Microaggressions in the climbing gyms

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hooblie

climber

from out where the anecdotes roam

Sep 15, 2016 - 08:35am PT

from wikipedia:

yotta Y 10008 1024 1000000000000000000000000 septillion quadrillion 1991
zetta Z 10007 1021 1000000000000000000000 sextillion thousand trillion or trilliard 1991
exa E 10006 1018 1000000000000000000 quintillion trillion 1975
peta P 10005 1015 1000000000000000 quadrillion thousand billion or billiard 1975
tera T 10004 1012 1000000000000 trillion billion 1960
giga G 10003 109 1000000000 billion thousand million or milliard 1960
mega M 10002 106 1000000 million 1960 (1873)
kilo k 10001 103 1000 thousand 1960 (1795)
hecto h 10002/3 102 100 hundred 1960 (1795)
deca da 10001/3 101 10 ten 1960 (1795)
10000 100 1 one –
deci d 1000−1/3 10−1 0.1 tenth 1960 (1795)
centi c 1000−2/3 10−2 0.01 hundredth 1960 (1795)
milli m 1000−1 10−3 0.001 thousandth 1960 (1795)
micro μ 1000−2 10−6 0.000001 millionth 1960 (1873)
nano n 1000−3 10−9 0.000000001 billionth thousand millionth 1960
pico p 1000−4 10−12 0.000000000001 trillionth billionth 1960
femto f 1000−5 10−15 0.000000000000001 quadrillionth thousand billionth 1964
atto a 1000−6 10−18 0.000000000000000001 quintillionth trillionth 1964
zepto z 1000−7 10−21 0.000000000000000000001 sextillionth thousand trillionth 1991
yocto y 1000−8 10−24 0.000000000000000000000001 septillionth quadrillionth 1991

rbord

Boulder climber

atlanta

Sep 15, 2016 - 09:09am PT

This kind of stuff is all bullsh#t. Come back when you get raped as a woman, or executed by a police officer as a black person. Short of that, this stuff is beneath the dignity of wasting my valuable brainpower on.

If we can all just write off systemic sexism and racism as rudeness, maybe we won't need to do anything about it. Oh that rude cop pulled over that black person for the fifteenth time for no good reason. How rude! Glad that's the worst of it. If they don't like getting pulled over, they can just not drive! Why can't people be more polite, like they were in the antebellum south?

Sure, that'll work, depending on what it is that we're working on ...

One cancerous cell out of the 37.2 trillion cells in our body can mean that we die of cancer. Talk about micro aggression! But that one little cancer cell is no big deal - just ignore it (with the help of our fine-tuned understanding of mathematics) and maybe it will go away.

little Z

Trad climber

un cafetal en Naranjo

Sep 15, 2016 - 09:49am PT

sorry, but if Lynn Hill is climbing at the gym I'm going to stare at her beautiful.....climbing ability

Also, here's a tip: got a problem at the gym? learn to say f*#k off! and get it out in the open

ladyscarlett

Trad climber

SF Bay Area, California

Sep 15, 2016 - 09:57am PT

Strange how the author never suggests giving the dudes a taste of their own medicine.

In my extremely limited experience with this (my climbing outfits tend to be pretty old school-burkini style) nothing works better then treating them the way they are treating others.

One of my faves was loudly commenting to a group of my past gym bouldering buddies that I'd probably show up to climb with them more if they would wear short shorts and go shirtless. Hello man nipple! My buddies laughed, and all others who overheard went quiet and backed away from the ladies. Teach the lesson, if you can't take it, don't dish it.

Seems like according to the media it's a fight out there, so let's win!

Personally, at my current gym where the majority of climbers are guys, I haven't had this problem in year...#Landofskyandrock

My 2p

Cheers

LS

NutAgain!

Trad climber

South Pasadena, CA

Sep 15, 2016 - 10:39am PT

^^^^ "Oh, that's not what I meant! I was being sarcastic about your boyfriend who walked right under me before I clipped my second bolt!" (that's how you recover if she gives you a dirty look after the comment)

Lloyd Campbell

Social climber

St. Cloud, MN

Sep 15, 2016 - 10:41am PT

Seems like according to the media it's a fight out there, so let's win!

We've all already lost with the environment of extreme sensitivity a lot of these types are espousing.

JEleazarian

Trad climber

Fresno CA

Sep 15, 2016 - 10:46am PT

Some people need to grow a micro-backbone . . .

Perfect response. That article looks like something my (married) daughter would write -- for the sole purpose of instigating (i.e. trolling). I find it hard to believe, however, that Clint, with a .edu address, had never heard of "microagressions" before this. Then again, his address is to a Junior University, so perhaps that explains it. If he were at a real university, he'd know the term and the loathing it causes.

;-)

(I need to get my digs in now before the Big Game in November, which we seem to have forgotten how to win).

Cheers,

John

pud

climber

Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia

Sep 15, 2016 - 11:08am PT

L.A. climbing gyms are the best

ladyscarlett

Trad climber

SF Bay Area, California

Sep 15, 2016 - 11:13am PT

You've got a nice ass.

Thanks! Your package would look better in lycra...

And during high steps.

Cheers

LS

madbolter1

Big Wall climber

Denver, CO

Sep 15, 2016 - 11:16am PT

I'm appalled.

I demand that gyms be safe spaces.

In fact, I demand that the federal government make all of climbing safe.

It's my right to be safe.

SteveW

Trad climber

The state of confusion

Sep 15, 2016 - 11:50am PT

Pud, that sign kneeds to go to the bathrooms in the
United States Capital, for some congress critters to see. . .

hee hee hee. . .

WyoRockMan

climber

Grizzlyville, WY

Sep 15, 2016 - 12:07pm PT

This microaggression will not stand, man.

madbolter1

Big Wall climber

Denver, CO

Sep 15, 2016 - 12:22pm PT

This microaggression will not stand, man.

Amen, brother!

And until these acts of systematic microaggression are addressed, I refuse to acknowledge the American flag or its national anthem. "This" must be stopped.

SAFE SPACES! Yayyyyy!

Escopeta

Trad climber

Idaho

Sep 15, 2016 - 12:26pm PT

This microaggression will not stand, man.

Well played....

Bruce Morris

Trad climber

Belmont, California

Sep 15, 2016 - 12:27pm PT

"We gathered data on the correlation between gender and microaggressions, such as unwanted staring and advice, blatant physical and verbal harassment, and general discomfort in specific areas of the gym."

Why don't they conduct the same kind of survey based on race and class in the climbing gym environment? Now, that kind of survey would be explosive!

madbolter1

Big Wall climber

Denver, CO

Sep 15, 2016 - 12:49pm PT

You KNOW that those gyms are a hotbed of white privilege.

I will not acknowledge the flag or national anthem until there is a representative population of all people of color in federally certified safe spaces, and that means climbing gyms too.

No little enclaves of racism, man!