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humansofnewyork:“I help maintain properties for absentee...

humansofnewyork:

“I help maintain properties for absentee landlords. I think most people imagine landlords to be rich guys on Long Island. But most of my clients only own one or two properties. A lot of times they were inherited. Part of my job is helping to get squatters out of the buildings. There are professional squatters out there. You can’t even call them criminals. They know the laws and they’re working within the system. If you catch somebody breaking into your house– that’s ‘breaking and entering.’ But if you happen to live out of state, and somebody breaks into your house and you don’t notice for six months, then that person becomes your tenant. It doesn’t matter if you gave them permission or not. If you want to evict them, you have to go through the legal system, which is very expensive. So it’s usually cheaper to pay the squatters off. The laws themselves aren’t bad. They were enacted to keep predatory landlords from evicting people without due process. But like all laws, there are people who have figured out how to abuse them. I have one squatter who has been living rent free in an old building for six years. He hasn’t paid a dime. He’s well dressed. He’s always very polite and professional when he answers the door. But we’re offering him $80,000 to leave and he’s asking for more.”

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luvyourselfsomeesteem:luvyourselfsomeesteem:Vaginas are expected to be bald, super soft with no...

luvyourselfsomeesteem:

luvyourselfsomeesteem:

Vaginas are expected to be bald, super soft with no stubble, smell like fresh picked lavender and taste like a mango yet there are so many hairy, discolored, sweaty and salty ballsacks out there demanding to be in a mouth.

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happiersuggestion:there are people you haven’t met yet who will love you

happiersuggestion:

there are people you haven’t met yet who will love you

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micdotcom:

Watch: And guess who makes “Privilege” …

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yodelmachine:

My laundry basket is self-loading.

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sorayachemaly:Even little kids have a wage gapBoys, on...

sorayachemaly:

Even little kids have a wage gap

Boys, on average, spend two fewer hours doing household chores per week than girls do (they play two hours more).

If they live in households where children are compensated for doing chores, boys make and save more money.  

A 2009 study conducted by University of Michigan economists found a two-hour gender disparity in responsibilities per week in a study of 3,000 kids.
75 percent of girls had chores, while just 65 percent of boys do

This disparity in chores and free time continues into adulthood all over the world.   According to the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), men “report spending more time in activities counted as leisure than women. Gender differences in leisure time are wide across OECD countries.”


Year after year, studies repeatedly confirm these patterns.

The problems women face with unequal pay and housework duties actually start in childhood.

The fact that boys’ chores appear to be more profitable makes the childhood chore gap even more disturbing. Turns out, parents tend to value the work that boys do more. 

Gender stereotypes dictate these patterns. 
men who grow up with sisters do less housework than their spouses and are also significantly more socially conservative.

See entire article, Salon 8/15/13.

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beegoould:

catmeme:

@asexual-shenanigans

I WILL GROW HAIR BACK OUT FOR THIS

"If gender is innate, if girls and boys are just naturally different and naturally like different..."

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If gender is innate, if girls and boys are just naturally different and naturally like different things, want different things, show different behaviors, why do we have to put so much effort, so much work into separating them?

If gender was innate it wouldn't have to be indoctrinated into anyone. Everyone would naturally pick what they want to pick, and every girl would pick the same thing while every boy would pick the opposite. We would never have to tell any little girl or little boy anywhere, “this is not for you, it’s for boys/girls”.

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- Children Don’t Have Gender Identity - Blibli Blogging
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