I kind of disagree with parts of what you said just based upon 'girl power'. Some women reject chivalry and consider any sort of gesture that seems to imply their inferiority a personal offense. You just can't please women. There was a mild uproar about that wrestling boy in Iowa.
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Chivalry and Gender Equality in Democracy
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I kind of disagree with parts of what you said just based upon 'girl power'. Some women reject chivalry and consider any sort of gesture that seems to imply their inferiority a personal offense. You just can't please women. There was a mild uproar about that wrestling boy in Iowa.
Did you really just say that?
ZigzagZirk
Member
As a female, I do love a guy with chivalry. It's just good manners.
I was raised to not tolerate a rude man. Or a rude person in general! I was taught to hold the door open for everyone, offer my chair to my elders (not just "elderly") and such.
My boyfriend will hold a door open for me and such. He will for EVERYONE. Heck, he even held it open for my big ol' hairy muscly fisherman father XD
I think chivalry should be taught to kids. I'm sure as hell going to teach my children to hold open a door for someone or something.
And no gender should hit, sexually assault, pressure them into stuff and such.
It's just not right at all. :/
(And contrary to popular belief, men can be raped by women. Just throwing that out there)
I was raised to not tolerate a rude man. Or a rude person in general! I was taught to hold the door open for everyone, offer my chair to my elders (not just "elderly") and such.
My boyfriend will hold a door open for me and such. He will for EVERYONE. Heck, he even held it open for my big ol' hairy muscly fisherman father XD
I think chivalry should be taught to kids. I'm sure as hell going to teach my children to hold open a door for someone or something.
And no gender should hit, sexually assault, pressure them into stuff and such.
It's just not right at all. :/
(And contrary to popular belief, men can be raped by women. Just throwing that out there)
NimhShambler
Fighting Type Prof.
^Thank you! It is true. A man can be raped by a woman. I know a man who was.
Yes, that is also true. I have come across such people. It is unfortunate that a behavior with only good intentions can sometimes have implications interpreted in such a harsh light, but they have every right to feel the way they do.
When you come across women who feel that way, you find a middle ground between your own respectful tendencies and their preferred form of respectful treatment. It's not really very difficult.
That's completely misogynistic.
How would the people here react if I said "you can never please black people" or "you can never please homosexuals"? It wouldn't go over well and I'm not really seeing what the difference is.Btw, I'm aware men can be raped by women. I'm not undermining that at all. What I'm saying is that the slant towards women being raped is so strong that there's a clear discrepancy between a man and a woman's chances of being raped.
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... I'm not saying one is worse than the other nor am I undermining one over the other. I'm saying that there's a giant slant in the statistics.
And with it implying woman should get special treatment in the form of undisputed protection from men.
Neither. |: It's you who's implying that, not me.
Um... and you would oppose helping a woman so that she's not raped? The point is that a woman faces a daily threat that men rarely face and the answer to that isn't "so why does she say she wants equal rights". The two don't contradict each other. It's a matter of cause and effect. The fact that you're even saying that assisting a woman so that she's not um, y'know, RAPED or MURDERED is "special treatment" exposes some pretty deep misogyny.
.:Lemon Tea:.
Crystallized decay
Everything will be fair and just once my boyfriend makes me a sandwhich while I play Black Ops.
Uhhhhhhhhh. I didn't know there was a level of effort in not raping someone. um. wow.
People were talking about rape, so I addressed them. It was actually pretty relevant.
.... Human decency? wtf.
Yeah I'm gonna back out of this thread. I'm not arguing rape with people that feel it an effort to NOT rape. Because since rape takes more effort than not raping, that's the reason you won't? adios.
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The Dean of Suds
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All you had to say was that you'd help a woman you saw being raped, definitely a mistake implying that it's hard for you not to rape women.