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Originally Posted by timewarrior2001
I could make several comments, mentioning gf and what was she doing out of the kitchen?
But I decided to be semi serious.
I occurs to me that this woman may have a problem herself. I mean she decided you were sexist because you went shhhh?
Even by the largest stretch of the imagination I fail to see how shhhh can be deemed as sexist or rather, making her feel inferior because it undermines her comment because she is female.
Beauty is a matter of taste, I dont like many of the women posted in the Lust thread, doesnt undermine my authority because others think different.
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Interesting...
Well firstly let me introduce myself as Russ' gf and as the person who originally said I found the comment sexist. I don't agree that I have a problem myself. Russ explained to me after he said the comment (to my female friend) that the reason he had said 'shh' was because it was a 'bloke moment'. This implies that she was not allowed to have an opinion on whether or not this women was attractive because she is a woman herself.
Now let me start by saying I can assure you I am no Germaine Greer and also I am not accusing Russ of being a sexist pig or anything like that. Obviously I think he is a wonderful bloke which is why I am with him. However I think that sometimes, without realising it, and certainly not in a malicious way, he can say things that are a bit sexist. And I think a lot of blokes can be. Equally I think a lot of women are. My whole point was that I don't really like my mate being told to 'shhh' when she offers her opinion on something. Russ was worried afterwards that he had offended my friend and she in turn asked me to reassure him that he hadn't. I knew full well he wasn't being nasty towards her but it's just something I don't like, and I don't really like sexist jokes either.
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Originally Posted by timewarrier2001
But in the interest of being non sexist, my GF can now open every tin, bottle and jar herself, I wont hold open any door for any woman, I will no longer buy them a drink in the bar and I wont put the toilet seat down. All because it may be sexist and undermine them.
In return I shall do my own washing and ironing, spend my wages on myself and not flowers for her and I'll invest in one of those "fleshlight" sex aids, because as you can plainly see men dont need women either.
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Calm down is all I can say to this comment. I think Xaccers has the right idea:
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Originally Posted by xaccers
Celebrate the differences, don't knock each other for them.
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I am not for a moment suggesting you stop treating women as women. I simply don't like women being lumped together in one group of people who 'can't park' or 'are rubbish with directions' in the same way as I object to such phrases as 'men don't listen' or 'men love football.'