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liberalhistorian

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12. What's especially disturbing is that younger women often don't
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 07:44 PM
Mar 2012

seem to be all that bothered by it, in fact, a not-so-rare attitude seems to be that they want a man to take care of them and they see nothing wrong with subordinating their career and desires to his. So we're coming right back to where we started. Sigh.

And the usual crap about how "I was just joking" and "you older women have no sense of humor", etc., etc. gets thrown at me whenever I comment on one of my son's friend's sexists jokes, pics or posts. It's upsetting to my son 'cause he can't seem to talk any sense into them, and yet they're the ones who seem to have all the dates even though they treat women like shit. Some of his cousins who are the same age have noted this crap as well and feel outnumbered when they try to speak against it.

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Using the magazine that bases it's content on Maxim as a source ? slampoet Mar 2012 #1
I considered the source but flamingdem Mar 2012 #2
So you disagree with Wong and you think 9/11 was an inside job ? PoliticAverse Mar 2012 #5
I'm not interested in conspiracy theories much flamingdem Mar 2012 #7
This was posted on here a week ago. undeterred Mar 2012 #3
Do you disagree with the examples flamingdem Mar 2012 #4
I agree that there is a rising male misogyny and I am just so weary of it. undeterred Mar 2012 #6
Thank you. I notice it as well and am dumbfounded considering I went through the flamingdem Mar 2012 #8
My son is almost 21 and I've been continually amazed liberalhistorian Mar 2012 #9
Thanks for confirming that, I really wonder what's at the root of this flamingdem Mar 2012 #11
What's especially disturbing is that younger women often don't liberalhistorian Mar 2012 #12
Wow, I'm not much around that kind of behavior flamingdem Mar 2012 #15
so what do they do instead... yell out, ya, i am a slut. seabeyond Mar 2012 #16
found this on the slut issue flamingdem Mar 2012 #20
pretty amazing huh. the thing, we now let go of not allowing hostile work environment. seabeyond Mar 2012 #21
Did a regulation change? flamingdem Mar 2012 #25
I meant a legal change flamingdem Mar 2012 #26
general environment. nt seabeyond Mar 2012 #28
"You have no sense of humor" is also used by everyone who tells sexist jokes Zalatix Mar 2012 #31
The younger women do not understand what is at stake. undeterred Mar 2012 #29
I disagree with the examples Major Nikon Mar 2012 #30
i had issues with the article first thread. here is a counter. started a thread seabeyond Mar 2012 #10
What a fabulous analysis! flamingdem Mar 2012 #13
i thought it pretty kick ass, myself. the first time i read this seabeyond Mar 2012 #14
Not to "essentialize" flamingdem Mar 2012 #17
except seabeyond Mar 2012 #24
Thank you Tobin S. Mar 2012 #18
to be fair. more men than i thought were bothered the first thread thru. seabeyond Mar 2012 #22
I thought it was funny (nt) varelse Mar 2012 #19
I got the memo about those training sessions, MineralMan Mar 2012 #23
I think the article does a pretty good job of explaining why some men think the way they do. dawg Mar 2012 #27
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