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lindysalsagal

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9. The term mother refers to the care-giver role. If in this man's case, he's the care-giver, then

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 08:56 PM

Oct 2016

the term father doesn't apply to him. I know of women who have had affairs and abandonded their kids to the husband. In those cases, the term mother refers to the function, not the person.

This is not personal: It's about psychological functioning. I don't know that man, or anything about him. No one is being insulted here, unless they demand to feel insulted.

Which happens all the time on DU.

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I've been trying to get a psychological grip on the anti-Hillary hate: Sexism [View all] lindysalsagal Oct 2016 OP

Well as a father thejoker123 Oct 2016 #1

Look: There are great fathers out there. This is psychological generalization lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #2

It's not a generalization thejoker123 Oct 2016 #6

The term mother refers to the care-giver role. If in this man's case, he's the care-giver, then lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #9

Wow thejoker123 Oct 2016 #13

ok. permanent ignore. I'm not here to fight. Find someone else. lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #15

Sounds good thejoker123 Oct 2016 #16

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2016 #8

Whatever you do... yallerdawg Oct 2016 #4

I think the hatred is this: apcalc Oct 2016 #3

All that is certainly true. But I've been thinking there's something even deeper going on. lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #7

K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #5

Puzzling is how other democracies routinely elect women leaders. n/t Wilms Oct 2016 #10

Oh, good! This crap again! TCJ70 Oct 2016 #11

Saying dislike of Hillary Clinton is, ipso facto, sexism is saying there's nothing to her but Marr Oct 2016 #12

+1 nt riderinthestorm Oct 2016 #14