It's shameful and embarrassing that misogyny continues to be an issue on the Internet

[Tuesday Afternoon]

175. The way the tables are turned is amazing.

Just by someone saying = You are rude. Automatically puts one in defensive mode and inherently demanding an apology.

when, in fact, that is NOT what just occurred.

BUT,

They do not want to address the questions put forth so ...

easy way out.

Claim the other is rude and move on.

I am really at a loss here to see where I was the rude one. I was not the one entering a thread to announce how tedious it all is.

Thing is ... while a man may find Women's Issues to be tedious ... that. in and of itself is dismissive attitude but, why bother entering the thread at all? Only reason I know of is to lord it over the women on just how boring and tedious are Our Issues. Our HUMAN RIGHTS are tedious. Really?

Let us examine the word tedious so that we may fully understand just exactly what it is ProfessorGAC has to say =

te·di·ous
ˈtēdēəs/
adjective
adjective: tedious

too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous.
"a tedious journey"
synonyms: boring, dull, monotonous, repetitive, unrelieved, unvaried, uneventful; More
characterless, colorless, lifeless, insipid, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, uninvolving, flat, bland, dry, stale, tired, lackluster, stodgy, dreary, mundane, monochrome;
mind-numbing, soul-destroying, wearisome, tiring, tiresome, irksome, trying, frustrating;
informaldeadly, not up to much, humdrum, ho-hum, blah, dullsville, 'same old, same old'
"work on the assembly line was tedious"
antonyms: exciting

Origin
late Middle English: from Old French tedieus or late Latin taediosus, from Latin taedium (see tedium).