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In reply to the discussion: It is not about the swimsuit issue it is about basic respect for women [View all]KitSileya
(4,035 posts)What are they saying about men every single day then? They treat them decently, so men must be absolute babies at taking care of themselves, if we turn it around..
This is the exact same argument the right uses when they claim that gays asking for the right to marry, is asking for special rights. LGBT people have an inherent right to get married to the person they love, and stopping the discrimination doesn't make straight marriages any less worth. The same with treating women with respect - it is the same as treating human beings with respect. When you are standing next to someone, and they point out that you are standing on their foot, and could you please move - you don't go on about your right to stand everywhere you want because this is a free country and that person should just move/wear better boots/tolerate the pain. You move your foot!
Women and men, straight and LGBT, have pointed out that that they don't want these kinds of pictures being posted in GD, because they feel it makes the environment in GD hostile. The answer isn't to double down and laugh at their sore feet - the answer is to MOVE YOUR FOOT!
Götterdammerung, the stupid is flying thick this week!