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It's connotation was that Aaron was acting like a woman. The intended message was that he should shoulder sole responsibility for the costs, unlike (apparently
by roguecoder 14y ago
It's connotation was that Aaron was acting like a woman. The intended message was that he should shoulder sole responsibility for the costs, unlike (apparently) a woman. A) that's sexist and B) counter-productive. Collaboration and mutual support gets us further than we can get on our own: demonizing those traits as "feminine" just leads to lonely alienation.
Yet Another Way Patriarchy Hurts Men(tm)
- tedunangst 14y agoI believe the phrase "man up" has more to do with the differences between boys and men vs women and men. It's synonymous with grow up.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoThis is strange, but there's no private message functionality here and I wanted to say I really appreciate your considered comments in this thread.