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Feminism and Diversity

HappyPlace

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2. OMG you wouldn't believe what I'm seeing.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 14, 2015, 01:25 PM

Aug 2015

I'm collecting some of the graphics I'm finding from "the Noun Project" because they're clean and free, but the selection for these folks and really all the others is the same: https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=women

Women = high heels, lingerie, children, cooking and service jobs

Do a search for engineer and other professions and they're all men, typically.

Argh.

I'll send you a message.

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Help. Looking for graphic occupation icons. Depictions of women are upsetting me. [View all] HappyPlace Aug 2015 OP

jebus. you are right. start drawing. mopinko Aug 2015 #1

OMG you wouldn't believe what I'm seeing. HappyPlace Aug 2015 #2

This is something that has annoyed me since I was a girl. It is very sad that it is still the same. Tipperary Oct 2015 #3