Pretty advanced misogyny to personify octopuses and then blame the “women” octopuses for rejecting sexual advances.
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Submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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pooberbee@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
krashmo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Isn’t the reply doing the same thing to male octopi?
pooberbee@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Disagreeing with a misogynist isn’t misandry.
JayDee@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The reply is stooping to the same level by personifying the octopi and applying human gender theory onto them, but it’s doing so specifically to show that this framing is misogynist. It’s not as simple to clearly demonstrate this sexism if you stop personifying the octopi. Because there’s layers of misconstruance, it’s much simplermto address the layer you specifically have issue with rather than all layers at once.
It’s not really a simple issue to handle cleanly without becoming clunky with explanations. The same communication dilemma happens with STEM trying to address misinformation.
caradenada@feddit.cl 2 months ago
Yes, but, you see, misandry is cool.
plyth@feddit.org 2 months ago
… not in the mood to die.
For most octopuses, the ultimate life stage is senescence. It is the breakdown of cellular function without repair or replacement. It may last from weeks to a few months at most.
It may last from weeks to a few months at most. Males senesce after maturity, while for females, it comes after they lay an egg clutch.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Why is their biology so fucking stupid?
Huschke@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Because it worked.
Evolution is just random mutations that may or may not work out.
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
So no egg clutch = immortal female octopods?
Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
So women carry around purses full of rocks and pepper spray?
searabbit@piefed.social 2 months ago
Same energy as the people who handed out bricks to pedestrians to wave threateningly at cars so they wouldn’t get any funny ideas at the intersection.
raman_klogius@ani.social 2 months ago
Those are often “prop” bricks that are light enough to carry effortlessly. The handbags otoh weigh as much as the real one.
Carl@hexbear.net 2 months ago
non-sapient animals have no concept of consent, people reveal their prejudices by what intent they read into their behaviors.
Brummbaer@pawb.social 2 months ago
Octopi are truly the next in line to develop civilization, they already got sexual harassment down.
MeetMeAtTheMovies@hexbear.net 2 months ago
Throwing rocks is “catty”? First time I’ve heard that one
Infamousblt@hexbear.net 2 months ago
Human males too
Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
octopuses can’t talk genious
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
To be fair, pelted by silt and rocks is the actual no - octopi can’t speak.
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Their entire skin is covered in chromophores that constantly show their emotional state.
I’m assuming the male octopus knows plenty well.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
O’ve never seen an octopus spell “no” either.