Magrat
Mrs. Rincewind
This edges in the Madonna/Whore spectrum imho: If you will have sex with me, you're a whore.In internet parlance, if you **** in a cup you're a slut, not a "woman".
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80 Years of Subtle Sexism
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This edges in the Madonna/Whore spectrum imho: If you will have sex with me, you're a whore.In internet parlance, if you **** in a cup you're a slut, not a "woman".
Ladewig
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Hmmm, I am not sure. She has an advanced degree in a field she likes and actually has a job in that field. Not at all equivalent to the Internet-izan living the the parents' basement.
Meadmaker
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That's a very sexist comment. It's the kind of thing that men have to put up with in our society on a daily basis. People constantly question whether we are really man enough.
Oh, and I think you are probably correct.
Magrat
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beren
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What a sexist thing to say.
1) Pointing out the flaws in an argument (or analogy) is NOT equivalent to agreeing with ANY position. I point out bad arguments where I see them, and think I should do so just as often when it's people who I agree with (ex/ pointing out flawed atheistic arguments).
2) Sure, you're right about analogies. I subjectively think yours isn't very good, then
Test
I didn't see the film but the examples in the article I have only heard women say
Blokes just don't ask those questions
And believe me blokes get asked about having kids
By women
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casebro
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I wasn't talking about the actresses, I was talking about the parts they played.
Loss Leader
I would save the receptionist., Moderator
I'll own this. There is a pervasive sexism in our culture that has and continues to marginalize women. It's difficult to combat.
As a man, though, I did hear a lot about how I needed to have children or die unfulfilled. Of course, I'm Jewish, so they basically tattoo that across your forehead the day you're born.
Maybe in yours
jakesteele
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You just did it. I hope you were joking. If you were a man and said that to me, I would, I would...
Delvo
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It's the testosterone talking.
bruto
Penultimate Amazing
I haven't had time to read all of this thread or to look at the videos, but I find it interesting.
It seems obvious enough that there are some things that men endure that women don't and vice versa, but that hardly seems a good reason not to make not of what is real when it is.
In case it hasn't come up in the videos I missed, I ran across an interesting observation the other day from a woman which I think is almost certainly true.
If you are a man, has anyone, ever in your life, called you "bossy?" If you are a woman and have ever exercised anything approaching leadership, it's almost certain that someone has.
It seems obvious enough that there are some things that men endure that women don't and vice versa, but that hardly seems a good reason not to make not of what is real when it is.
In case it hasn't come up in the videos I missed, I ran across an interesting observation the other day from a woman which I think is almost certainly true.
If you are a man, has anyone, ever in your life, called you "bossy?" If you are a woman and have ever exercised anything approaching leadership, it's almost certain that someone has.
Yes and bloke bosses are called *********
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psionl0
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Is bossy actually what female bosses are called though? I'd always assumed it was a word for a particular type of pervasively controlling behaviour where one attempts to exert control over random irrelevant **** that has nothing to do with decision making and getting tasks done. I have no idea why being bossy is now being marketed as a good thing that just means "assertive and a woman".
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