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History of Feminism

Lunacee_2013

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8. We Americans can have a bit of a strong,

Reply to betsuni (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 16, 2014, 08:21 AM

Dec 2014

competitive, independent streak in us. Not that that's a bad thing, just some of us take it way too far. I guess that's how people have to act in order to survive in our capitalist, winner-take-all, no handouts culture. If others see you as weak, they might take advantage of you, and the easiest way to call a man weak in a sexist culture is to compare him to a woman. The only thing worse, for a man, is to be beaten by a woman.

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Good Fun With Bad Words: Five Familiar Woman-Specific Slang Terms [View all] ismnotwasm Dec 2014 OP

I'm bookmarking to read later. Control-Z Dec 2014 #1

Same here. TheBlackAdder Dec 2014 #4

thanks mercuryblues Dec 2014 #2

Agree ismnotwasm Dec 2014 #3

Actually I loathe all the expressions in the article, except for pussy eridani Dec 2014 #5

Heh! ismnotwasm Dec 2014 #6

I hate that on some American cooking competition reality shows, betsuni Dec 2014 #7

We Americans can have a bit of a strong, Lunacee_2013 Dec 2014 #8

Too bad it's too late Lunacee_2013 Dec 2014 #9