Moderator Nominations - Page 7

HungLikeJesus · 01-05-2011, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I just get a little pissed off. I get this shit fed back to me by people who genuinely believe that women are less capable of reason than men, because they are more emotional creatures.

You get pissed off because you are an emotional creature?

jinx · 01-05-2011, 08:57 PM

Pow! To the moon, alice.

HungLikeJesus · 01-05-2011, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Pow! To the moon, alice.

Hi jinx. That made me laugh.

Pico and ME · 01-05-2011, 06:17 PM

Well, it explains why the male dominated government its having so many problems.

TheMercenary · 01-05-2011, 06:21 PM

Yea, they keep all their problems in the "empty" box.

DanaC · 01-05-2011, 06:59 PM

One of the reasons I jumped on this is because I just had a conversation with a 23 year old lad (on my other forum) about exactly that. Started out with some trite observation about girl gamers, but we then got into a serious conversation.

One of the features of gaming communities is that they tend to be primarily male, and primarily young. There are a few women there, and there's a decent contingent of over 25s, but on the whole it's a young man's environment.

The catcalling, wolf whistling, demands for pics of tits etc are to be expected, and are ironic and funny about 80% of the time. Likewise deliberate misogyny and provocation of the chicks is to be expected.

What i have found quite shocking, is the amount of these young men who really do believe that women are innately less skilled, less rational, more manipulative, more fickle, more emotional, less trustworthy than men. There are older men making the same arguments, guys my age who think that we really are that different and that measurable. They can be lovely and we talk about all sorts of stuff, but scratch the surface and have a serious conversation about it and some really troubling sentiments emerge.

The reason I find it slightly shocking is that this is something that appears to have gone backwards. I see it more now than I did when I was gaming in the early noughties.

DanaC · 01-05-2011, 07:48 PM

I can only go off my own experience. As a female.

Just as a slightly trite aside:

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Well as a father of two grown daughters and a wife with a professional degreee, I don't believe that.

I asume that you are missing the word 'with' and are not actually characterising yourself in a parental relationship with your wife. :p

TheMercenary · 01-05-2011, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I can only go off my own experience. As a female.

Just as a slightly trite aside:

I asume that you are missing the word 'with' and are not actually characterising yourself in a parental relationship with your wife. :p

Yea, you would be making a huge mistake if you ASS-u-med that....

monster · 01-05-2011, 11:37 PM

I thought it was funny. but then we all know about my SOH.....

footfootfoot · 01-06-2011, 12:06 AM

That is HOF

monster · 01-06-2011, 12:15 AM

The Hoff?

DanaC · 01-06-2011, 08:09 AM

That picture is fucking hypnotic:P

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Yea, you would be making a huge mistake if you ASS-u-med that....

Gah. I made a typo. I missed an S.

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You get pissed off because you are an emotional creature?

lulz.

Shawnee123 · 01-06-2011, 08:33 AM

OK, I know what SOH is but what is HOF?

monster · 01-06-2011, 09:32 AM

you need me to post that again?

Shawnee123 · 01-06-2011, 09:44 AM

No, not the Hoff again. That man makes me want to barf. :shudder:

Do some women really find that man attractive? I mean, ew ew ewwwwwwww. Bleh. Yuck.

01-05-2011, 08:57 PM	#2
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Pow! To the moon, alice. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-05-2011, 06:21 PM	#5
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Yea, they keep all their problems in the "empty" box. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-05-2011, 11:37 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I thought it was funny. but then we all know about my SOH..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-06-2011, 12:06 AM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	That is HOF __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-06-2011, 12:15 AM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The Hoff? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-05-2011, 06:17 PM	#4
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Well, it explains why the male dominated government its having so many problems.

01-06-2011, 08:33 AM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	OK, I know what SOH is but what is HOF? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-06-2011, 09:32 AM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	you need me to post that again? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-06-2011, 09:44 AM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	No, not the Hoff again. That man makes me want to barf. :shudder: Do some women really find that man attractive? I mean, ew ew ewwwwwwww. Bleh. Yuck. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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