Last week, we had one of the most accomplished athletes of all time come to Western Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado, for our Blister Speaker Series. But in addition to Courtney Dewaulter’s mind-blowing exploits and her legendary physical toughness on the trail, it is Courtney’s curiosity and enthusiasm that make her truly unique, and a joy to be around.
So it was quite an opportunity to get to get her thoughts on life and the limits we tend to place on ourselves; her approach to training and competition; how she goes about setting goals; and more.
Ultimately, while we’ve watched Courtney’s staggering achievements as she crosses finish line after finish line, setting new course records and accomplishing the seemingly impossible along the way, this conversation makes it clear that her achievements are very much mental victories, and there are takeaways in this conversation that each of us would do well to absorb and implement into our own lives.
I’ve always heard the argument that’s hard to dispute: “if you’re in a hunter gatherer society and your food supply depends on people succeeding at their task can you afford to force someone into a role they’re worse at based on gender”
The misconception of hunting as male only and gathering as female only would’ve required gender based rules and force whether social or otherwise. It would have required gender roles.
Or maybe I’m just having issues with Lemmy’s federation with kbin
Some humans were or are hunter-gatherers. This doesn't imply a specific societal model like the one you describe above.
The "man the hunter hypothesis" is just a product of the eurocentric narrative (hierarchical, patriarchal, colonialist to name a few of its characteristics). As it is mentioned in the article:
...the idea that all hunters were male has been bolstered by studies of the few present-day groups of hunter gatherers such as the Hadza of Tanzania and San of southern Africa.
To my understanding, reality has been much more nuanced than the "man the hunter hypothesis".
In different times and different geographical places some hunter-gatherers were hierarchical, some egalitarian, some changed depending on the season, some changed because of colonialism, some were matrilineal, some matriarchal, some patriarchal or a combination of those. And as some say, change is the constant.
I hope these shed some light on this conversation.
This article sort of reminded me how hard it is to recognise our own privilege(s). I believe in order for systemic changes to take place this is a necessity. So I thought of sharing a link that contains A List Of Privilege Lists. You might also like to take a look at a critic that can be found at the bottom of the page.
If anyone has a better / more extensive list, could you please share?
I'd also like to share a Peggy McIntosh Ted talk. She mainly goes through her process of how she came up with this approach, and I thought it was amazing in an unexpected way.
One such required class assignment, which was outlined in the FOIA-obtained documents related to the course, is titled “Unpack the Invisible Knapsack” and asks students to complete a series of “activities” about their “privilege.”
Friendly reminder the the NY Post is a shitty conservative rag. Can you imagine asking students in healthcare to practice empathy and self-reflection?
I was looking for a better article on the topic but I didn't find one yet. If anyone has something in mind, please add a comment and I will edit the post and add this link.
I don’t think you’re going to find a better article on the topic since it says it was originally from Fox News and is focused on fear-mongering and cherry-picking.
The whole article is hyper-focused on a single module, in a single elective, at a random State University (why does a NY newspaper care about this Ohio State undergrad course again?) and is clearly pushing a narrative.
Health outcomes have repeatedly been shown to be different between sexes, races, etc. This is a good thing for people in health sciences to understand.
Feminism
Hot