrast, or worse. So those spaces are usually close to the exist and near to the room where there is usually a worker to inform if there is any trubel. So if something were to happen there is an easy way out and, most of the time, some people around. So it surves the purpes of preventing herrasment and, if it does come to it, to help victems bevor it's too late. So, I hope that clears it up a bit more. Oh, and by the way are also parking spaces meant for familys or people with children if you need a stroler for them or just have to unloud young kids. These spits are usually bigger than the normel ones. So you actually have the space requiered to get your child out and set up a stroler, if needed, without having to worry about ether one of you getting hit by a car or being in the way. As memtiond bevor, english isn't my first language and I'm dyslexig so I'm sorry if there are any stelling or grammer errors.

[@melatoninLemon]

That makes sense, thank you for clarifying! Women are in fact at higher risk of being harassed, so it makes sense. I see how it could be useful, perhaps maybe other countries should implement them. Also English is my first language, I will say that you did in fact make a lot of spelling errors -But that’s okay! Everyone learns at their own pace and English is quite a hard language to learn!

[@bellikoy6048]

​​​@@melatoninLemon Thank you! And yes, I am still learning so thank you for pointing it out! I appreciate it! And yes, it should be implemented in other places as well.

[@erraticonteuse]

Personally, I like your spelling "errors" because I can almost "hear" your accent with how you spelled some of them! You gave me something cool and interesting to think about!

[@bellikoy6048]

@@erraticonteuse Thanks! I don't get that often.

[@durabelle]

I thought the same as the previous commenter, and knowing some German myself I could have guessed that's where you're from 😊 English isn't my first language either, but I live in the UK so use it as my main language these days. I still think in Finnish, so sometimes I start a sentence in English only to realise that the structure won't work, or the word I'm looking for doesn't even exist in this language. Just use it anyways and never apologise for trying 😊

[@briego6497]

It's just like the Japanese having train cars for women, to protect them from gr0pers. When the most common place for women to be abducted and/or harmed is in parking lots and parking garages, it is a really good way to protect them by having parking spots very close to their destination, just as we do for people with handicaps. From what I understand it is mainly for women traveling alone or for pairs of women. Countries with this policy have less abductions and grapes.

[@WildflowersCreations]

11:45 The "feminine Bingo" is a joke: professional photographery is still heavely male, as is professional bakers and florists, and as always they get paid more then their female counterparts. Who doesn't own a sweater? The most famous artists in art history are all men. We all write, read, and if it is winter or extreme heat use lip balm. If your married in most cultures you wear a ring regardless of sex. Regarding gum my friends of both sexes love gum, I can't stand it, I am a biological woman and that has nothing to do with why I don't like it.

[@rachelross1046]

My male dog will happily answer to good boy or good girl - he just knows he is all the good things 😂 he also really enjoys pink things especially if they are ball-shaped or edible 🤣Dogs transcend gender 😂

[@demonheart13]

Godzilla has canonically laid eggs. So we can be sure its at least biologically female. As for their gender, I belive the lady who was telepathically linked to him refered to him as he and i would like to think she was respecting his gender rather then being a terf. Edit: the eggs were laid in the 1998 movie i belive, dont remeber if he had any other children, but probably safe to say he can lay eggs asexually much like the jesus lizard.

[@MK-uz4mo]

Their gender? A prehistoric reptilian monster doesn't have gender, ffs

[@hayuseen6683]

Godzilla isn't necessarily female - asexual and hermaphrodite are on the table. Likely the former since the movie didn't have another zilla.

[@xBloodxFangx]

in the 1998 film they still called godzilla male, they never referred to him as female, just noted that he is pregnant and will lay eggs asexually.

[@edienandy]

I don’t think the 1998 film is considered canon but idk for sure.

[@Jane-oz7pp]

That isn't Godzilla in that movie, it's Zilla.