Foxy:"people who persist in the practice of
accusing one gender, while excusing the other."

Aah, so you were talking about pynchme and Severin, et al. Glad we got that cleared up. I thought you disagreed with me for a moment. I muct admit, the image of a hirsute pynchme telling her Heanderthal hubby "not tonight, oook, go take it out on those cro magnon chicks" is compelling. Thanks for sharing it.

Paul1405:"Has it crossed your mind that just maybe there are some women who like shimmying bare-breasted around poles"

I think Foxy is more partial to Estonians or Lithuanians or something, but I'm sure she understands the sentiment.

Of course, there are some women who should be forcibly restrained from shimmying altogether. I suspect we have more than our share of those here...

Antiseptic,
Keep that up and you may find yourself the subject of a girlcott.
Or maybe even a Kristallnacht.

Proxy

You and Anti should really meet up - clearly you are soul-mates.

Meanwhile, in countries like Iran, women continue to be stoned to death for the crime of being raped - must make you feel all warm and fuzzy just to hear about it. Perhaps you could start your own version of Sharia Law here in Australia.

Cheers

Dear Paul,

No, it actually hasn't occurred to me that
women enjoy being objectified, shimmying
around poles bare-breasted. You think
it's okay because they've chosen to be
sex objects... Choice, however, implies
there's a real, equally well-rewarded
alternative. The wheedling, seductive
message to young women is that being
decorative is the highest form of power -
when of course, if it were, Dick Cheney
would have gone to work every day in
a sequinned tutu.

We've come to accept it as normal, and
confidence-boosting, for millions of
lovely young women to offer their breasts,
their noses, their labia, to the surgeon's
knife. If sexiness is about celebrating
their own sexuality and womanhood, why keep
finding fault with themselves?

Dear Anti,

I refuse to have a battle of wits
with you. I could respond point by point,
but it would be an exercise in futility.
I used to think there was more to you,
but - I can see that you aren not in
a position to have something worth
saying. You can't seem to go beyond
labels, your bigotry defines you and you
will continue to blame women for it.
Sad! As I wrote on another thread -
any ctriticism born of ignorance,
mistrust or hatred is not only ineffectual,
it's harmful and elicits equally pointless
and damaging responses. As for your
Estonian and Lithuanian references -
I'm actually into other nationalities as
well - I believe in multicultralism, unlike
yourself apparently!

proxy:"you may find yourself the subject of a girlcott."

I'm perfectly willing to endure the famed Amazonian torture "the death of a thousand" erm.. "cuts". Of course, It might take a few more or a few less, depending on how deep each "cut" is...

Foxy:"The wheedling, seductive
message to young women is that being
decorative is the highest form of power"

No, the message is that if they work at being decorative more young who like to work at being decorative will want to be with them.

Foxy:"I refuse to have a battle of wits
with you."

Probably wise.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1274952/Men-ARE-brainy-women-says-scientist-Professor-Richard-Lynn.html

of course, the last post should have read "if they work at being decorative more young MEN who like to work at being decorative will want to be with them."