As irked as I was on a first reading? Whatever. I'll concede the point and give the benefit of the doubt due to how forcefully truncated the medium is.thaluikhain said:As mentioned last time this came up here, she is very clearly talking about institutionalised sexism. Yes, she's having trouble expressing a complicated issue inside the confines of twitter.
I am, however, leery of her lack of...I don't know...using a simple "(1/2)" or something similar at the end of her tweet, then continuing/expounding upon the thought in a second one.
Or, eliminating extraneous words, like "that's because," and replacing them with relevant terms like "institutionalized" to properly convey the idea the first time around.
So, we'd wind up with something like...
Still not well phrased...but, eh, two minutes of my time.There's no such thing as institutionalized sexism against men. It is prejudice + power. Men = The dominant gender with power in society.
I still disagree, mind, yet not having some sort of qualifier just makes it seem like either laziness or intentional baiting on her part and, according to her, she spends hours figuring out how to properly phrase her tweets so the latter feels more likely at this point.
Which is fine, I suppose. Trolls gotta troll. White noise of the internet and such.
Have to agree here.Colour Scientist said:That's rude, you should hold the door open for everyone.harrisonmcgiggins said:I was at the bookstore today, and it just so timed that a lady was coming in the door right behind me.
I did not hold it open for her (dont wana becsexist after all)
And yes, i did think it through and come to that conclusion in the second it took to think about it.
Let them stew in the world they created.
It's insanely petty to take the time to think "no, this is a woman, I had better be rude to prove some inane point to myself."
Come on, man. You're just being selfish. Holding doors, for anyone, is just polite and makes someone else's day marginally better for very little effort on your part.
It'd be nice if people could do something even that small for one another without getting all political about it.
[small]Edit: Oh, 1000 posts. Woo! Wasting my life![/small]