posted April 07, 2013 01:30 AM              

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Originally posted by Faith:
I forgot to factor in the length of his mullet.

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posted April 07, 2013 01:30 AM              

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Originally posted by doommlord:
People are never equal dear

But the theme here is that man and woman should not be discriminated by their gender (or any other bias btw)

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posted April 08, 2013 07:27 AM            

Miss you sand.

posted April 08, 2013 07:43 AM            

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Originally posted by T:
I know the child bride issue is something we don't hear enough about over here. Instead we have the msm feeding us a bunch of bs to keep our minds occupied on 'other things'.

Should we, as women just shut up now?

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Good point, T! If women aren't given a platform and respect, children's issues, in turn, don't get enough attention. Because while men may love kids, by and large women are more the nurturers (with exceptions, I understand.)

I'm on another forum (political) where most of the members are men. I have an androgynous screen name. One night, really late at night, another androgynous poster started chatting up the site owner, and revealed that she is a woman. He, being a good hearted Taurus (you know what I mean, right? ) started asking her a bunch of questions about why she never revealed she is a woman there before, and what her experience is like, as a woman amongst so many men. Her answers were so on point, I could have written it myself.

She said:

1) You know the site is full of men when you post something about convicted gang rapers only getting sentenced to a year in prison, and nobody bumps the thread or replies. (I wasn't there or would have.) She actually posted the same article twice and it never got a reply.

2) You know the site is full of men because if you say something good they call you "dude" or "brother" and if you say something they don't like they call you "a mom" or some other effeminite term.

(ROTFL because on a few occasions someone called me a mom, meaning it as an insult, and I couldn't say, "YES. YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?" But if they call me "brother," well, that's the highest compliment. )

3) She observed that, in general, the few women there with women's screen names don't seem to get as much respect as the men. She chose an androgynous screen name to dodge around the superfluous gender commentary the other women have to contend with.

Anyway...just goes to show that there is a real gender divide.

posted April 08, 2013 08:46 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
She observed that, in general, the few women there with women's screen names don't seem to get as much respect as the men. She chose an androgynous screen name to dodge around the superfluous gender commentary the other women have to contend with.

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posted April 08, 2013 09:11 AM            

I also wonder if the guys who have called me "a mom" are just more intuitive than they realize. My answer the first time it happened was, "Oh, are mothers not allowed here?" which prompted the dude to look at his gender bias, and he backpedaled really fast, not knowing if I'm a mother or not.

I also got called a mom when I cared "too much" about a vaccine issue.

When I first signed up on that forum I had a woman's screen name but quickly learned to hate it. The men don't mean any harm being flirtatious, but it's a distraction. If I say something thoughtful, I would like a serious reply, not, "Hey a GIRL can think this way? Are you single?" Nor do I want them treating me with kid gloves and saying "Good point" if it's not really a good point! LOL..no pity gestures please. And they don't do that now that I have a cryptic name.

Like you, PJ, I get more out of conversations where I can be myself. Since this site is predominantly female I feel more comfortable here.

posted April 08, 2013 02:29 PM            

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You're the one who defended aquaguy's 30+ posts or so at once, before doing any kind of "background check" on him. You didn't even know what you were talking about.

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This is the kind of thing I'm talking about from you. First, you projected a Mercury-Neptune echo chamber, and now you're claiming that I don't know what I'm talking about while referencing the only counterpoint available that could make any sense of the responses Aquaguy got. In bringing up his past, a concession was made that my basic point was accurate: his posts here didn't deserve the kind of responses that were given. Hard to say that I didn't know what I was talking about, when everyone else has already conceded the point.

Or do you think that bringing up past Aquaguy threads does justify materially ignoring what he said here? My posts were only pointing out what any other outsider would have seen. Should threads make some logical sense, and follow some logical flow, or is it superior for a thread to showcase responses that don't match the posts they are addressing?

Do you understand how difficult it would be for anyone to try to make the case that I have been unfair here? And yet, you've persisted. Wouldn't it be easier just to have some humility every now and again?

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No, to prove you can. So you don't just get to allege I constructed something poorly without back up.

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How has that worked out for me in the past?

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Point is d is less profane than c, since you can say the D word in a harmless context in public, but never the c word.

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There is no inherent profanity in either. The profanity is assigned by the audience. People don't call non-Richards 'd's with any sort of notion that it's ok because there have been Richards called by that name.

posted April 08, 2013 04:20 PM            

as long as people continue to refer to "WOMEN" and "MEN" as if they are monochrome groups they will never be able to relate to the individual members of those groups.

the fact is that aquaguy totally ignored each and every post that pointed out that feminism is ideally about EQUALITY FOR BOTH SEXES and continued slashing feminists as if they were all, basically, penis enviers.

sorry, i'm sure he is a nice guy, but i have little problem understanding why he has trouble meeting and striking up a rapport with the ladies.

yes, a lot of the reactions here were over the top, but since he SAYS he would like to meet women and have a relationship my advice is to stop with the stereotyping, already! and he might take notes on the reaction his stance evokes ... not conducive to dating.

posted April 08, 2013 05:04 PM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:
In bringing up his past, a concession was made that my basic point was accurate: his posts here didn't deserve the kind of responses that were given. Hard to say that I didn't know what I was talking about, when everyone else has already conceded the point.

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Concession was made by whom?

You think "everyone else conceded the point"?

Really?

posted April 08, 2013 07:50 PM            

If you look on Health.com's Most Depressing States, you'll find Tennessee and Kentucky both made the list. Surely, it's not the best place you could be.

posted April 08, 2013 09:03 PM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:

Faith, how many are continuing with rants against Aquaguy that don't really address his point(s)?

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That's tricky.

How many are continuing...? Looks like almost everyone has vacated. Ghost town thread here.

How many are continuing with rants..? None.

How many are continuing with rants that don't address his points...? Of the zero members besides me who are currently posting, zero of them are ranting, and of those non-existent rants, zero address his points, and zero don't address them.

So...

posted April 08, 2013 09:04 PM            

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Originally posted by aquaguy91:
Well I guess its all a matter of perspective, I like it here. And judging by all the yankees moving in here i'd say they like it too. lol

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Yeah but Tennessean women, they all try and dress like Priscilla Presley don't they?

Beehives...I thought you were sick of that.

posted April 08, 2013 09:15 PM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Yeah but Tennessean women, they all try and dress like Priscilla Presley don't they?

Beehives...I thought you were sick of that.

^Tennessee hair

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posted April 08, 2013 10:24 PM            

And that reminds me of the very first ep (after barely paying attention to it for a long time while babysitting) that got me interested in Hannah Montana (with alter ego Miley Stewart, based heavily on the real life Miley Cyrus, both real & fictional Miley from Tennessee transplanted to California) and how I related to her getting made fun of by snooty Californians because of her accent (I so felt that) and cheering her on as she finally got them back:
http://youtu.be/JKoobk32IlQ?t=10m18s