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<quote> My wife asserted her rightful place in the hierarchy later that evening, and took it upstairs to the bedroom to relax while watching TV. Tap, tap, tap.

by systems 16y ago

<quote> My wife asserted her rightful place in the hierarchy later that evening, and took it upstairs to the bedroom to relax while watching TV. Tap, tap, tap. Occasionally, she showed me something interesting she found online. And smiling </quote> Does anyone else find this degrading to women! Like if his wife suddenly discovered technology or the internet! Really !!! C'mon Imagine if the story were told the other way around, the wife brings the iPad home. Wife: I brought the new iPad home, I was reluctant for a while, after all, I already have an iPod touch, an iPhone and 3 laptops, one for the kids, one for me and the old laptop i left for my husby to surf the net every now and then. Wife: But i decide, what the heck, one more gadget wont harm us. So I bought the iPad home. My husband and kids, gathered around me like mosquitos around a light bulb, or starving africans around a USAid shipment of food, my husby grabbed the iPad and started poking it, like an ape poking a new object he just discovered in the jungle or ... well you get the idea! I hope When i see such stories, I think of apes

dbz 16y ago
Eee. I think your idea of degrading isn't actually degrading! Respectfully, I believe you are misunderstanding the meaning of his words and possibly the idea of "degrading to woman." When you reversed the story (I'm completely ignoring the wife's second comment), you used a nickname "husby," which is clearly meant to be derogatory because you used it in a context akin to talking to a young child. Husbands shouldn't be treated like young children on leashes, so it is negative. The actual husband's article, however, meant to convey a sense of glee and admiration which is innocent and childlike in form. A positive emotion rather than a negative one. You may say because it is such an unadulterated emotion (and she starts "Tap. Tap. Tap" -ing away), that it is animalistic, but still not degrading to woman. I believe you are seeing what you want to see- rather than what is actually there. His wife didn't just discover the internet, she discovered a new method of browsing it which is enchanting. Honestly, if you switched the husband and wife aspect of the article (not your recreation), it wouldn't seem degrading to men. Respectfully, dbz
sp332 16y ago
It's just regular, everyday tension of any two people in a power-sharing arrangement. Could happen to anybody, it's not sexist.

by systems 16y ago

dbz 16y ago

Eee. I think your idea of degrading isn't actually degrading! Respectfully, I believe you are misunderstanding the meaning of his words and possibly the idea of "degrading to woman." When you reversed the story (I'm completely ignoring the wife's second comment), you used a nickname "husby," which is clearly meant to be derogatory because you used it in a context akin to talking to a young child. Husbands shouldn't be treated like young children on leashes, so it is negative. The actual husband's article, however, meant to convey a sense of glee and admiration which is innocent and childlike in form. A positive emotion rather than a negative one. You may say because it is such an unadulterated emotion (and she starts "Tap. Tap. Tap" -ing away), that it is animalistic, but still not degrading to woman. I believe you are seeing what you want to see- rather than what is actually there. His wife didn't just discover the internet, she discovered a new method of browsing it which is enchanting. Honestly, if you switched the husband and wife aspect of the article (not your recreation), it wouldn't seem degrading to men. Respectfully, dbz

sp332 16y ago

It's just regular, everyday tension of any two people in a power-sharing arrangement. Could happen to anybody, it's not sexist.