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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:50 PM
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Who here will admit to harboring sexist thoughts?
I'll raise my hand... and I'm a woman.

Who else will admit to this?
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:52 PM
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1. Everyone does
To quote the late, great Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall, I don't claim to be without prejudice, but I make
certain I judge my own prejudices as harshly as I do anyone else's.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:52 PM
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2. Me! And racist too! And even worse probably! How about murderous thoughts?
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ursi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:53 PM
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3. I'd love to see a woman president
I am not interested in Clinton redux, personally. Ever notice how Hillary runs her campaign on her first name only?

This is a baggage thing for me. I like that she is a Senator. First husband not required. White House? Rerun. Let's let others have a chance, especially others who are going to have live with the shambles this older generation has left our country. They are inheriting the boomers' mess.
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TheDoorbellRang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:53 PM
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4. Well, now that I know this OP is by a woman,
it immediately loses all gravitas. Sorry.




(Do I have to add that sarcasm thingabob?)
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:54 PM
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6. Sexist!
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TheDoorbellRang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:18 PM
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22. Heh!
I'm sorry, but did you realize you left the "e" out of "sexiest"?

OK, now I'll be serious...

There was a study about 30 years ago that showed papers thought to be written by women were not as "erudite" as those thought to be written by men -- they used the same papers, but changed the authors' names from male to female and vice versa. The "female" papers always rated lower. Wonder what a current study of that would reveal?
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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:53 PM
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5. my honey is a stereotypical male
unable to ask for directions when he's lost.

Does that make me guilty as charged?
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UndertheOcean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:55 PM
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7. oh , I thought you said :"sexy thoughts"
now that's a whole different ball game
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:55 PM
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8. Nobody is perfect ....
Neither am I ....
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:56 PM
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9. Sure. And racist. That's the way we're wired.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 09:57 PM
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10. You sound like my 6th grade catechism teacher.
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:00 PM
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11. LOL... which means?
(I attended 6th grade catechism class, too... we certainly didn't discuss the issue of sexism... :P)
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:04 PM
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15. Oh, I thought you typed sexy thoughts.
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:05 PM
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17. Indeed. Those poor nuns have been cloistered for too long.
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thepurpose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:01 PM
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12. I have sexy thoughts. Does that count?
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:01 PM
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13. We all have the capacity to harbor any and all thought
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:02 PM
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14. We ALL do, if you deny it you're a damn liar.
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Mr_Monday Donating Member (220 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:05 PM
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16. Everyone has these thoughts
their part of being human. Acting on them, however, is part of being a bigot.
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DemCam Donating Member (911 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:05 PM
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18. Glad we got that all up front.
and I'm really glad to seee we're all comfortable with it.
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varkam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:08 PM
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19. I most certainly do.
I think everyone does, to a certain extent.
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CyberPieHole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:10 PM
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20. I admit it. I harbor thoughts of being disciplined by a woman in stilettos...
DOHHH! I mis~read your post and thought you wrote sexual thoughts. Mybad!:evilgrin:
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:10 PM
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21. That's exactly the kind of question I'd expect a woman to ask
Who me? Sexist? O8)
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:19 PM
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23. We all have them at some point.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:23 PM
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24. I don't...Not for a Second. I've worked with many, many super intelligent....
...people to think that one Sex has any "Constant" advantage over another...when it comes to Brain-Power.

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Firespirit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:28 PM
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25. *Raises hand*
Some of it is sheer contrarianism... I am a bisexual who chooses only to consider other women, and thus I get accused of being "afraid of men." On this subject I enjoy pissing off the real-life trolls who see my life as their business, so I give them a little female supremacism.
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:30 PM
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26. Just like a woman to ask that
n/t
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Madam Mossfern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:33 PM
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27. If you consider thinking that there is a difference
between men and women and the way that they think and their basic wiring. Yes, guilty as charged. That being said, my daughter and I are considered the smartest in out household of six we being the only two females. There's a difference between men and women and somewhat the way they think. So call me a sexist, but vive le difference! Different neither means superior or inferior...it just means different.

Talking about perceived sexism is obfuscating and has really nothing to do with any issues in the most important primary season.
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suston96 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:52 PM
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28. I am sexist and a racist....
I support Hillary because she is a woman and if that doesn't work I will support Obama because he is black.

I am also a very shallow person.
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