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In reply to the discussion: Something making you feel bad isn't the same as Misogyny [View all]nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)50. Absolutely. Might require a bit of creativity, but I don't see why it couldn't be done.
I do think the best public policy is generally the one that benefits the greatest number of people possible. After all, something like reproductive rights or prisoner rights should apply regardless of one's gender.
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But focusing excessively women's appearance, and not men's, *is* rooted in misogyny
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#14
I don't find your argument unreasonable. It just seems unnecessary in some ways, to me at least.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#16
Which still is, and always was, a worthy ideal. Denigrating men as a gender because they have
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#22
Seems to follow the general decline in violent crime. So it makes sense, yeah. n/t
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#31
Not to get on your case or anything, but I don't see a great deal wrong with the OP there.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#34
True. And yet none of us are immune to cultural biases which affect, among many other things, our
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#36
So... the 53% voting bloc don't have electoral clout because some of them vote wrong?
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2013
#37
I never said they didn't have clout. Women voters have been crucial to the Dem Party
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#38
The difference between men and women's attitudes on abortion are in the single digits
Major Nikon
Dec 2013
#41
I didn't say or imply it was split along gender lines. I'm not monolithically blaming "men" *at all*
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#42
The ERA should probably be resurrected, though who knows if it would pass
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#45
I don't have issues with women working politically to correct problems which affect women
Major Nikon
Dec 2013
#46
I agree. But I don't think something like the VAWA violates the spirit of equality.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#48
Laws *could* be written to address prison sexual abuse or provide contraceptive coverage...
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2013
#49
Absolutely. Might require a bit of creativity, but I don't see why it couldn't be done.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#50
And those cultural biases disparately affect both men and women in different ways
Major Nikon
Dec 2013
#39
Fantastic post. I might have a minor issue with a couple points, but basically you've got it covered
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#52