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BlueToTheBone

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43. A friend of mine suggested

Wed May 23, 2012, 01:40 PM

May 2012

that when societies were first forming, the worst punishment was banishment and the most unruly would be teenaged boys. Those that survived formed societies that were the Kurgen hordes across the Steppes.

Others speculate that the ritual of the killing of the king to fertilize the fields may have been a factor....This was a re enactment of the Inanna and Dumuzi and her descent into Hell and return only to find him drinking her wine, wearing her crown and in general having a great time and never thinking of her much less mourning her loss.

But others say when the Pill came along and women were "free"

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Ladies, it's All Your Fault! [View all] malthaussen May 2012 OP

Well, Mal BlueToTheBone May 2012 #1

They want to own the means of reproduction. Starry Messenger May 2012 #2

Holy crap! That was a scary thought.... Little Star May 2012 #4

William Tenn wrote a sci-fi story years ago malthaussen May 2012 #7

The Handmaid's Tale is like a, pardon the pun, wet dream to the right wing misogynist sector. nt left coaster May 2012 #8

especially since we can reproduce BlueToTheBone May 2012 #21

Bingo. Starry Messenger May 2012 #26

I think MadrasT May 2012 #36

Sometimes just because you can't prove something... Little Star May 2012 #3

We need the unrec feature back. Brigid May 2012 #5

I'll K&R this Mal. Great OP! Now let the free-for-all commence.... nt riderinthestorm May 2012 #6

One can always tell the worth of a nation by the treatment of it's women. canoeist52 May 2012 #9

I can't agree with you on what you said, but I've never been able to understand MineralMan May 2012 #10

The animosity of Republican males is breathtaking! They seem to want.. Little Star May 2012 #11

Yes. I hope that will be their ultimate downfall. MineralMan May 2012 #14

Consider this thought, MM: malthaussen May 2012 #12

Yes, that's one explanation that may be true. MineralMan May 2012 #15

This election is the Last Stand goclark May 2012 #13

And women should simply vote NO to that nonsense. MineralMan May 2012 #16

You view these men from the context of your own life. CrispyQ May 2012 #18

You could be right. I only have the context of my own life MineralMan May 2012 #19

All the rest are whores? BlueToTheBone May 2012 #22

I don't think it's that simple. MineralMan May 2012 #24

I don't think it's that simple either, BlueToTheBone May 2012 #38

No firm answers. MineralMan May 2012 #39

A friend of mine suggested BlueToTheBone May 2012 #43

If a boy was abused by his mother.... MicaelS May 2012 #32

Of course abuse could affect someone's viewpoint. MineralMan May 2012 #34

Yeah, Madonna/Whore has been with us for a long time malthaussen May 2012 #35

A woman's greatest fear from a man BlueToTheBone May 2012 #40

The two are not in any way equivalent. MineralMan May 2012 #42

And I think that there is something terribly wrong with BlueToTheBone May 2012 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass May 2012 #17

Nope, not a scintilla malthaussen May 2012 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass May 2012 #28

Did you not grow up in America? malthaussen May 2012 #29

Blame is placed on those you BlueToTheBone May 2012 #41

I think the real question is BlueToTheBone May 2012 #23

Mmmm, you have a bell-curve problem there, Blue malthaussen May 2012 #25

For a non hate, that was pretty dismissive. n/t BlueToTheBone May 2012 #37

I didn't think you were serious malthaussen May 2012 #45

I have met many men... meaculpa2011 May 2012 #27

Yes, most of the men friends that I have goclark May 2012 #30

Welcome to DU.. Fumesucker May 2012 #31

I think a lot of the GOP elected officials suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder GObamaGO May 2012 #33