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Sorry but that's a pretty throwaway opinion, and potentially offensive, without a study or two to back it up.

by timje1 13y ago

hrkristian 13y ago
That's just not right on your part. My sister, when researching baby monitors, had to resort to male-dominated forums. She was interested in the technical details and experiences of these before buying, but women-forums only ever covered aesthetics and feelings towards the topic. You could say my example is anecdotal and worthless, but what I am describing is a large statistical pool with both sides represented. And this isn't exactly news, you can be as offended as you'd like, but every single area of our society barring the higher echelons of science tells us this same story. The fact that you think it's offensive makes you the offender. I should think most of the world couldn't care less. Myself included, it's just a matter of interests. Disclaimer: I know every rule has plenty of exceptions.
- rhizome 13y ago
  The offense is in attributing it to intrinsic differences between men and women. If you can supply some information that your sister's baby-monitoring experience was due to natural differences, vs., for example, conditioning by advertising, then that would be helpful.
  - hrkristian 13y ago
    I find your view on what is offensive fundamentally wrong. Noting an arbitrary difference, like say "those ten guys are very interested in that woman's behind, while those ten women are clearly focussing on what this man is saying" is just observation (and not a reflection of my real world view, merely an example). Anyone who attributes negativity to either of these observations are betting offensive. I should think aesthetics and personal feelings with regards to baby monitors can be helpful, in my example however, it wasn't. You chose to think it negative the female dominated forum judged differently than a male dominated one, if that's the case you are offending, not me.

Sorry but that's a pretty throwaway opinion, and potentially offensive, without a study or two to back it up.

by timje1 13y ago

Sorry but that's a pretty throwaway opinion, and potentially offensive, without a study or two to back it up.

That's just not right on your part. My sister, when researching baby monitors, had to resort to male-dominated forums. She was interested in the technical details and experiences of these before buying, but women-forums only ever covered aesthetics and feelings towards the topic. You could say my example is anecdotal and worthless, but what I am describing is a large statistical pool with both sides represented. And this isn't exactly news, you can be as offended as you'd like, but every single area of our society barring the higher echelons of science tells us this same story. The fact that you think it's offensive makes you the offender. I should think most of the world couldn't care less. Myself included, it's just a matter of interests. Disclaimer: I know every rule has plenty of exceptions.

rhizome 13y ago
The offense is in attributing it to intrinsic differences between men and women. If you can supply some information that your sister's baby-monitoring experience was due to natural differences, vs., for example, conditioning by advertising, then that would be helpful.
- hrkristian 13y ago
  I find your view on what is offensive fundamentally wrong. Noting an arbitrary difference, like say "those ten guys are very interested in that woman's behind, while those ten women are clearly focussing on what this man is saying" is just observation (and not a reflection of my real world view, merely an example). Anyone who attributes negativity to either of these observations are betting offensive. I should think aesthetics and personal feelings with regards to baby monitors can be helpful, in my example however, it wasn't. You chose to think it negative the female dominated forum judged differently than a male dominated one, if that's the case you are offending, not me.