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In reply to the discussion: Societies that ban Porn treat women really well [View all]whathehell
(30,567 posts)I'll correct you on a few things first:
A. "in the last half of your response you completely ignore my opinion because I'm a man so I can't know how women think about this subject".
You still don't get it, in fact your wording, on its own, indicates that fact. To you it's a "subject" of which you have NO first hand experience...To me and and other WOMEN, it's LIFE.....It's not a question of "ignoring" your opinion, but, of necessity, it's going to be OUTWEIGHED by the opinion of women themselves. That REALLY can't be too hard to grasp, can it?....Example: When I, as a white person, first heard that native Americans were offended by certain sports names and mascots like "Chief Illini" and the "Washington Redskins", my first thought was "Gee..what's so bad about that?...That seems over-sensitive"?...My second thought was "But wait a minute..I'm NOT
a native American, so while I STILL may not fully understand, I'm going to let THEM have the last word on the subject,
since it is THEIR identity"....Get the connection?...Trust me, were I as clueless and ARROGANT as you appear to be, I'm sure I
would "tell" them how they should feel....Since I'm neither of those thing, I have the brains to refrain from doing so!
Yes, I AM looking at it on the basis of "how I feel", just as Black, Latinos and other minorities looked at debasing images of themselves and made their opinions known on the basis of how THEY felt....Would you be so totally "out of touch" with them as to to tell them
that THEIR feelings don't matter, because you're in possession of some superior "facts" relative to their position that THEY don't have?
When you acquire the brains and/or sensitivity to honestly answer that question, let me know..Until then,
I'll be wishing you 'good day'.