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> Female hero? How boring! That's not what I said. Your example is not of a female rescuing a weak helpless male and then "putting a ring on it". It's of a fe
by hasenj 10y ago
> Female hero? How boring!
That's not what I said.
Your example is not of a female rescuing a weak helpless male and then "putting a ring on it". It's of a female hero who rescues herself after discovering her lover betrayed her. Still the bad guy role played by the male. Still the person worth caring about is the female.
> How can you consider your views as non-sexist?
I'm simply not concerned with whether you consider my views sexist or not. I just want to have a realistic understanding of human nature.
Now, if I said that women should have _less_ rights than men, then I would be sexist (in a bad way). But I never even implied anything close to that. So why should I worry about my views being sexist?
- rhcom2 10y ago> if I said that women should have _less_ rights than men, then I would be sexist (in a bad way). That isn't the definition of sexism.
- hasenj 10y agoNot _your_ definition of sexism, apparently. If you define sexism in such broad terms that it includes both bad and neutral things, the word will lose its meaning.
- rhcom2 10y agoNo, that isn't the OED's definition of sexism. The word already has a specific meaning. > Prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex. You seem to be making it more specific to exclude things you don't deem important.
- coldtea 10y ago>The word already has a specific meaning. The definition is so broad as to be meaningless. Even having different boxing (the sport) categories for men and women could be construed as "sexism". Much less any implication that men and woman can have, as genders, different sensibilities and priorities, and not just because they were "raised that way" but also because of biological imperatives. E.g. something that we know is true for almost all animals in nature (e.g. which gender hunts, etc).
- theseatoms 10y ago> Even having different boxing (the sport) categories for men and women could be construed as "sexism". It absolutely is. And that's a good thing. And boxing's weight classes are weight-ist. Also a good thing.
- rhcom2 10y ago> Even having different boxing (the sport) categories for men and women could be construed as "sexism". I disagree that fits under prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination. But of course it can be overly broad if you apply it overly broadly.