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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)38. The jury disagreed with you 6-0 and I as a woman, agree with the jury.
What should happen in cases like this is that people should SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES not all women.
I have yet to meet a woman in RL whose major concerns are 'someone used a phrase or a word I find offensive'. Been waiting for years now to hear this in RL from any woman I have met across this country. They have plenty of concerns, very legitimate ones, but this is not one of them in my experience.
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Fortunately they do not represent women, just themselves. Good jury decision.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#26
I will not play their game - they don't own the english language nor do they understand it.
AAO
Jul 2014
#7
It should have been alerted. And what the response says is that DU juries are frequently
cali
Jul 2014
#8
One more time: It is a statement that women are crazed and vindictive when rejected by men.
cali
Jul 2014
#24
I'm referring to idiom you referenced; it's source and history and why it's sexist.
cali
Jul 2014
#36