History of Feminism

Sheldon Cooper

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50. Meh.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #49)

Wed Sep 11, 2013, 02:20 PM

Sep 2013

Poor you. Take your derailing elsewhere.

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Study: Men secretly feel terrible when the women they love succeed [View all] redqueen Aug 2013 OP

Pobrecitos. kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #1

Lots of outrage and panic in the comments section. Squinch Aug 2013 #2

this society is really doing a poor job of rearing its young, to be this messed up. niyad Aug 2013 #3

yes. nt seabeyond Aug 2013 #6

Jackson Katz talks about this problem. redqueen Aug 2013 #7

Very true. YoungDemCA Sep 2013 #47

that goes along the line of needing to continually stroke the mans ego seabeyond Aug 2013 #4

I think it is more Aerows Aug 2013 #10

very good aarows. another area i was thinking about. seabeyond Aug 2013 #12

Just my opinion :) Aerows Aug 2013 #13

yes... it has. and so much more, lol. and seabeyond Aug 2013 #15

I was just reading that ismnotwasm Aug 2013 #5

Just so you know, I realize it is FAR from surprising. redqueen Aug 2013 #26

People raised to be competitive Aerows Aug 2013 #8

"even when they aren’t in direct competition" redqueen Aug 2013 #9

Not really Aerows Aug 2013 #11

i do not think that she was calling your expression a delusion, but that a mate would see seabeyond Aug 2013 #14

I am pretty sure exactly what she said and her intended meaning were Aerows Aug 2013 #17

"with claws drawn"... yeah, nothing sexist or misogynist about that at all. redqueen Aug 2013 #27

A question whopis01 Aug 2013 #32

hmmmm, it is ONLY used on women regardless of whether it is a legitimate disagreement to dismiss seabeyond Aug 2013 #33

Sorry - I wasn't trying to piss you off whopis01 Aug 2013 #36

Cool, but I hear it often . On du. Mainstream media and almost every pimply faced teenage seabeyond Aug 2013 #37

Just like when your "huge ass" words were so desperately misinterpreted redqueen Aug 2013 #23

Ya. The huge ass seabeyond Aug 2013 #38

thinking further, i also think it is very real that a man is conditioned as the provider seabeyond Aug 2013 #16

I agree Aerows Aug 2013 #18

i had been running a business when i met my husband. had been for five years. seabeyond Aug 2013 #20

The delusion is that these men think they're in competition with *their romantic partners*. redqueen Aug 2013 #22

Feel free to put words in the mouths of others Aerows Aug 2013 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author LanternWaste Sep 2013 #43

Saving this to read later. madamesilverspurs Aug 2013 #19

that would also clearly suggest the hate, blazing hate we see toward women today. seabeyond Aug 2013 #21

On a personal note ismnotwasm Aug 2013 #25

"damages society and causes suffering" redqueen Aug 2013 #28

Since I live with the tangible results of it ismnotwasm Aug 2013 #30

but, dont we all live with the tangible, if we are even half way perceptive. seabeyond Aug 2013 #34

Dismissal...or silence YoungDemCA Sep 2013 #46

exactly. adn that is the real crying shame of it all. it may lessen the woman or the need to seabeyond Aug 2013 #29

Men have control of society ismnotwasm Aug 2013 #31

Not in our house Link Speed Aug 2013 #35

. ismnotwasm Aug 2013 #39

Good on you for being an exception to the rule YoungDemCA Sep 2013 #45

Fools, all of them. I'd love to have a mate who made more than I. Scuba Sep 2013 #40

Men are conditioned to think this way, that professional success is the primary measure geek tragedy Sep 2013 #41

What about different subsets of men? eridani Sep 2013 #42

I do agree with the conclusion Aerows Sep 2013 #44

Perhaps if our society was not structured and based on competition... YoungDemCA Sep 2013 #48

Quite the opposite happened to me when I had an abusive feminist partner IronLionZion Sep 2013 #49

Meh. Sheldon Cooper Sep 2013 #50

If someone doesn't want their partner to succeed, IronLionZion Sep 2013 #52

Because this is the History of Feminism group. Sheldon Cooper Sep 2013 #54

OK. nt IronLionZion Sep 2013 #58

I've been a university prof Shivering Jemmy Sep 2013 #51

It was mission-critical to her IronLionZion Sep 2013 #53

In the spirit of equality, IronLionZion Sep 2013 #55

until recently, men exclusively made more than women. it is a norm, expected and almost always, seabeyond Sep 2013 #56

Not disagreeing with anything you said here IronLionZion Sep 2013 #57

good to know. i probably agree with you more than not. i think it is important to recognize seabeyond Sep 2013 #59