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Mossfern

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27. Calling a woman a girl is disrespectful IMHO

Fri Apr 21, 2023, 04:25 PM

Apr 2023

Her message was clear, does it hold more weight because she's 'pretty?' I'm sorry, but I see it as objectification.
Call me fussy...

BTW, not to be nit picky, but the subtitles said "train" the swamp. I really don't feel like going back to listen to the video to see if that matches what she said.

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A pretty girl telling it. [View all] Downsouthjukin Apr 2023 OP

Very well said. underpants Apr 2023 #1

A "pretty girl"? Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #2

At my age Downsouthjukin Apr 2023 #3

Her age isn't defined in relation to yours. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #4

One thing I have found on here Downsouthjukin Apr 2023 #5

Well, it's sexist. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #8

I think it's stuff like this Downsouthjukin Apr 2023 #9

Personally I've enjoyed your posts. Arthur_Frain Apr 2023 #21

How sad. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #62

Please stop. ShazzieB Apr 2023 #56

We have to stop this. NotVeryImportant Apr 2023 #14

It's marvelous that you and jukin just found each other. yardwork Apr 2023 #17

If you think it's beneficial to anyone to remain in a perpetual state of faux outrage NotVeryImportant Apr 2023 #18

I never thought of that!!!! yardwork Apr 2023 #25

go call VPOTUS Harris a girl and I doubt the outrage will be faux Celerity Apr 2023 #44

LOL. n/t FSogol Apr 2023 #23

"You're so sensitive!" "Can't you take a joke?!" Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #43

And, I have to add, the racial component if we happen to be black (or any non white ethnicity, but Celerity Apr 2023 #45

Very true. Women of color are even more likely to get disrespected. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #49

That is really a matter of opinion PatSeg Apr 2023 #28

I think it's a cultural difference ShazzieB Apr 2023 #51

I'm from the south too. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #12

+1.. and there are people on Cha Apr 2023 #53

Not everyone from the south. ShazzieB Apr 2023 #55

I had some other poster tell me a year or 2 ago that any female under 50 was a girl because we are Celerity Apr 2023 #41

Ugh. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #42

Teasing headline and a link. No thank you. maxsolomon Apr 2023 #6

As is your right. Downsouthjukin Apr 2023 #7

You'll get less grief in the DU Lounge Hekate Apr 2023 #10

Settle down. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2023 #11

Thanks for sharing that, she is truth-telling nt lostnfound Apr 2023 #13

That's JoJoFromJerz - a very popular twitter account. She's been to the WH to meet Biden Roland99 Apr 2023 #15

I wonder why black men object to being called "boy"... jcgoldie Apr 2023 #16

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You need to meet more women n/t leftstreet Apr 2023 #22

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preach Hamlette Apr 2023 #30

Many women have responded in this thread jcgoldie Apr 2023 #40

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And his buddy Sergei! yardwork Apr 2023 #26

Calling a woman a girl is disrespectful IMHO Mossfern Apr 2023 #27

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This is a discussion board. Mossfern Apr 2023 #31

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I certainly can agree with that! Mossfern Apr 2023 #34

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So everyone who disagrees with you is Ivan? FSogol Apr 2023 #37

This is such a disruptive thread, & I admit, one of the rare ones that actually, when the defensive Celerity Apr 2023 #47

Many of us have that opinion. Hamlette Apr 2023 #35

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You seem to have an easier time tossing the word woke around than just calling a woman a woman. MrsCoffee Apr 2023 #39

I would have been hard pressed not to have snapped and said something not so nice back, and also Celerity Apr 2023 #48

Yeah, and it was a lawyer I admired, Jerry Spence. Hamlette Apr 2023 #52

So you're entitled to spout your opinion but the respondent is not? Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #50

Does it hold more weight? treestar Apr 2023 #61

You could have titled the link "This woman gets it right." Mossfern Apr 2023 #38

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Yes. Cha Apr 2023 #54

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Buh Bye! Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #58

That's a woman, not a girl. Why say she's "pretty"? "A pretty boy telling it" when betsuni Apr 2023 #59

If you did not find he4 to be pretty treestar Apr 2023 #60