Reply #98: while I agree the ol' bastard has some issues regarding women

[Djinn]

I'm kinda with artslave43 on the issue of reporting someone for a comment no matter how sexist/racist/vile whatever it is. I like to challenge people if they say something innappropriate, explain why I beleive it is so. I understand that some people find this difficult (never been a problem for a smartarse loudmouth like myself!) but surely there was atleast one perosn in the class comfortable enough to say to the prof "excuse me, but I think that by attributing a behaviour of SOME women (and men) onto ALL women and NO men is sexist and demeaning" if you say stuff politely people tend not to get instantly defensive which they do when called into a superiors office a few weeks after the event.

I don't like it when Daniel Pipes and his merry band of arab haters dob in professors for remarks that come across in their screwed little heads as "anti-semitic" so I couldn't really support it with regard to another issue.

If after questioning the prof, he does not clarify what he meant, or apologise, or belittles or yells at you THEN you make a complaint. I really think people need the practice at standing up for themselves.