Quote:
Originally Posted by Elfwreck
You lack the anatomy, and the history, to decide what a "reasonable woman" would find threatening.
|
Ahh, so the female worldview is automatically correct and the male worldview automatically wrong. No, let me refine that; only *your* worldview is correct; if a woman were to disagree with your definitions, you would no doubt downplay their opinion as one that's been damaged by the inherent sexism in our male-dominated society. QED.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Elfwreck
How many mild, friendly groping sessions have you participated in, wherein you wished to stop, and had to resort to yelling or violence to do so?
|
At least two. Many more that did not start "mild, friendly".
Quote:
Originally Posted by Elfwreck
How many did you let continue anyway, because you were afraid of violence if you stopped?
|
None. If I wished it to stop and it didn't, it already *was* violence. Note that it wasn't violence *until* that point.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Elfwreck
If you polled a dozen of your male friends, how many have had that happen to them?
|
I have no idea. In any case, you lack the requisite anatomy and history to understand how males react to such things.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I believe it's possible to make racist jokes without being a full-time racist. I don't believe that make the jokes themselves less racist.
|
So it's possible for a non-racist to commit a racist act. Therefore, it's possible for non-sexist to commit a sexist act. So one cannot conclude that Harlan is a sexist just because he committed a sexist act.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Elfwreck
As I mentioned--you don't have the perspective necessary to decide who's "really" a sexist.
|
Seems like both sexes would have the same handicap.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Elfwreck
It's because of opinions like yours that I have to give my daughters hour-long lectures before going to conventions--because a lot of men think "a little bit" of groping is harmless and therefore unobjectionable, and because of that support, the real creeps have a free pass to grope any number of women until they find one who's too scared or confused to object.
|
Or Heaven forbid grope one who actually enjoys it. Because women should never be allowed to enjoy the touch of an evil man.
I feel sorry for your daughters. And with that, I think we're done here.