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some of us are happy and looking forward to the start of a great weekend Strings.. others among us are facing another weekend ridding themselves of their unsightly comedy pubes.
a job for gaffer tape?
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Stringerbeing.
lmao
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This thread moves on at such a rate... It's so hard to keep up. I had to take issue with this though. I work as a diversity professional (maybe not for much longer, but at the moment it pays the bills and I happen to be rather good at it...) and the idea that men and women could be so different, or that stereotypes serve a useful purpose is such a huge insult.
Why should anyone be defined by a single, almost inconsequential aspect of how society tries to define them? There is such diversity in people, but to try and reduce someone's behaviour and characteristics down to either 'male' or 'female' is just insane...
I don't know many men who have bust into tears when someone on the project disagreed with them. i also don't know of many women whose pride is such a huge part of their person they fuck their job/career up. they are different but its simplistic to say its down to sex. it is the whole person.
Oliver summed it up bestess
Gender stereotyping typically veers into sexism when the practical consequences of people's ambitions that do not make reference to gender become apparent to people who see others almost entirely in terms of their gender, e.g. when women demanded the vote. As gender stereotyping against women is very strongly based on their looks, women also often suffer sexist criticism of their looks.
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isnt this all a bit dark for friday lunches standards? should we all just be happy and enjoy the start to a great weekend?
this will cheer you up
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hahahah that cookie monster one is pucka!!
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I don't know many men who have bust into tears when someone on the project disagreed with them. i also don't know of many women whose pride is such a huge part of their person they fuck their job/career up. they are different but its simplistic to say its down to sex. it is the whole person.
I don't know many women who have burst into tears either... But both examples above happen to men and women in pretty equal measure. My boss gets into the office at 7am, and leaves at 7pm, has no social life and is a sociopath to boot - there's not a caring bone in her body. I'm a caring, emotional person, and hate showing any kind of aggression.
What I'm saying is that it's inappropriate to apply a biological determiner to someone's behaviour. I don't see crying as being either masculine or feminine behaviour, the same as I don't see aggression or strength as such.
I don't really see that we're disagreeing though - in fact, when you say "it's simplistic to say it's down to sex", it looks like we're very much on the same page - unless I missed something?
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we are indeed no the same page, i just wont admit i cried ;)
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isnt this all a bit dark for friday lunches standards?
It's working great for me. Joys of a liquid lunch... -
Ha! I was just thinking this appears to be the point where GA2G, hopelessly backed into a corner having had his double-standards exposed yet again, starts making threats.
"Your view is nonsense until I decide it's now my view, therefore it's the truth, and I'll patronise/ignore/misinterpret anyone who begs to differ."
"My completely insensitive comment was actually a joke; I thought you'd be man enough to realise that; your insensitive comment is absolutely uncalled for."
"If you continue to undermine my authority I will beat you up (but I'm a lover not a fighter)."
Blahdy blah. If work's quiet, perhaps a new hobby? Or a new job? How about becoming a gravedigger - you've spent enough time on yours.
As someone who hasn't met him...this is certainly how his behaviour appears to me as an internet observer.....
Like all of us I'm sure he's diferent in realness
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some of the sexism exhibited openly by females on this site is depressing. they even have female only rides which is harking back to the victorian era and not far off the matriarchal society common in less enlightened cultures.
Why promote segregation when equality should be the norm, or is sexism when it suits them what they really want. -
I have been made a sex object many times and i find it degrading but there is no one i can talk to about it. i suffer in silence still
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As someone who hasn't met him...this is certainly how his behaviour appears to me as an internet observer.....
Like all of us I'm sure he's diferent in realness
I only know Granville on here, but he's always impressed me as a sound, thoughtful and caring type. Albeit a tad anal about lists...
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Granville is a big cuddly bear in real life
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I have my arse slapped by a girl while riding at least once a week.
And how much does that cost?
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This thread moves on at such a rate... It's so hard to keep up. I had to take issue with this though. I work as a diversity professional (maybe not for much longer, but at the moment it pays the bills and I happen to be rather good at it...) and the idea that men and women could be so different, or that stereotypes serve a useful purpose is such a huge insult.
Why should anyone be defined by a single, almost inconsequential aspect of how society tries to define them? There is such diversity in people, but to try and reduce someone's behaviour and characteristics down to either 'male' or 'female' is just insane...
The point about stereotypes is that they are to some degree fairly accurate. If they weren't there wouldn't be any. They have cultural resonance. Observation has confirmed them. We don't have stereotypes about, say, Welsh people having a great interest in shoes or Scousers preferring playing with dolls to cars or trains because there's no evidence to support either assertion. We do on the other hand hold these as stereotypes about women, largely because the majority of them conform to these stereotypes.
Men and women do have characteristics and patterns of behaviour that are massively governed by their gender and the hormonal balance that goes into the development of their brains. Things like cognitive processes, interests, likes and dislikes, talents and so forth differ significantly and consistently between the sexes. These are either reinforced or accommodated by upbringing and society to strengthen the stereotype. Of course we generalise and some men and women do not conform to their stereotypes (which is usually considered admirable), but the majority do. And that's no bad thing either.
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some of us are happy and looking forward to the start of a great weekend Strings.. others among us are facing another weekend ridding themselves of their unsightly comedy pubes.