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libtodeath

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8. Fair enough and now thinking I worded that wrong but still does not change the fact

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 03:09 PM

Mar 2013

that we are not held to the same physical appearance stigmas that women are.

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My take on sexism [View all] libtodeath Mar 2013 OP

Trashing thread #15... UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #1

Oh,that so hurts me libtodeath Mar 2013 #2

Oh course you can. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #3

Please do then n/t libtodeath Mar 2013 #4

of course you are. trumad Mar 2013 #5

... redqueen Mar 2013 #28

No man has ever been criticized for his "body shape or appearance"? Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #6

Fair enough and now thinking I worded that wrong but still does not change the fact libtodeath Mar 2013 #8

OK, that I can agree with. Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #11

The criticism of Chris Christie comes to mind loyalsister Mar 2013 #12

You beat me to it. NaturalHigh Mar 2013 #13

Sexism will not go away until men speak to men --in these terms marions ghost Mar 2013 #7

someone should speak to him about his room arely staircase Mar 2013 #9

Kind of what I was thinking. NaturalHigh Mar 2013 #14

Yeah whut a Spongebob marions ghost Mar 2013 #17

huh? he is a slob! arely staircase Mar 2013 #19

He's married marions ghost Mar 2013 #25

wow - way tmi! arely staircase Mar 2013 #26

I don't know I'll ask em marions ghost Mar 2013 #30

well we know he had four minutes and 8 seconds free recently arely staircase Mar 2013 #36

I talked to him and he sent this pic marions ghost Mar 2013 #40

what? arely staircase Mar 2013 #41

OK so he cleaned up and is waiting for his doggie treat: marions ghost Mar 2013 #46

well done, the cleaning (or given the tight framing i still suspect a disaster off-sceen) arely staircase Mar 2013 #50

So glad you agree he makes good points marions ghost Mar 2013 #70

i am pretty sure that neither i nor other men are the intended target audience eom arely staircase Mar 2013 #71

OK so you're not a guy? marions ghost Mar 2013 #72

that was a joke, implying he was doing it to impress his girlfriend arely staircase Mar 2013 #73

I'll second that--date-raping is so ungentlemanly marions ghost Mar 2013 #74

"Never are we called into question or dismissed for our body shape or appearance." zappaman Mar 2013 #10

"Never are we called into question or dismissed for our body shape or appearance." NaturalHigh Mar 2013 #15

Read what I wrote above about choosing words better libtodeath Mar 2013 #18

Seizing on minor quibbles, focusing on them to the exclusion of the message, and nitpicking an issue redqueen Mar 2013 #29

Yes, such minor quibbles we have. NaturalHigh Mar 2013 #45

I have been on DU since 2001 and have only 2 people on ignore MattBaggins Mar 2013 #51

Add me then too because I dont want a misogynist any where near me libtodeath Mar 2013 #55

I'm fairly certain I am not a misogynist MattBaggins Mar 2013 #65

Never are we called into question or dismissed for our body shape or appearance? arely staircase Mar 2013 #16

An ad from the 50s (?) when women were expected to shut up and cook dinner is your reply? libtodeath Mar 2013 #20

The 50s? I remember seeing ads just like that when I was a kid in the 80s. opiate69 Mar 2013 #22

lol arely staircase Mar 2013 #23

Is it wrong to laugh at this? LittleBlue Mar 2013 #21

my dad said he actually ordered the charles atlas book arely staircase Mar 2013 #24

Thank you, libtodeath. love_katz Mar 2013 #27

+++++ marions ghost Mar 2013 #32

Look at some of the replies here that fixate on a admitted poorly worded phrase libtodeath Mar 2013 #33

A bottomless ocean of sad. love_katz Mar 2013 #34

I'm sorry for being born male RantinRavin Mar 2013 #31

That is not the point. love_katz Mar 2013 #37

LOL Skittles Mar 2013 #76

Pardon me for having an outie. 99Forever Mar 2013 #35

Being silent fixes it? libtodeath Mar 2013 #39

Brow beating your allies is such a brilliant strategy. 99Forever Mar 2013 #42

Pretending it doesnt exist helps no one get beyond it. libtodeath Mar 2013 #43

Pretending to know what others think makes one a fool. 99Forever Mar 2013 #44

What you think is pretty obvious libtodeath Mar 2013 #47

Really? 99Forever Mar 2013 #48

Trying to pretend cultural sexism does not exist speaks for itself libtodeath Mar 2013 #49

Not even close. 99Forever Mar 2013 #52

Not you libtodeath Mar 2013 #56

Thank you for that. 99Forever Mar 2013 #59

Yeah,I can hold my head high libtodeath Mar 2013 #61

Well alrighty then. 99Forever Mar 2013 #63

Glad to see another guy speaking out Arcanetrance Mar 2013 #38

Never called names for being strong or assertive kudzu22 Mar 2013 #53

Another thought which has occurred to me... love_katz Mar 2013 #54

Thanks for this Kalidurga Mar 2013 #57

Look at posts on this thread libtodeath Mar 2013 #60

LOL I did Kalidurga Mar 2013 #66

You also have a bad case of reaction formation upaloopa Mar 2013 #69

What is it that makes a person want to tell upaloopa Mar 2013 #58

Sorry,saying that women should not be treated as inferior is a bad thing? libtodeath Mar 2013 #62

Maybe if I asked but I think inferring that we need your superior intellect because we can't think upaloopa Mar 2013 #67

Reaction formation upaloopa Mar 2013 #68

All forms of discrimination and injustice hurt us all. love_katz Mar 2013 #64

Wrong Springslips Mar 2013 #75

K&R. I think it would be helpful if you removed two sentences in your op. NCTraveler Mar 2013 #77