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iverglas

(38,549 posts)
20. heh heh
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 01:52 PM
Jan 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1139&pid=189

eHarmony and the pissing and moaning of men.

The problem is, what you propose would not have the desired effect. Precisely because of patriarchy. Being leered at / commented on / rated etc. doesn't have the effect on men that it predictably (and therefore intentionally) has on women: to intimidate. Because women don't exercise the power over men that men exercise over women.

I'm put in mind of an incident back around 1975. I was working for a prestigious government research agency while I was in law school. I went to work in bare feet and ripped blue jeans, with the hair and body to round out the hot chick look of the day, but that was really just me not giving much of a toss what I looked like. We juniors used to hang out at the high-end classy hotel bar next door after work, looking generally grotty. One day, I was walking up the circular staircase in the lobby to the women's washroom, and some drunken business man called something offensive up after me. I had long since realized that "Fuck off", a retort that had worked well five years earlier to cause the sources of unwanted attention to take great offence and get all pissy, had lost its sting. So I turned around, sneered down at him, and said: "Eat shit." He replied: "I can think of something I'd rather eat, woo hoo."

You can't beat them at their game. You are the object, they are the subject. They know it.

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the system, how it is set up, allows the sexism and we were told a couple days ago seabeyond Jan 2012 #1
DU has never been terribly good at introspection. laconicsax Jan 2012 #3
isnt it amazing. i didnt realize it would be this many. then again, indicative of society, rape seabeyond Jan 2012 #14
Oh so glad I did not see that MuseRider Jan 2012 #2
you can still watch it unfold iverglas Jan 2012 #4
a thread saying all women whores and men agree (economic transaction),poster off on girls at grocery seabeyond Jan 2012 #5
actually, I was on a jury at that one too ;) iverglas Jan 2012 #6
when the fact that from being of time women could not work, seabeyond Jan 2012 #8
no, but that is the point iverglas Jan 2012 #9
only to have the men on du conclude.... all women are whores, one way or another. seabeyond Jan 2012 #12
To be fair, women have never really been welcome on DU. laconicsax Jan 2012 #7
I posted this there iverglas Jan 2012 #10
Wow, redqueen Jan 2012 #11
I posted my thoughts on that thread, but I will probably only get some ignores for it. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #13
The thread creator locked the thread. ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #15
i am starting to get it. a lot of info came out over the last 24 hours. lol. seabeyond Jan 2012 #16
Odd that he chose to lock it redqueen Jan 2012 #17
I've had a busy weekend JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #18
ah i remember the time we had a hard on thread. or multiple hard on threads. so tired of the seabeyond Jan 2012 #19
ah iverglas Jan 2012 #21
Hah, yes. redqueen Jan 2012 #22
heh heh iverglas Jan 2012 #20
apples and oranges. you are right. seabeyond Jan 2012 #23
Naah JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #24
Wow, what a train wreck. Shining Jack Jan 2012 #25
And the thing is JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #26
is anybody thinking iverglas Jan 2012 #27
can I iverglas Jan 2012 #28
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