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wryter2000

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29. I don't think "one is worse than the other" arguments are helpful

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 01:21 PM

Sep 2017

I applaud this person for bringing up the obvious sexism in our society. However, saying one is worse than the other only gets us into evaluating (or arguing) about which is the most awful. First of all, you're comparing apples and oranges in many respects. Secondly, we all need to be on the same page about both evils.

As a white woman, I would never want to debate a black man about which one of us is treated more unjustly.

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"I'm of the general belief that as racist as this country can be, its even MORE sexist." [View all] kpete Sep 2017 OP

Absolutely true. (Thanks for posting this.) NurseJackie Sep 2017 #1

Let me guess, a White woman wrote this BULLSHIT post AllTooEasy Sep 2017 #39

The misogyny in this country is every bit as evil as the racism and homophobia. DLevine Sep 2017 #41

you need to seriously educate yourself; women are and have been sold, raped, murdered, TheFrenchRazor Sep 2017 #42

Thank you GaryCnf Sep 2017 #43

So after a period of "Bernie is racist" we are back to "Bernie is sexist"... redgreenandblue Sep 2017 #2

I would say Bernie is neither. nycbos Sep 2017 #13

Criticism of sacred cows is often perceived as an attack. LanternWaste Sep 2017 #14

That also applies to the OP Major Nikon Sep 2017 #44

I agree. MoonRiver Sep 2017 #3

1 problem is how women look at other women. Hilary lost the white women vote. How in the hell? GusFring Sep 2017 #4

Absolutely true crazycatlady Sep 2017 #5

Black men got the vote before women. CrispyQ Sep 2017 #6

And black women were not welcome in the suffrage movement loyalsister Sep 2017 #25

Agree. I've tried to bring this up - it usually sinks. CousinIT Sep 2017 #7

So as brutally racist as the country is, it is even more brutally sexist? guillaumeb Sep 2017 #8

Very true. Even the pussy grabbing comment treestar Sep 2017 #9

I'm not sure I agree with this. PragmaticLiberal Sep 2017 #10

how much of the thirty years of almost unimaginably hateful attacks on her come from the niyad Sep 2017 #17

Can't say what the percentage is but I'll just say "Alot". PragmaticLiberal Sep 2017 #30

Are U.S. Millennial Men Just as Sexist as Their Dads? TBA Sep 2017 #11

Apples and oranges. Orsino Sep 2017 #12

I think that most often they are so deeply intertwined that it makes separating them out impossible- bettyellen Sep 2017 #27

ABSOLUTELY TRUE--thanks for posting!! niyad Sep 2017 #15

My first reaction is that we don't want to get in a pissing contest over this subject. Nitram Sep 2017 #16

A pissing contest? LOL. LisaM Sep 2017 #28

You don't think women can get involved in pissing contests? JoeStuckInOH Sep 2017 #34

I was once involved in a unisex pissing contest. Or perhaps "demonstration" would be Nitram Sep 2017 #37

I was hoping you'd be amused. But I am serious aobut wanting to avoid a fruitless argument about Nitram Sep 2017 #38

The 2016 election was all about misogyny and racism. mnhtnbb Sep 2017 #18

What an amazing woman she was. Ran for president too. efhmc Sep 2017 #19

Wonderful page. CrispyQ Sep 2017 #31

K&R Gothmog Sep 2017 #20

Oppression olympics are useless to the goal of eliminating it on all counts loyalsister Sep 2017 #21

Absolutely true. FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #22

'Fraid so. Hekate Sep 2017 #23

I have heard this from black women many times.. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #26

My son, union man and all around great person mountain grammy Sep 2017 #24

I don't think "one is worse than the other" arguments are helpful wryter2000 Sep 2017 #29

Hillary is way more alpha than Trump IronLionZion Sep 2017 #32

65 Reasons Hillary Clinton Is A Total Badass IronLionZion Sep 2017 #33

Definitely agree. sagesnow Sep 2017 #35

From what I have seen when it comes to racism and Doreen Sep 2017 #36

Pointless comparison gollygee Sep 2017 #40

sexism is far more pervasive than racism Skittles Sep 2017 #45