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Originally posted by Tiger5
20+ pages and no misogynists in sight. I'm off to find some arguements with idiotic people.
Paglia pointed out that men work well in teams to build pyramids and engineering marvels, but (with the possible exception of pro volleyball) there are few examples of women working successfully as a team, at least in the absence of male supervision.
Originally posted by LadySkadi
reply to post by Aeons
Ah c'mon, you didn't find the information about the Man Cave interesting?
Actually, that's all that I remember from that book. Lol.
Originally posted by prettygreeneyes26
reply to post by Jenna
rather attention seeking this thread isn't it. female posters what a joke seriously this thread is incapable of original thought!
Originally posted by Aeons
reply to post by kinda kurious
I hate that men are from mars women are from venus guy. He makes me want to kick him in the head.
Originally posted by kinda kurious
Originally posted by Aeons
reply to post by kinda kurious
I hate that men are from mars women are from venus guy. He makes me want to kick him in the head.
And which planet would you be from again?
Mercy sakes, such anger and aggression.
Originally posted by Aeons
Just because you are educated and even good at your job doesn't mean that you are encouraged to question. You are encouraged to do what you are told, they way you've been told to do it.
Originally posted by kinda kurious
And which planet would you be from again?
Originally posted by Jenna
As do I, though heaven knows there are times I'd really like to do otherwise. They all go back to common sense though. Common sense will tell you that people are people regardless of gender and that if you want to be treated a certain way you should treat others that way as well. As far as interactions between posters here goes, common sense will tell you that if you want your posts and opinions to be taken seriously by the collective, you should take the posts and opinions of others seriously as well. By dismissing the posts and opinions of others based solely on some characteristic they have, to me you are essentially saying that you want your own posts dismissed based solely on some characteristic that you have.
Originally posted by Jenna
Thank you! Careful though or you'll make me blush.
Originally posted by Jenna
Agreed. It's kind of a catch-22 though and I sometimes wonder how much 'political incorrectness' is actually just someone being overly sensitive and/or looking for a reason to be offended. There are obvious cases, like the comments I referred to in my OP, where it really is the comments that are being made. But there are others where it's not really clear to me how much offense was meant vs. how much was taken over an action or comment.
Originally posted by Jenna
For example, in an office situation a man could say to a woman "You look nice today." The comment was intended as a compliment with no underlying sexist tones. It is far too easy for a woman to turn around and claim that he was being sexist because if she'd been male he wouldn't commented on her appearance. Then it becomes a case where no matter how much he denies it, she'll insist it was sexism.
Originally posted by Jenna
I think it's instances like that, where someone takes a sincerely meant comment out of context and adds intentions to it that don't exist, that cause every instance of true sexism to be considered as women just looking for a reason to be offended. (Run-on sentence for the win! )
Originally posted by Aeons
Oh, for the love of the CHILDREN! I'm from Earth. Where stupid authours mix bad understanding of Greeco Roman Mythology with bad metaphors about planets and stir in a healthy helping of gender to make money.
Originally posted by SpartanKingLeonidas
Because, we as online citizens, in an online environment, often forget what we're delving into is already so obtuse to those we call sheeple, and therefore are not taken seriously, off line, if we are or are not is up for debate, we sometimes, sometimes, forget we need to definitively take each other seriously.
First.
Otherwise, the sexism is the least of our issues, as an online community.
Because we're already divided amongst ourselves.