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30 Dec 2013, 7:44 pm

Difficult...problematic...

*Snort*

If I didn't know better, I'd have believed that word surgically chosen.

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30 Dec 2013, 10:03 pm

This thread has turned into the best Christmas present ever for AP. Take a step back, people, and look under that bridge before you go charging across it. :roll:

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31 Dec 2013, 1:36 am

jrjones9933 wrote:

This thread has turned into the best Christmas present ever for AP. Take a step back, people, and look under that bridge before you go charging across it. :roll:

You're quite right, i should have known better. i certainly will in future.

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31 Dec 2013, 3:12 am

I don't think AP is a troll. He just acts weird/silly often like a true person with AS should.

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31 Dec 2013, 6:06 am

Venger wrote:

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Maybe she baited somebody into an argument today, and then tried to "play the victim". :idea:

Maybe someone automatically assumed she tried to play the victim because she's a woman.

Maybe someone observed a few of her posts on here, and came to the conclusion that she possibly has some sort of "victim complex".

Evidence, please?

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31 Dec 2013, 6:11 am

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A metaphorical pat on the head, then. Some token or expression of appreciation. No touching, and no tactile/kinesthetic stimulation.

'Hey, good job,' or 'quick thinking,' or 'I can tell you worked hard on that report, thanks,' accompanied by a nod or a handshake, are all welcomed by most women and men alike in the workplace or school.

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Women are indeed mysterious creatures. It is impossible to fathom what that "mystical, nice-smelling collective" really wants sometimes.

Women are not "creatures." We're humans, just like men are, and we're no more likely to smell good or bad than men are. If we're hard to understand, it's because humans are complex and hard to understand, men no less than women.

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Interesting metaphor. So, display nothing that could be construed as chivalry to a lady, or you are confining her to a cage?

More like putting her on a very narrow pedestal.

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31 Dec 2013, 8:35 am

LKL wrote:

Women are not "creatures." We're humans, just like men are,

Before I get convicted of sexism once again:

The American Heritage Dictionary Definition of Creature wrote:

1. Something created.

2. a. A living being, especially an animal: land creatures; microscopic creatures in a drop of water.
b. A human.
c. An imaginary or fantastical being: mythological creatures; a creature from outer space.

3. One dependent on or subservient to another.

Under Definition 2.b.: both men and women are creatures.

And, thanks for providing another example of Feminists getting overly-sensitive about words.

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31 Dec 2013, 8:38 am

Venger wrote:

I don't think AP is a troll. He just acts weird/silly often like a true person with AS should.

Yeah. I don't know what to make of all these non-weird, non-silly people who show up from time to time on WrongPlanet. Maybe some of them are neurotypical T-words, out for a laugh?

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31 Dec 2013, 8:41 am

starvingartist wrote:

"There's a fine line between being a strong woman and being a difficult woman."

"Difficult" woman????

Do I need to explain to anyone why this is problematic?

Please proceed.

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31 Dec 2013, 9:12 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVdGZ0sf_0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90XGW4iZYWc[/youtube]

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31 Dec 2013, 10:29 am

ArrantPariah wrote:

LKL wrote:

Women are not "creatures." We're humans, just like men are,

Before I get convicted of sexism once again:

The American Heritage Dictionary Definition of Creature wrote:

Under Definition 2.b.: both men and women are creatures.

And, thanks for providing another example of Feminists getting overly-sensitive about words.

AP, read that whole definition please, and repeat that I'm being over-sensitive. The word is rarely used to mean 'human.'

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31 Dec 2013, 10:49 am

People have to make a positive effort to avoid perpetuating sexist stereotypes through commonly accepted language. This condition even effects professional wordsmiths, as shown in the Coverage of Mary Barra's Appointment as CEO of General Motors:

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Many news stories about female CEOs and other high-achieving women are coded with a set of reliable clichés: they lucked into their new roles (and thus do not deserve them), inherited them from male relatives or spouses (and thus do not really hold the reins of power), or will not be there for long. If all else fails, coverage concentrates so narrowly on gender that a woman’s very leadership is weakened

None of the language that the stories use is uncommon, it just isn't commonly applied to men.

(Edited to highlight clickable link to full story)

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31 Dec 2013, 11:02 am

LKL wrote:

AP, read that whole definition please,

Done.

LKL wrote:

and repeat that I'm being over-sensitive.

You're being over-sensitive.

LKL wrote:

The word is rarely used to mean 'human.'

I concede that the word would rarely be used in Feminist literature to mean "human." However, the dictionary does not characterize definition 2.b. as a "rare" use of the word. Hence, using the word "creature" to mean "a human" is a perfectly legitimate use of the word. Moreover, as humans are a subset of living beings, we would also fit under definition 2.a., being land creatures. And, creationists regard us as having been created (definition 1). Thus, humans fall within most of the definition of the word "creature."

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31 Dec 2013, 12:33 pm

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31 Dec 2013, 2:52 pm

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They're talking about CEOs, who are the scum of the Earth to begin with. I'm not going to cry any tears over anyone making a less-than-fawning assessment of a CEO, whether male or female.

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31 Dec 2013, 3:24 pm

Way to completely ignore my point about language, AP, and go off on a tangent with zero relevance to the topic at hand!

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