(June 28, 2013 at 3:19 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I'm sorry, but as a matter of principle, I ignore anyone who attempts to gives legitimacy to the term "mansplaining" by using it positively in a sentence.
As much as I despise Rick Perry, the fact is, this is a bill that affects women, so of course he is going to talk about women. If Rick Perry was a woman, and said the same thing, would it be "femsplaining"? I doubt it. The term "mansplaining" is sexist, and only seems to be used by the ultra feminists to try and silence the opinions of men in conversations.
I can understand your concerns on that, I would even go so far as to agree that it does in fact seem to be a mite, shall we say “reverse sexist”. Having said that I also feel that what is going on here that led to the term 'mansplaining' to come into use is that it does indeed occur, and frequently at that. Women are understandably sick of it. Men, especially overpriveleged white ones like Perry, have nothing to care about here. Why does he care about whether women have access to abortion beyond the reflexive reaction to a threat to the whole notion of patriarchy and misogyny? That is what he is doing, and it is bloody obvious. Women have plenty to be pissed about, and there is such a phenomenon as 'mansplaining.'
“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
