Neolithic farmers lived on continental shelf formed by Bosporus Sill… ~ 8.4 KYa Laurentide Ice Sheet collapse → fresh ? pulse into ◼️ Sea
Freshwater pluse ? ⬆️ (~1.4m), flooded ◼️ Sea, breached Bosporus Sill & displaced populations #farmeronthemove #seafarers #gowest
Neolithic displacement caused migration along Mediterranean & then up thru continental Europe, spreading the practice of farming w/ them
I disagree with your claim that “The ? population should not be constructed around physical appearance. Rather, it is about an individual’s talents, virtues and experiences that earned them a position.” I understand what you mean, but I think it is important to acknowledge that even in office settings, gendered expectations surrounding physical appearance still have major impacts on how someone’s success is perceived. For example, women may be critiqued/judged for wearing pants instead of a dress, etc., and as a result her credibility in the workplace may be undermined (even if subconsciously).
@mwislar – To clarify, do you think that a specific individual should be hired (or not hired) based on the way they look or the way they dress? I recognize what the reality of our world is today, that physical features play a prominent role in the office setting, but ideally, I think jobs would be offered to the most qualified candidates.
Apologies for not being clearer. I don’t at all think that a specific individual should be hired (or not hired) based on the way they look or the way they dress. I was gesturing more towards the fact that we live in a world where people (especially women) are judged for their appearances. As problematic as it is, so called “pretty privilege” certainly exists. Moreover, our values of how people should dress in order to be successful are deeply classed, gendered, and racialized, meaning some people may face barriers to “dressing for success” as it is constructed by the mainstream. In my reply to your tweets I did not mean to condone this by any means. The fact that a person’s success is often partially contingent on physical appearance is pretty messed up. I was more so trying to push back on your point that “The ? population should not be constructed around physical appearance.” Even if that is true, and jobs should be offered to the most qualified candidates (appearance notwithstanding), the oppressive systems in which we operates means this just isn’t the case, and systems of racist, ableist, classist patriarchy must be dismantled in order to achieve a society in which “The ? population [is not] constructed around physical appearance.”
I think both men and women worry about their appearance when going out, especially if they are going out with intentions of impressing others. At the same time, I don’t think men would admit that they do in order to sustain a more masculine person and not feel stigmatized.