I hold the door open for women because they're bad at math, is this sexism
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My point is that they are dramatizing the word "rape" - I agree that looks or whatever might make a woman uncomfortable, but to call it "rape" is total exaggeration. Psychological "Rape" is not RAPE. It is intimidation at best. Once everything is a form of rape, then the word rape has no meaning. And rape is an important issue that we should not trivialize.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostMy point is that they are dramatizing the word "rape" - I agree that looks or whatever might make a woman uncomfortable, but to call it "rape" is total exaggeration. Psychological "Rape" is not RAPE. It is intimidation at best. Once everything is a form of rape, then the word rape has no meaning. And rape is an important issue that we should not trivialize.
In other contexts, people with an interest in political correctness do seem to recognize this by discouraging people from saying things like "Our football team totally got raped out there." The same principle should apply here."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostMy point is that they are dramatizing the word "rape" - I agree that looks or whatever might make a woman uncomfortable, but to call it "rape" is total exaggeration. Psychological "Rape" is not RAPE. It is intimidation at best. Once everything is a form of rape, then the word rape has no meaning. And rape is an important issue that we should not trivialize.Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.--Isaiah 1:17
I don't think that all forms o[f] slavery are inherently immoral.--seer
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Originally posted by fm93 View PostSome men practically wax poetic about the need to "shower a lady with respect" and put on a show of being overbearingly courteous to literally every woman, but then often act rudely and disrespectfully towards other men in the same contexts. In instances like that, the clear implication is that if a man is respectful and courteous only towards women, that's not true equality, and that the apparent respect/courtesy is probably phony and condescending. That's a case of false chivalry.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by fm93 View Postand that the apparent respect/courtesy is probably phony and condescending."As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
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Originally posted by Jedidiah View PostThis is something I have never seen. Sounds like a silly statement.Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.--Isaiah 1:17
I don't think that all forms o[f] slavery are inherently immoral.--seer
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Originally posted by fm93 View PostI saw it in high school. People who'd rudely treat others who weren't in their own in-group, but then would act all charming and courteous towards girls just so they could get those girls to sleep with them."As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
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Originally posted by Darth Executor View PostI have some bad news for you: the girls probably liked that.Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.--Isaiah 1:17
I don't think that all forms o[f] slavery are inherently immoral.--seer
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Originally posted by fm93 View PostI'm sure they did. But my point was that that sort of behavior on the part of the boys was indicative of what one might call "benevolent sexism." And a woman who's aware of this might sense that something's wrong if she notices that a guy opens doors and acts courteously only for her and other women but is a rude boor to everyone else. Perhaps she'd suspect that his behavior is fundamentally dishonest and devious."As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
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Originally posted by Jedidiah View PostThis is something I have never seen. Sounds like a silly statement."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostIt is, just like pretending that everybody would want to be known for the same thing. How does FM know that a rocket scientist wouldn't want to be known first for her role as a wife and mother first and her career second? That is as sexist as can be. I personally would rather be known as a good daughter, sister, wife, and mother first and my career second.Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.--Isaiah 1:17
I don't think that all forms o[f] slavery are inherently immoral.--seer
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Einstein didn't have an exemplary family life, I can see why someone would leave it off his obituary."As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
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