MAKE COM TEXTÃO (2021): Estereótipos

Good morning kind of a long post again today I'm here to talk about a book—I've mentioned it a few times before book maybe here maybe in live I don’t remember the one I’m reading right now the one I’m loving so much called Whistling Vivaldi This book explores stereotypes and how they affect individuals our performance throughout life It is a research book a book by a researcher who was rying to understand what it means to be Black gay female Latino Asian or any race that is not white Americans above all suffer not only from races races beliefs genders preferences and everything else ey're simply dismissed because they're stereotypical not because they're not a choice And man it's impressive ow much this affects us So to give you an idea if for example they do they give a test at a women's university for a group of women mathematicians women students of mathematics science mathematics and so on They give this test to them and before the test something is said becauseLuke is trying to show that women can be good at math too and stuff like that in other words ey're implying there's a belief that women aren't good at math The mere fact tha That being said these women perform worse on the test they will do worse on the test They will harm themselves their performance will suffer compared to a group that isn't told What this is being compared to isn't mentioned at all nothing's said about it I don't know We're testing new questions here and this group is doing well This happens with all of them with all breeds different ones with women and so on And it's astonishing how deeply ingrained this is how much it's part of us People don't realize it So why am I saying this Because on Instagram and stuff like that I've been addressing a subject very dear to me something I value deeply and feel compelled to speak about respect and care which is the issue of age I don't know how it's being discussed in Brazil if it's ageism elderism age discrimination—what are they but prejudice and stereotypes linked to age particularly women So for example back then last year or the year before that I don't remember when I met Gina Davis and she told me about the research she's conducting at the Instituto da Mulher in roles of prominence one of the things she mentioned is ow there's also a stereotype that older women will only have certain roles 's unlikely you'll see an older woman playing the role of the story's heroine of a Bond Girl for instance and that's something her research was trying to demonstrate bring light and be able to change this in the market because after all we are not invalid wome We aren't just that—we have talents we have knowledge and we have so much to share Then at in itself age is already a stereotype and in the industry I work in the industry of communication technology—this is serious this is very serious women lose their jobs wome are considered mothers women are called aunts the coffee aunt because the au coffee shop right All of this may seem affectionate but it's not—it's stereotyping and by doing so our performance could really be affected so it's not like we're just sitting here saying oh I'm so grea ow much and I'll show you etc maybe you won't do as well simply because you're in your ead and we don't notice it and what they say is very interesting—that it's not just one thing e obvious question is on everyone's mind: what's going to happen It affects your physical state so you're going to have will affect your blood pressure it will affect you you'll experience anxiety symptoms without even realizing otice there's a change in the rhythm of your heartbeat when you're performing a task for which you are being stereotyped versus a task for which you are no It's being stereotyped so all of this will drastically alter your outcome in the end I'm still here I've only read two-thirds of the book so far I just want to see if it exists if it's just a book that shows research etc or whether it offers solutions I don't know but I find it incredibly fascinating and I I wanted to mention this here because in the midst of the controversy it's a topic that's kind of central For me I've been talking a lot about the Best at 40 you know how much we well I think I'm exaggerating my work makeup but that's fine I just keep talking and doing things I guess well it's a topic I have alking about it Better at 40 and I'll dive into this topic in future live sessions covering various aspects and and bringing up various issues so for example tomorrow we'll talk to Jaque—me I'll speak with Jaque and you all who are participating as well Jaque Dallau from Be Happy Viagens because there's also a very strong industry of women who going out alone after forty used to be unthinkable but now I think it's amazing I've always loved traveling alone—I've done a lot of solo travel in my life and I think it's an incredible experience I recommend it but let's discuss it—also there are some super special guests coming up that you're going to see Next week there will be two live sessions on Tuesday and Thursday where we'll discuss men women fashion and have some very special guests So I want you all to watch and participate but I also want to leave this message here for us to pause and reflect— I still don’t know if there’s a solution If you know tell me so we can fight stereotypes but look at the impact this has right Look at the suffering we go through and still end up thinking like this It's okay yes ah my performance I must just be bad at math I must've had a worse education I'm dumb I'm behind So many awful things right Here's the message from Make Contestão oh I don't know which lipstick I'll wear let me check here's the message from Make Contestão Just think about it—how deep is that right I'm serious I'm not joking I find it really heavy that we never realized this before These studies are old I could talk more about them someday—I really love this topic Kisses everyone good morning