"Men's Rights" cracks me up.

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186. Where are you reading that in the posts I linked to?

I never said that at all. And I just rechecked and I haven't changed my question at all, nor have I been asking it over and over, though it would help if someone answered it.

You say what was said is merely a common figure of speech? I don't care if it is or not. The word 'bitch' is merely a common figure of speech, and it's one that used in some ways is a sexist slur. The same goes for dog. If I say I'm like a dog with bone when I'm trying to solve a problem at work, that's not a sexist slur. If I refer to another woman who I dislike as being the same as a trusty hunting dog and trying to please men, then that's a different use of the common figure of speech, and is very much a sexist slur.

What bothers me far more than the original comment is the way one or two folk have responded, not by saying that they can appreciate that me and it looks like quite a few other women saw it as a sexist slur but they don't agree with us, but being met with insults and dismissals like phony outrage (btw, I'm not an outrage type of person), sanctimonious crap, amongst others. Those sort of dismissals are the sort of thing I see coming more often from people who have a problem with feminism, so I'm very disappointed to see feminists using the same sort of dismissive language...