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In reply to the discussion: Posting T&A threads helps to create a hostile environment for women here. [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)You might want to brush up on some of the core concepts of liberalism before you get in a huff when people question your membership status.
Really, I'm not talking about difficult concepts here - It boils down to power differential and relative places in our society. let's take a more readily-understood example, racial slurs. You and I both know that if there's a race or ethnic group, someone else has invented a slur against them, right? However we both know that these slurs vary in intensity. For the most obvious example, in American racial discourse, we have this question posed not too long ago on CNN (and a succinct reply):
I think we can all agree which is the worse word, it's made plainly obvious. But why is that? The answer is power differnetial and relative status. Whites have oppressed and abused blacks for centuries in this country and, while not overt, a strong argument could be made that this continues to be the case. The N-word is a spike of hostility delivered from the powerful to the less-powered, from the abuser to the victim.
Now we come back to gender with this lesson in mind - why might male objectification of women be a bigger and more concerning issue than male or female objectification of men?
I'm not going to wave my fist and claim you're not a liberal here... but really this is stuff you should be able to understand, there's more to liberalism than "republicans suck!"