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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:21 PM Original message |
Sex versus sexism |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. How can you tell if a woman "looks attractive"? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Biology. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No, not biology. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Me just big, dumb man... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Same goes for women. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You smiled and I won't split hairs, but |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. "Biology does tell us to impress people, just the tools and rules have changed" |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. This speaks to a broad dilemma of corporate culture, one that many prefer to disavow |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. I'd Disagree |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Beer makes everybody beautiful. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:44 PM Original message |
Good one |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Survival... natural selection and the appearance of health or physical fitness. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. No body hair |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. ! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 07:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. No -- get it right |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Personal taste? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. double post |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. You forgot - women being judged by their looks in your list of sexism |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes, this one is obvious |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Men are too. Please read downthread. n/t |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Any time power is involved |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Valuing women for their looks alone is one of the main ways that |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Much of what you discussed is never going away |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Lots of short male actors |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. There are quite a few unattractive actresses as well |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. This is not an attack on men's sexuality. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. What entitlement? |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Are you ruled by testosterone? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Oh please put the firebrand away |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. You sure have a lot to say about a person you don't know |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 03:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. There's a power dynamic in all relationships -sexual or plutonic |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. We are hard wired to want sex |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I'll agree that many do see it that way |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. How many ugly politicians are there out there? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yes, and isn't it interesting that he asked about ugly politicians, CEOs, and police chiefs - as if |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Yes because I live in a cave |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Don't leave out > |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. If you want to see ugly |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. No, it's not going to go away as long as we condone it and justify it by calling it biology |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. it's not, but it is damaging and should be noted. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. It's not. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Exactly, and we are encouraged to think ourselves ugly no matter |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. Sexism is only 2 out of 16 op-ed writers at the Wash Post being women. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Now that is something worth fighting about |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. thank you. some of those numbers are starting to piss me off; it's 2008 fer christ's sake, and the m |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. if the only thing you ever talk about wrt women is their attractiveness, that's sexism. |
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