History of Feminism

seabeyond

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48. excellent. thank you java. i am clueless, but hubby would be able to figure this out.

Fri May 18, 2012, 09:34 AM

May 2012

i will make the suggestion. after a long day of fixing puters, he often has to come home and work on them some more. so he turns on the tv. but this would work fine. thanks

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How many times does it need to be proved before people start to care? [View all] redqueen May 2012 OP

Every woman lives with this every day. LiberalLoner May 2012 #1

I understand. redqueen May 2012 #3

i have started playing a game, just cause i like to. lol. bored. decades of being accessed seabeyond May 2012 #23

OMG I have been doing this too. MadrasT May 2012 #27

isnt it funny, fun and interesting. maybe if more women did this and did not take the docile role seabeyond May 2012 #29

Been trying to use that word "objectification". No one knows what it means. And when patrice May 2012 #2

That's why I was so excited about Miss Representation. redqueen May 2012 #4

A friend told me that the latest issue of Scientific American: MIND has some good brain research patrice May 2012 #7

if you find anything interesting, will you share, lol. i LOVE that stuff. nt seabeyond May 2012 #25

I'd LOVE to. It's hard to get people to pay attention to it & it's FASCINATING. patrice May 2012 #30

this really is my kind of stuff. and i have found a couple people in this forum seabeyond May 2012 #31

Many young people have much to teach us. Talking is a HUGE issue. Authentic conversation. patrice May 2012 #43

ok, i love you, too. lol. you are fun. seabeyond May 2012 #47

Funny you should bring that up, because I was thinking, on my errand, that some youngsters do patrice May 2012 #51

"No one thinks about *h*o*w* they think anymore." isnt that interesting. seabeyond May 2012 #24

Dogmatism = physical buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. It's a physical reward to itself. A feedback loop. patrice May 2012 #37

That is a *very* interesting study. MadrasT May 2012 #5

Yes, it is valuable for confirming the difference. redqueen May 2012 #6

I love when the study already includes the answers to the whataboutery. MadrasT May 2012 #8

Ha, yes, redqueen May 2012 #13

Yeah! "Whataboutery"! That's what's missing. We NEED more of that! nt patrice May 2012 #21

men can be objectified to the moon, and it is not going to be the same because we do not have the seabeyond May 2012 #28

That is a very important point. redqueen May 2012 #42

that would shoot that damn theory, once again, that it is all biological and we cant help ourselves. seabeyond May 2012 #26

It will never go away, but it will be greatly reduced when ad firms stop Javaman May 2012 #9

Do you honestly think ad agencies will abelenkpe May 2012 #10

really, that's your reply to my opinion? Javaman May 2012 #11

Yes, that's a good first step, reducing it by eliminating gratuitous objectification in ads. redqueen May 2012 #12

As sort of a side note and an interesting result... Javaman May 2012 #14

Oh me too! MadrasT May 2012 #16

I too am a slave to home desperate. Javaman May 2012 #19

yup. i have been feeling for hubby, cause he lost his history on history channel. something he seabeyond May 2012 #36

I have switched from watching history on tv... Javaman May 2012 #44

excellent. thank you java. i am clueless, but hubby would be able to figure this out. seabeyond May 2012 #48

"started living more simply." did that more than a decade ago. thing, pffft. lol seabeyond May 2012 #34

Please... MadrasT May 2012 #41

lmfao... ya. that seabeyond May 2012 #49

agreed. good for you. and i think you are right. seabeyond May 2012 #33

maybe go back to just the "creepy" man instead of a lot of men? nt seabeyond May 2012 #32

You mean like the old "spokesman" from the 1950's? Javaman May 2012 #35

wasnt around in the 50s so i dont know..... i am not really talking about ads though, but seabeyond May 2012 #38

You're right. Javaman May 2012 #46

Most fish don't study, or even notice, the water they are swimming in. Most people Nay May 2012 #15

I am tired too Nay. MadrasT May 2012 #17

Considering the backsliding that's taken place since the 80's, I can only imagine. redqueen May 2012 #18

Nailed it! It's called "habituation" and it's built into our neverous/sensory/perceptual apparati. patrice May 2012 #20

taught me VERY early that tired was NOT an option, so saying I'm tired is not something I do easily seabeyond May 2012 #40

up until the tired part.... i love your post. at the tired part, i get it. seabeyond May 2012 #39

the thing about it is, like you have posted, we are a zillion times worse today than the past seabeyond May 2012 #22

It makes sense if you think about the desire to be part of the group. redqueen May 2012 #45

i let kids watch some and not watch a lot. no stupid, angry or johnny bravo seabeyond May 2012 #50

On this site? Years from now. MerryBlooms May 2012 #52