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Major Nikon

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6. The assumption here is that it's the fault of the culture for women remaining silent

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 11:06 AM

Jan 2015

And since we all know our culture is completely controlled and dominated by men, it's really the same as saying it's men's fault women remain silent.

Never underestimate a person's ability to make something out of nothing. A feminist once accused Dr Seuss as being sexist because there were no strong female characters in his book. Dr Seuss replied via his biographer that most of his characters are animals and, "if she can identify their sex, I'll remember her in my will."

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I'll just leave this here. [View all] ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2015 OP

it's sexist and if any man had said the men speak 1st it would be platered all over du belzabubba333 Jan 2015 #1

MAKE the class leader address those who try to monopolize the discussion. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2015 #2

I've never found that gender determines who monopolizes class discussion in college ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2015 #3

"to just assume that one person of a certain gender is going to dominate ahead of time is bullshit" Veilex Jan 2015 #4

Some make it about the opposing gender ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2015 #5

The assumption here is that it's the fault of the culture for women remaining silent Major Nikon Jan 2015 #6

"benevolent sexism" is indistinguishable from hostile sexism against men. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2015 #7

Oh my goodness... NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #8