Betsy Palmer as Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th (1980)
On this day, 18 November 1965, the term “sexism” was probably coined by Pauline M. Leet during a “Student-Faculty Forum” at Franklin and Marshall College. Specifically, the word sexism appears in Leet’s forum contribution “Women and the Undergraduate”, and she defines it by comparing it to racism, stating: “When you argue … that since fewer women write good poetry this justifies their total exclusion, you are taking a position analogous to that of the racist—I might call you in this case a “sexist” … Both the racist and the sexist are acting as if all that has happened had never happened, and both of them are making decisions and coming to conclusions about someone’s value by referring to factors which are in both cases irrelevant.“
Pictured: women in India demonstrate against sexual violence https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1267576233427524/?type=3
This clip is so funny to me
How to stump Boris Johnson:
- Ask how the average human being could relate to him
On this day, 8 October 1972, a race riot broke out involving sailors from USS Kitty Hawk in the Subic Bay naval base in the Philippines during the Vietnam war. Tensions were already high due to endemic racism within the navy, and the base area was segregated. That evening a Black sailor took to the stage at the enlisted officers club and spoke against the “white man’s war” and advocated “Black power”, and a white sailor threw a glass at his head. Fighting then broke out between Black and white sailors throughout the club and was disbanded by marines. Black sailors were then banned from the club. Tensions would escalate further in the coming days. Find out more about the anti-war movement within the navy here in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e10-the-gi-resistance-in-vietnam-part-1/
Pictured: A protest against racism on the USS Constellation that year https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1229875493864265/?type=3
