Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: The Spectrum

nanila asked if I would do a link set on "chromatic" as an idea, which could cover all sorts of possibilities of color or music or any other sequence where you go from one end to the other, stopping at all the important points along the way. And maybe I'll do a more fun version of that later, but it seems the gods have dropped a rather large group of related things on my lap that can serve as a spectrum, although one without much for a lighter end.

Minnesota doesn't really care if you die,
Since all you are is a thorn in corporate profits' side.
In Wisconsin they say that all should eat like the pregnant women do,
Because Republicans don't care about you.

Sexist reviewers do get sacked, after Twitter shows how many are mad enough to act.
That said, when harassed at a construction site repeatedly and without fail, a woman going to the police is told by her assailant that she's a "silly girl", even though he's the one with the conviction for the same kind of behavior. And that it was "just banter". Which didn't stop and did escalate, so bullshit on that. And similarly on the excuse that hair-pulling is also just banter. That kind of stuff is gaslighting and contributes to the problem of women being told their experiences aren't real.

And then there's the Dude Social Fallacies.

Women still excluded from all-men clubs,
"No penis, no power" the cry of some schlubs.
So to take that power, they dress in masks and make noise for others who are awesome.

It's a spectrum of aggressions, some small, some large, but all of them wearing away just that much more on the women who deserve better than this stuff.

And sometimes, there is actual progress, even if it isn't enough.