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In reply to the discussion: Silencing tactics [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)12. you talk to me too mean/b/like a man, not like a man, not feminine enough, more with sugar than....
women must prevent rape/dont say all men are potential rapists
what got me yesterday after the umpteenth man called us sexist was the AUDACITY a man has to use that language with the history and abuse of sexism toward women forever, and how cavalierly they use the word.
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I'd say the first one you mentioned reminds me more of the 'more important issues' tactic...
redqueen
Jan 2013
#2
my father in law was the first to give me.... women have it worse. told him, irrelevant, i am
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#13
UGH! Makes me nuts! You always know you're dealing with a brick wall when you hear this.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#29
further than that. hey you feminists... someone is being mean to men, if you were really
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#15
you talk to me too mean/b/like a man, not like a man, not feminine enough, more with sugar than....
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#12
men cant help it. biological/dna. the monkeys did it/evo psych, are you anti science? nt
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#16
"You're too sensitive." Hate that one. But "what about the menz?" REALLY pisses me off.
Nay
Jan 2013
#17
"If you've been on the planet longer than 15 years and haven't figured some of this out ...
redqueen
Jan 2013
#24