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BlueToTheBone

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38. I don't think it's that simple either,

Wed May 23, 2012, 02:23 PM

May 2012

But having read Herman Hesse, I came to believe this hypothesis. I know that these books engendered great "spiritual awakening" for men, but it was at the expense of women.

In you wondering, have you come up with answers?

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Ladies, it's All Your Fault! [View all] malthaussen May 2012 OP

Well, Mal BlueToTheBone May 2012 #1

They want to own the means of reproduction. Starry Messenger May 2012 #2

Holy crap! That was a scary thought.... Little Star May 2012 #4

William Tenn wrote a sci-fi story years ago malthaussen May 2012 #7

The Handmaid's Tale is like a, pardon the pun, wet dream to the right wing misogynist sector. nt left coaster May 2012 #8

especially since we can reproduce BlueToTheBone May 2012 #21

Bingo. Starry Messenger May 2012 #26

I think MadrasT May 2012 #36

Sometimes just because you can't prove something... Little Star May 2012 #3

We need the unrec feature back. Brigid May 2012 #5

I'll K&R this Mal. Great OP! Now let the free-for-all commence.... nt riderinthestorm May 2012 #6

One can always tell the worth of a nation by the treatment of it's women. canoeist52 May 2012 #9

I can't agree with you on what you said, but I've never been able to understand MineralMan May 2012 #10

The animosity of Republican males is breathtaking! They seem to want.. Little Star May 2012 #11

Yes. I hope that will be their ultimate downfall. MineralMan May 2012 #14

Consider this thought, MM: malthaussen May 2012 #12

Yes, that's one explanation that may be true. MineralMan May 2012 #15

This election is the Last Stand goclark May 2012 #13

And women should simply vote NO to that nonsense. MineralMan May 2012 #16

You view these men from the context of your own life. CrispyQ May 2012 #18

You could be right. I only have the context of my own life MineralMan May 2012 #19

All the rest are whores? BlueToTheBone May 2012 #22

I don't think it's that simple. MineralMan May 2012 #24

I don't think it's that simple either, BlueToTheBone May 2012 #38

No firm answers. MineralMan May 2012 #39

A friend of mine suggested BlueToTheBone May 2012 #43

If a boy was abused by his mother.... MicaelS May 2012 #32

Of course abuse could affect someone's viewpoint. MineralMan May 2012 #34

Yeah, Madonna/Whore has been with us for a long time malthaussen May 2012 #35

A woman's greatest fear from a man BlueToTheBone May 2012 #40

The two are not in any way equivalent. MineralMan May 2012 #42

And I think that there is something terribly wrong with BlueToTheBone May 2012 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass May 2012 #17

Nope, not a scintilla malthaussen May 2012 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass May 2012 #28

Did you not grow up in America? malthaussen May 2012 #29

Blame is placed on those you BlueToTheBone May 2012 #41

I think the real question is BlueToTheBone May 2012 #23

Mmmm, you have a bell-curve problem there, Blue malthaussen May 2012 #25

For a non hate, that was pretty dismissive. n/t BlueToTheBone May 2012 #37

I didn't think you were serious malthaussen May 2012 #45

I have met many men... meaculpa2011 May 2012 #27

Yes, most of the men friends that I have goclark May 2012 #30

Welcome to DU.. Fumesucker May 2012 #31

I think a lot of the GOP elected officials suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder GObamaGO May 2012 #33