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Wounded Bear

(61,523 posts) Mon Dec 23, 2024, 03:21 PM Dec 23

Harmless seasonal fun or more misogyny? [View all]

OK, saw a new concept in the newspaper today. Apparently people have invented a new "holiday" for the season, since I guess the 15 or more that align with it aren't enough.

They call it Christmas Adam. Their logic seems to be that Adam came before Eve, so...

Cute, I guess, but is this another lob over the fence from the incel crowd or something? Hadn't heard of it before.

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Harmless seasonal fun or more misogyny? [View all] Wounded Bear Dec 23 OP

If they're talking about the day before Christmas Eve, that's kinda clever ms liberty Dec 23 #1

Christmas is now just for men. Women can stay home where they belong. Irish_Dem Dec 23 #2

Women do the bulk of the Diamond_Dog Dec 23 #4

Maybe Christmas Adam can get off his a** and let Christmas Eve take a break. Irish_Dem Dec 23 #7

Sounds good to me! Diamond_Dog Dec 23 #10

Let's be honest here. Which one would be likely & capable of birthing the other? SheltieLover Dec 23 #3

Problem is, we're not dealing with scientific facts here, but Biblical "scholars"... Wounded Bear Dec 23 #5

Sorry. Misogny SheltieLover Dec 23 #8

I'll stick to Women's Christmas, January 6th Maeve Dec 23 #6

Sounds great to me! SheltieLover Dec 23 #9

Sounds like Epiphany. When Dad is supposed to suddenly realize haele Dec 23 #11

You got it in one! Maeve Dec 23 #13

Epiphany. Igel Dec 23 #12

Nollaig na mBan--literally "Women's Christmas" Maeve Dec 23 #14