To sum it up
Only men are sexist, women aren't being sexist, they're being assertive.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 1:14, 9 replies)

Yerse...
...it's a bit like the idea that only white people can be racist...you get a click from me.
( Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 28 Dec 2009, 1:19, closed)

So a man who's being assertive is being sexist?
It reeks of the so-called "positive" discrimination to me.

Sexism or anti-sexism, whatever your take on it, should be gender-neutral. And, no, I'm being oxymoronic; I just mean that both genders should treat the other exactly the same.

Otherwise your bias towards whichever gender you assume is pre-disposed to "being sexist" exposes a fundamental sexism in your attempts to fight sexism.
(dxg, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 1:21, closed)

In theory yes
but these two situations are dealt with and perceived differently:

Man: "tsk, typical woman"

Woman: "tsk, typical man"

Which one would likely get more of a reaction in say, the workplace?
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 1:53, closed)

Things are so much simplier in my head.
I very much doubt that any man would externalise that thought in the modern workplace. Not if they value their job, anyway (aside: ever noticed how HR seems to be dominated by women?)

In contrast, a woman may very well externalise that thought in the workplace. In fact, she may joke about it with her female peers without much thought. And therein lies the rub.

Feminism is justified. But I think it's got to the point where, rather than empowering women (it's done that well), it's continued further and is now actively emasculating men.

The infamous "Diet Coke break" advert comes to mind. You know the one - where the office girls all huddle around their Diet Cokes to ogle the male window cleaners with their shirts off.
(dxg, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 2:27, closed)

But conversely
Look at the Lynx ad campaign
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 12:32, closed)

The "bullet" one where the guy sees a girl in her undies
and she's - how shall we say this - "quite fit"?

Yet when the girl sees the guy in his briefs, he's some pasty white pencil thin thing that's scared of the sun?

Yes, that's equality right there.
(dxg, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 16:09, closed)

Or this much longer amateur version
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CmGJqpqo38&feature=related
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 20:55, closed)

Seems right on paper
But the problem is that left to their own devices, a stronger group will abuse their extra strength. We only need to protect those in danger of being abused or trampled over, and (historically), this has not been the white male. If it seems unfair, blame your ancestors for being far more unfair.
(Super Jet Shoes, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 3:22, closed)

so,,,,
because my grandparents lived in a time when the woman was expected to cook and clean while the man went out and earned money, I'm supposed to accept sexism from women in the name of what? Delayed equality?

Fuck that.
(bblgoose, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:14, closed)