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The obvious reason is that we live in a sexist world. if women were treated the same way as men your comment would be true. See http://xkcd.com/385/ http://xkc
by danr4 12y ago
The obvious reason is that we live in a sexist world. if women were treated the same way as men your comment would be true.
See http://xkcd.com/385/ http://xkcd.com/385/
- obstacle1 12y agoWe live in a sexist world therefore even more sexism is necessary to eradicate the sexism. Pretty brilliant logic, there. You missed OP's point entirely.
- jasonwocky 12y agoI don't think you read danr's logic correctly, but I could be wrong. I interpreted it as "The reason women want to be treated differently [from how they are NOW] is that the world is a sexist place." Not, "The reason women want to be treated differently [from MEN] is that the world is a sexist place."
- obstacle1 12y agoEither you are wrong or danr shifted goalposts, then. lohengramm's point pretty clearly is talking about women being treated differently from men, not women being treated differently from how they are now.
- danr4 12y agoAffirmative action != Sexism
- obstacle1 12y agoAffirmative action is exactly sexism (or racism when applied to race); it is just claimed to be justified. Even those who advocate for affirmative action generally do not deny this. You are behind the times.
- lohengramm 12y agoIf finding that we live in a sexist world is a good reason to be even more sexist, then you can throw away every movement that tries to do the opposite. "some guys don't know how to act around women", it was said. Well, people should know how to act around people, no matter gender or race. This statement does not collaborate to end with any kind of discrimination: it is already discriminating.
- danr4 12y agoYou need to realize that what you perceive to be sexism for the benefit of women is actually affirmative action because of the discrimination they suffer from.