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it's pretty obvious it's the hackernews patriarchal bubble. men seem to think they know everything about women, and anyone questioning that is put in their plac
by bluntfang 7y ago
it's pretty obvious it's the hackernews patriarchal bubble. men seem to think they know everything about women, and anyone questioning that is put in their place.
- retsibsi 7y agoFWIW, I would be interested in hearing why you disagree. I think some of the downvotes probably came because the reasons behind the original statement seem very obvious (there is and has been a lot of social pressure on women to look thin; appearance is commonly referred to as a 'superficial' characteristic), so asking for a list instead of just responding to the obvious interpretation can come across as disingenuous.
- bluntfang 7y agoI don't think asking for clarification on an ambiguous statement is disingenuous, but I'm willing to listen to why you think that.
- retsibsi 7y agoI said it can come across as disingenuous, largely because the original statement didn't seem ambiguous to me, nor I suspect to the people who downvoted you. And sometimes people pretend not to have understood something, as a way to indirectly criticize it without having to get specific or engage directly. The topic being potentially a controversial one (relating to gender), it seemed like you might have been hinting that the statement was sexist without actually saying why. But I don't know what your actual intent was. (And I'm still not sure whether you have a disagreement with the main substance, i.e. you doubt there would be a relevant difference in prevalence of calorie restriction in men and women, or you think the use of 'superficial' was disrespectful, or something else.)