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If we're dating then it becomes quite obvious that we have connected on some or many levels. What difference would it make if she majored in Feminist or Women's Studies? I like her and she likes me: pretty elementary.
That's totally understandable, but it's unfair to let a bad experience with one or two men discolour your views on MEN as a whole. We've all met unpleasant individuals of both sexes, why not just single out bad PEOPLE, instead of putting it on ALL men or women?
Where trauma is involved, possibly severe trauma, it can be extremely difficult to overcome.
I'm not against feminism as a movement, but why does it seem every self-described 'feminist' I meet seems unable to tolerate you suggesting a viewpoint that differs from the predictable feminist line? If you even SUGGEST that this or this study might not be 100% scientific, she'll jump on you like an alley cat.
Keep in mind my sample size is small, maybe 5 or so, but still, it does leave you with a bad impression. I think real feminists don't need to constantly advertise the fact or harp on about it.
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Where trauma is involved, possibly severe trauma, it can be extremely difficult to overcome.
True, but I think the extent you project these feelings of fear, hatred.etc on men as a whole can be partly controlled. Direct those feelings of anger at the individual if need be, and separate, nay disentangle, hatred for the archetypal 'man' from hatred of a specific man. I know I've not experienced it, so this is all conjecture. All I'm saying, while it's good to understand and sympathise (as women are probably better at doing) the flip side of that is, that can merely feed a victim mentality and sense of resentment which will cause misery for yourself but also others.
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So robert is actually Trimac..... Interesting.
I'm just calling it as I see it. It's probably simplistic of me to make conclusions, but it's a trend I'm seeing. I'm not saying all self-described feminists are that way, just most of the ones I've personally met.
I don't want to get into it. And there are always two sides to an argument. Just because I don't like the idea of abortion of demand, I've been basically called a patriachal, misognyist, chauvinistic control freak. But I'm certainly not getting into another abortion debate again.
Bigots come in all stripes, but they all have one thing in common - they simply cannot, for the life of them, tolerant or respect other's opinions, or understand that people see things differently from them, or diverge from their own idea of 'morality.'
I see some die-hard 'liberals' as no different to fundamentalist zealots. Both are the products of the indoctrination of an agenda.
Only using your abortion analogy, since that's the only you offered, the realization that it's your choice or not your choice exists regardless of position. That's the difference.
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Only using your abortion analogy, since that's the only you offered, the realization that it's your choice or not your choice exists regardless of position. That's the difference.
So what are you saying,
that if you don't believe that someone should have the choice to do wrong, you're wrong?
I obviously respect that under the law you have that choice, and am not going to bomb clinics or blockade you from entering an abortion clinic, but regardless it seems most pro-choicers don't examine WHY some people hold these views. Instead they blindly bleat on about how pro-lifers are curtailing their rights.
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Interesting.
