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In reply to the discussion: Something making you feel bad isn't the same as Misogyny [View all]nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)20. And you *are* a woman. That's the ridiculous part.
        How can one diagnose a person as "self-hating" just because they disagree about something? Armchair psychoanalysis is an inexact science, to say the least...
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        But focusing excessively women's appearance, and not men's, *is* rooted in misogyny
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
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        I don't find your argument unreasonable. It just seems unnecessary in some ways, to me at least.
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
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        Which still is, and always was, a worthy ideal. Denigrating men as a gender because they have
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #22
      
        
        Seems to follow the general decline in violent crime. So it makes sense, yeah.  n/t
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #31
      
        
        Not to get on your case or anything, but I don't see a great deal wrong with the OP there.
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #34
      
        
        True. And yet none of us are immune to cultural biases which affect, among many other things, our
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #36
      
        
        So... the 53% voting bloc don't have electoral clout because some of them vote wrong?
        lumberjack_jeff
        Dec 2013
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        I never said they didn't have clout. Women voters have been crucial to the Dem Party
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #38
      
        
        The difference between men and women's attitudes on abortion are in the single digits
        Major Nikon
        Dec 2013
        #41
      
        
        I didn't say or imply it was split along gender lines. I'm not monolithically blaming "men" *at all*
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #42
      
        
        The ERA should probably be resurrected, though who knows if it would pass
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #45
      
        
        I don't have issues with women working politically to correct problems which affect women
        Major Nikon
        Dec 2013
        #46
      
        
        I agree. But I don't think something like the VAWA violates the spirit of equality.
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #48
      
        
        Laws *could* be written to address prison sexual abuse or provide contraceptive coverage...
        lumberjack_jeff
        Dec 2013
        #49
      
        
        Absolutely. Might require a bit of creativity, but I don't see why it couldn't be done.
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
        #50
      
        
        And those cultural biases disparately affect both men and women in different ways
        Major Nikon
        Dec 2013
        #39
      
        
        Fantastic post. I might have a minor issue with a couple points, but basically you've got it covered
        nomorenomore08
        Dec 2013
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