(August 27, 2016 at 5:09 pm)Whateverist Wrote:I can't do that. I can only speak on behalf of me.(August 27, 2016 at 1:35 pm)Mermaid Wrote: We have a serious cultural problem here. I think we are more compelled than ever to make a black or white judgment about almost everything, and I think this is a product of social media.
Why is it that people who do not belong to a certain group feel that it's ok to make a value judgment about that group? Specifically, how can someone who is white possibly understand what it is like to go through life as a black person? How can a woman possibly understand what it's like to go through life as a man, and more specific to this very thread, how can a man make a judgment about what women go through and feel in everyday life?
Can't we quit judging and taking everything personally and just observe what is going on and listen to people!?
You have my attention. Speaking on the behalf of all women everywhere and for all time, how do you feel about being called dearie and what not by strangers - even strange old men?
Being called honey and dear and other like names can be nice and endearing. It can also be a humiliating or degrading powerplay. Comments about my physical appearance from basically everyone make me want to crawl into a hole.
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