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History of Feminism

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17. No, not new insight

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 03:38 AM

Jan 2014

but rather confirmation of what I already knew. No surprises for me in that thread.

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Question from a good Guy friend of mine [View all] ismnotwasm Jan 2014 OP

Well if we did that, we would no longer have female names. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #1

And eventually, mzteris Jan 2014 #14

I see that as a non-issue BainsBane Jan 2014 #2

Part of the answer I gave him is that American names are boring ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #3

In the end cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #4

People are too complex to be put into little boxes. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #21

OT BainsBane Jan 2014 #5

Yeah it's pretty fucking hilarious ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #7

I haven't been reading that or any of them BainsBane Jan 2014 #11

No, not new insight BainsBane Jan 2014 #17

Hmm, I dunno. xfundy Jan 2014 #6

And that's true too ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #8

silly argument I think, it's like arguing that we won't have racial geek tragedy Jan 2014 #9

I like ambiguous names. mzteris Jan 2014 #13

I don't buy it BainsBane Jan 2014 #15

I agree JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #19

This was my original answer and his response ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #16

Interesting thought experiment. MadrasT Jan 2014 #18

if you have a gender neutral name Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #22