Pretty advanced misogyny to personify octopuses and then blame the “women” octopuses for rejecting sexual advances.
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Submitted 3 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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pooberbee@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
krashmo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Isn’t the reply doing the same thing to male octopi?
pooberbee@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Disagreeing with a misogynist isn’t misandry.
JayDee@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Yes, but, you see, misandry is cool.
plyth@feddit.org 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Why is their biology so fucking stupid?
Huschke@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Because it worked.
Evolution is just random mutations that may or may not work out.
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
So no egg clutch = immortal female octopods?
Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
So women carry around purses full of rocks and pepper spray?
searabbit@piefed.social 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
non-sapient animals have no concept of consent, people reveal their prejudices by what intent they read into their behaviors.
Brummbaer@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Octopi are truly the next in line to develop civilization, they already got sexual harassment down.
MeetMeAtTheMovies@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Throwing rocks is “catty”? First time I’ve heard that one
Infamousblt@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Human males too
Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
octopuses can’t talk genious
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
To be fair, pelted by silt and rocks is the actual no - octopi can’t speak.
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
O’ve never seen an octopus spell “no” either.