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The four great truths in this article: > It just so happens that sex and violence are the only two things that you can't fake, and we keep coming back to them
by leif 16y ago
The four great truths in this article:
> It just so happens that sex and violence are the only two things that you can't fake, and we keep coming back to them as the definitive "measures of the man."
> No, we're not sexist, we're narcissists: it's not about you, it's about us.
[Ed: "we/us" here is men, "you" here is women]
> While we're at it, we can all agree this would be a completely different scenario if it was a white kid rolling up on a middle aged black man on a date; or a black kid vs. black adult. No matter how equal opportunity you think you are all of those are different. Black kid on white adult is crime/poverty; white kid on black adult is racism; and black on black is "one of those things, you don't get involved."
> The Bully Dialogue-- where they spend ten minutes chatting nicely even though both of you know you're eventually going to get stuffed in a locker-- is another Cognitive Kill Switch, which is about reversing power and dominance.
- Mz 16y ago> No, we're not sexist, we're narcissists: it's not about you, it's about us. [Ed: "we/us" here is men, "you" here is women] I thought about quoting this as well but didn't know what to say about it. But it reminds me of a recent conversation I had with my two adult sons where I said, basically, that feminists are whiny cry-babies because the whole point of equality would be that gender doesn't matter. So the whole screechy "I'm a woman and I want my rights taken seriously" (or whatever) approach not only completely misses the point but actually undermines the goal. (This made my oldest son laugh. He informed me that a lot of men think feminists are whiny crybabies and it's funny to hear his mom say the same thing.) So I just really liked the line. In a bizarre way, I find it encouraging. :-D I'm glad someone quoted it.
- ahi 16y agoedited: "feminists are whiny cry-babies because the whole point of equality would be that gender doesn't matter." see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-wave_feminism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-wave_feminism
- Mz 16y agoMy kids have context, something members here lack. It's been a long day. Probably no point in trying to elaborate right now in order to be understood. Suffice it to say that I was simply trying to express why I liked the quote from the article. Perhaps that was done badly. Thank you for editing out the personal insult and adding a citation instead.
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