@misslovelymess

Not completely, but it'll work out.

Lucy Smith and Pauline Ranken ascending Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh, Scotland, wearing long, ankle-length skirts, hats, blouses and smart shoes, in 1908.

The rocks of the Crags include columnar basalts and dolerite outcrops as 46-metre (151 ft) cliffs.

The only protection they had was a length of rope tied around each of their waists.

In 1908, the women formed the Scottish Climbing Club -- after being barred from joining he "for-men-only" Scottish Mountaineering Club.

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@lisaannlm

I think a lot of women in similar relationships will be telling their husbands one thing and doing another in the voting booth this year.

@th3j35t3r

#TransgenderCoSo
#TransRights

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/final-pre-election-2024-anti-trans

@mcfate

This is an excellent explanation

@Bix

Yeah, they're running an anti-Allred ad in Texas where a woman says kids are going to school and coming home transed, and they show a surgery.

Just over the top ridiculous

@CelluloidBlonde

@sfleetucker @stueytheround

It absolutely does. It's frustrating, but I see it all the time in business. People, especially men, don't take men who "sound gay" seriously. Women, too, but they're more subtle.

@TrueBloodNet

Yes. Women generally have better communication skills.

Also, studies show they're better at brainstorming, though they usually don't get credit for that. Groups of men come up with many more ideas. But the women's ideas tend to be more workable, because they consider a variety of perspectives and how different people will be impacted.

@stueytheround

In college I consciously adopted masculine speech patterns. I read that men were taken more seriously, and this extends to the way men speak.
And it worked. People assumed I knew more just because of the way I spoke, and my body language.

That was decades before I realized I'm trans.

Since transitioning, I have noticed it's increased. That people credit me with more expertise and question or challenge me less

@AskTheDevil

You can when she's off duty!

Who talks more, and how it's perceived

Please do not pet the emotional support dragon

@th3j35t3r

Honestly, I think he needs glasses but is too vain to wear them. People with severe astigmatism may have to tilt their head to see without the image doubling.

That explains the weird tilt.

I dunno about the rest of it. Looks like he can't decide whether to bite or pee himself. Like a fearful dog that can't decide between submission and aggression

@redwolf

Wow, that's an excellent optical illusion