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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-26-08 05:40 PM
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1. I beg to differ.
Most men are unconscious about their covert sexism. This is a real issue. Language can be received in ways the messenger never had intended, and for a male to deem the receiver "too sensitive" is just compounding sexism upon sexism. In other words, because men are power-holders and privileged in ways they don't even realize, it is not up to them to decide what is sexist and what isn't. That area of relative (note the qualifying hedge word) power is reserved for women only.

That's just my opinion as a white male who wants to live in a misogyny-free world.

HAVING SAID THAT, I wish Clinton would drop out of the race and allow the black guy a shot at the brass ring this year.
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