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In reply to the discussion: I refuse to apologize for being male [View all]Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)160. "There is more sexism here than in the broader community." Really?
I don't know where you live, but for most places in the US, I would posit the opposite. Turn on the TV, for starters. Go to your local bar on a weekend night. Listen to teenage boys and girls. Listen to popular music.
This place is positively uptight compared to "the broader community." For better or worse.
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Harmony Blue
Dec 2013
#143
Oh...The Future Mrs. loves and adores, well.. (don't read if you're delicate)
sir pball
Dec 2013
#40
what a bullshit post. lol. you may not want sex, but please do not assign that to all of us.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#145
Hmm. Here's what I think, I've pondered OP'ing it but I honestly don't have time to deal with that.
sir pball
Dec 2013
#21
do women, one way or another, always have to be "selling" sex instead of just simply getting, along
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#23
ok. i think the simpler would have been your original first two paragraphs then a simple
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#70
The concept of a male having an "enlightened attitude" is beyond the immagination of a number
Katashi_itto
Dec 2013
#73
So by acknowledging, and even insisting, that a woman has a choice...
TroglodyteScholar
Dec 2013
#105
lol. our simple disagreeing, which you advocate the right, allows you to then say we
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#155
lol. too many are really all over dismissing what i say with transparency page. very transparent.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#171
i am so glad to hear that. the portrayal of who a woman is, is as foreign to me, as the
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#157
Instead of towing a line that is perpetuated without solid basis lets examine what culture is first
Harmony Blue
Dec 2013
#124
Wow, that is so well-stated Scootaloo. I totally agree. I just don't see the problem here.
Vattel
Dec 2013
#114
And it turned into the feminists of DU hate men. It's still being discussed how awful we are.
kcr
Dec 2013
#101
While I consider it a foregone conclusion that no one should need to apologize...
Shandris
Dec 2013
#52
I've certainly seen posts which, at the very least, edged toward those sentiments.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#202
Can't you guys keep these asinine posts in the mens group and history of feminism?
last1standing
Dec 2013
#103
No, just wondering how you can get away with be so disruptive. I thought the rules changed. nt
Logical
Dec 2013
#131
LOL, looked at your profile to see what your deal was. Said 0% on the jury. Simple. Make sense now?
Logical
Dec 2013
#135
From what I can see, both of you have been acting pretty weird lately. n/t
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2013
#137
I agree you are. Getting that many posted locked is unusual. Temper issues. n-t
Logical
Dec 2013
#162
We obviously have a small group who are furiously using the alert button on any duers whom
quinnox
Dec 2013
#147
i love will. the is a purity in his expression. blunt, straight, sincere. so cute. nt
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#166
Refusing to apologize for being white when no one asked them to is a central tenet
JoeyT
Dec 2013
#182
What about "no one asked you to apologize" didn't you get? You're still going with the same
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#205