I disagree
I think the kind of men who come out with that kind of embarrasing shit would say it to anyone they thought they could get away with saying it to. I'd bet they'd say it to a boy or an old man as well.

There's a huge difference between 'cheer up, it might never happen!' which is just fucking annoying, and the leering builders shouting 'phwooar, 'ello darlin' off scaffolding at passing women. The former is just stupid, the latter genuinely offensive to women.

Let's face it with my current sig I really should leave this thread.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:45, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I file all that sort of stuff under "most people are stupid dickheads"
it's working well for me so far
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:52, Reply)