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lumberjack_jeff

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21. I have a problem with the idea that certain words=sexism.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #11)

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 01:47 PM

Nov 2012

Sexism is essentially the belief that one gender (usually your own) is superior in some or all respects to the other.

I don't think word choice is a good metric of that belief. I'm sure there are a great many non-sexists who believe that Mitch McConnell is a person of poor ethics and who behaves in a unconscionable manner. I'm unconvinced that using the "A" "B" "C" or "D" words (we're going to need to expand into the higher ascii characters soon) to describe that behavior is exemplary of sexism.

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The idea that sexism only works one direction just doesn't fucking wash [View all] Major Nikon Nov 2012 OP

Sounds like you're just overcompensating for a small dick. Bonobo Nov 2012 #1

Maybe that's why I keep getting told size doesn't matter Major Nikon Nov 2012 #2

THAT's an outright lie... Hemp_is_good Nov 2012 #3

I haven't seen too many prosthetic penes that come in small sizes Major Nikon Nov 2012 #8

rofl no idea what i can say to the sheer brilliance of this retort. loli phabay Nov 2012 #4

Some instruments play one note, and one note only. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #5

The double standard is rather glaring. I wonder if the usual outraged 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #6

I doubt they are going to come up with anything I haven't already seen Major Nikon Nov 2012 #7

The only overt and habitual sexism I've seen on here 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #9

Here's what you most often get as a response to calling them on that... Major Nikon Nov 2012 #10

Case in point (seen on DU) Major Nikon Nov 2012 #11

Bad example... Hemp_is_good Nov 2012 #12

If calling a man a dick isn't sexist, then calling a woman a cunt isn't sexist either Major Nikon Nov 2012 #13

Really? We're really going to sink to their level of ultra sensitivity? Hemp_is_good Nov 2012 #14

I don't think asking for a single standard is "ultra sensitive" 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #15

But women can't be hypocrites on DU Hemp_is_good Nov 2012 #18

It has nothing to do with what anyone is sensitive about Major Nikon Nov 2012 #16

Please don't get me wrong I understand your point Hemp_is_good Nov 2012 #17

This has actually been a subject that is political football even within the feminist community Major Nikon Nov 2012 #19

I have a problem with the idea that certain words=sexism. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2012 #21

You do realize that nobody actually gives a shit about all this... TreasonousBastard Nov 2012 #20