Posts: 5690
Threads: 8
Joined: April 3, 2014
Reputation:
68
RE: "Men are all pigs"
May 11, 2016 at 4:39 am
Pool, can't you see that a lot of people don't agree with you and you're not going to agree with them?
Just let it go man. You're culture is different and unless you're born in a western country or us westerners were born in you're country, we can never really see eye to eye. Not completely. You seem like a nice guy and people are not going to think of you in that way when you're defending this thread.
Let it go. Then we can all just get on with it and forget about it. :-)
Posts: 6681
Threads: 82
Joined: May 31, 2014
Reputation:
56
RE: "Men are all pigs"
May 11, 2016 at 5:00 am
(May 11, 2016 at 4:39 am)Little lunch Wrote: Pool, can't you see that a lot of people don't agree with you and you're not going to agree with them?
Just let it go man. You're culture is different and unless you're born in a western country or us westerners were born in you're country, we can never really see eye to eye. Not completely. You seem like a nice guy and people are not going to think of you in that way when you're defending this thread.
Let it go. Then we can all just get on with it and forget about it. :-)
Actually, my background culture is rather similar to pool's. I come from a Middle Eastern background so this kind of thinking (that women should be submissive to men and just aim to get married and have kids while the man works) is something I often encounter in the extended family even here in Australia. So I'm familiar with this thinking and I can see it for what it is.
If you want to know, I was pool back in my teenage years and early 20s. I used to say similar things about women and not realize how misogynistic I was at the time. And I was never mean to women (to their face), more like I just didn't see them as fellow human beings on the same level as men, and I would join other guys in saying crap about women in general ("You can't trust women", "It's rare to see a woman these days that's like our mums", "You have to let women know you're the man in order for them to respect you", "She's a fat psycho bitch, can't stand her evil smile", etc.).
But you know what changed? I grew the fuck up and realized my gender does not give me inherent right to think of women as lower than me. This not only means I should stop thinking bad stuff about ... women ... but also stop thinking I need to protect or support or do stuff for them at all costs because of the thought they're not good leaders and can't get things done as well as men.
Yeah, pool lives in India, so he can blame his culture for his way of thinking about women if he wants (or he can reagrdless change his attitude and thinking about women and maybe help trigger some revolution there), but however you look at it, sexism is still sexism (doesn't matter where it comes from).
Posts: 5599
Threads: 37
Joined: July 13, 2015
Reputation:
61
RE: "Men are all pigs"
May 11, 2016 at 5:11 am
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2016 at 5:17 am by Athene.)
Posts: 18544
Threads: 131
Joined: January 19, 2014
Reputation:
90
RE: "Men are all pigs"
May 11, 2016 at 5:23 am
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2016 at 5:36 am by Alex K.)
...
That was so the wrong thread
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
Posts: 5599
Threads: 37
Joined: July 13, 2015
Reputation:
61
RE: "Men are all pigs"
May 11, 2016 at 5:32 am
Brilliant attempt to end thread Alex.
How about just NOT clicking on it next time?
Posts: 18544
Threads: 131
Joined: January 19, 2014
Reputation:
90
RE: "Men are all pigs"
May 11, 2016 at 5:35 am
Ok... FINE!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
Posts: 5599
Threads: 37
Joined: July 13, 2015
Reputation:
61
RE: "Men are all pigs"
May 11, 2016 at 6:24 am
I'm more than willing to accept that people from different cultures often won't see eye to eye on fundamental issues. However, pool routinely makes merry sport out of lambasting women in general, women of the West in particular, and the crime of rape on these forums. Yes, he's young, and yes, he's apparently "kind of sweetie" sometimes.
But, if he's old enough to generate multiple threads depicting women a sub-par sluts and whores who lie about being raped, then he's old enough to deal with the pushback, IMO.
Just a thought.
Posts: 25250
Threads: 28
Joined: February 2, 2010
Reputation:
105
RE: "Men are all pigs"
May 11, 2016 at 7:12 am
(May 11, 2016 at 2:56 am)pool the great Wrote: And I have no problem with that, how you handle your love life is your business, I'm not criticizing you at all, so far your the one that was criticizing me for how I handle my love life because it's eww for you.
It's not that your love life is "eeeew".
It's that you're a narcissist who clearly views women as trophies rather than fully human persons. It's all good -- you get what you pay for. If your only role in the household is as the Provider, don't complain ten years from now when you find you've settled for the Leech. In life, you don't just get what you settle for ... you can only choose from those whom you attract.
You perfect mate is, of course, a shallow person who sees nothing more to life than soap operas and spending your hard-earnt piasters. And you'll deserve her.
Posts: 5690
Threads: 8
Joined: April 3, 2014
Reputation:
68
RE: "Men are all pigs"
May 11, 2016 at 7:18 am
I agree with you Irrational and maybe I'm just making excuses for him.
I guess I just want us all to get along. I was hoping to appeal to that side of things.
Posts: 1715
Threads: 9
Joined: September 20, 2015
Reputation:
18
RE: "Men are all pigs"
May 11, 2016 at 7:22 am
(May 10, 2016 at 9:09 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: For what it's worth pool, I don't think you hate women.
He sure doesn't have any respect for them.
If The Flintstones have taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to mix cement.
-Homer Simpson
|
