Well, yeah. Women were oppressed, and now they're not. If men have trouble with that, well, too bad I suppose.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that the person who made that statement has a huge chip upon their shoulder? No it`s not `too bad`, it`s not acceptable to take what we want without considering the bigger picture, a bigger picture which actually includes guys. It wasn`t acceptable to women when guys were seen to be doing this, so equality by default should dictate the sentiment be reciporated. `Too bad I suppose` speaks volumes to me about a person`s point of view not being discussed with them. Perhaps we shouldn`t let them vote either? I quite liked the `Are you serious?` comment also. There was enough material in that first post to encourage a discursive approach...why `Are you serious?`, surely not because someone had trouble believing that anybody might actually ask those questions. I mean, how dare they?!!
To be honest I don`t really have a very broad experiance of equal rights outside of my front door, but I`ve seen plenty of guys squashed for even daring to suggest that some aspects of `equal` rights might not actually be working. Maybe they are wrong, I don`t know, but the more I see them get slapped for even daringto question, the more I have to wonder myself!
The same attitude could be applied to almost any seemingly challenging question directed at any previous or current minority group......which these days may as well involve just about anyquestion, or joke etc. However, ignorance is not the crime, remaining ignorant is, and if people end up having to tread upon eggshells, not only will this be reinforcing ignorance, but possibly resentment too. Who knows, tippy toe people might have valuable points to make, without it involving us getting back into the kitchen!
:disclaimer: The above perhaps might be a little over reactionary in comparison to the source, but at some point rant mode set in!
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