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Orrex

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44. Out of curiosity...

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 07:44 PM

Mar 2013

If it's ok to refer to men on DU as troglodytes, is it ok to refer to women on DU as, I don't know... Maybe harridans?

I'd hate to offend anyone, after all.

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Holding a door open, and related "benevolent sexist" acts [View all] Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 OP

I disagree that gender is biological. boston bean Mar 2013 #1

Driving from Frys yesterday with my daughter she was talking about her new hat... snooper2 Mar 2013 #2

What does this mean? Your daughter like polka dots and knows boston bean Mar 2013 #3

beats me I just thought it was interesting... snooper2 Mar 2013 #6

Sorry...that is a matter of science. CT scans can show you. As well as xrays of the body. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #4

Of course there are physical biological differences. boston bean Mar 2013 #9

Thanks boston bean. MadrasT Mar 2013 #12

Out of curiosity... Orrex Mar 2013 #44

Today I saw someone post that females are naturally more nuturing. redqueen Mar 2013 #21

You're making stuff up, now, that you've been shown to be wrong. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #25

Oh thank you MattBaggins Mar 2013 #31

Even those scientific facts are misused... ljm2002 Mar 2013 #23

You're getting sidetracked. That's not what the OP is about. It's about customary etiquette &manners Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #26

You broadened the discussion by what seemed an implication MattBaggins Mar 2013 #32

Excuse me??? ljm2002 Mar 2013 #45

It's been proven Orrex Mar 2013 #46

Gender is definitely not taught. It's reinforced perhaps, but not taught! TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #5

Do you think that's universal? How come some people are transgender and others are MillennialDem Mar 2013 #13

Don't think like the Sith. Not everything is Black & White. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #15

Did you raise them on an island with no exposure to the outside world? redqueen Mar 2013 #20

Or is just depends on how good your parenting skills are. nt TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #22

How does that matter? You can counter the message, but you can't eliminate it. redqueen Mar 2013 #37

I guess the influences you expose your kids to are more influential/altering than the ones I do. nt TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #38

Unless you're blindfolding them when you go out in public, redqueen Mar 2013 #39

You really need to relax. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #40

How old do kids need to be before they go out into the world? redqueen Mar 2013 #41

You've missed the points I'd made and you just want to have a conflict. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #42

"You cannot teach a boy to not want to play with dolls" MattBaggins Mar 2013 #33

You can teach him not to play with dolls, but the hidden desire exists. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #34

I agree with you MattBaggins Mar 2013 #35

Come on... You've got to give me props for that. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #36

I recommend you read the book "As Nature Made Him" by John Colapinto. tammywammy Mar 2013 #14

Still not convincing. Very sad and awful thing that was done to him. boston bean Mar 2013 #16

Wait, I think you just stated that you will not believe "x" because Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #17

The issue is broad brushing either sex with what society says how a man boston bean Mar 2013 #19

if gender isn't biological, how are the folks over at factcheckme going to figure out Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #24

As I type this, my daughter-in-law is in my shop changing the axles in her Cobalt. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #28

inshallah datasuspect Mar 2013 #7

??? What does this have to do with customary etiquette and manners in the U.S.? nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #27

Well said! LittleBlue Mar 2013 #8

Thx! nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #29

Nice post. Lisa D Mar 2013 #10

Thanks. I love that movie. Tevya was great. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #30

Thanks. Nice post. NaturalHigh Mar 2013 #11

You are right, the door thing is not a big issue Whisp Mar 2013 #18

I prefer this version of the song in the OP Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #43