When Complaining About a "Nanny State" is Sexist

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Come on dude, I know you have been called a D_ck head before, or told you didn't have the balls, or been told ridiculed for relying on viagra... or for having a small pecker?

News flash, these attacks are not limited to women.... or more cutting when referring to a women's genitals.

Hmmm - you got so carried away in trying to insult me that you missed the point Danno. Again. I'm not talking about random insults against individuals, I'm talking about the connection between language and gender. There's an inherent male bias in the construction of the English language. In short - the development of the English (and indeed - other languages) reflects the social dominance of men throughout history.

[SuperDuper! 230]

It's certainly an unfortunate choice of metaphor, but hardly the sort of thing that's worth much discussion.

Agreed. Pikester nails it again and gets the "Makes-Most-Sense-Post" award.

Why are we even discussing such a topic?

Offending a meddling, finger-wagging, nosey nanny is like offending the meter maid who just gave ya a ticket. Who cares about their feelings?

[slim 1,530]

I think it's your perception that may be at fault there.

So I'm incorrectly perceiving a double standard?

the social dominance of men throughout history.

Wasn't it women who were saying the image of a woman breastfeeding is pornographic?

Aren't the same women crying when a woman isn't allowed to breastfeed in public?

I'm not picking sides I'm simply pointing out that when someone (anyone, including women) argue something they can't use the exact same thing on both sides of the argument without there being a double standard. At the very least there's some hypocrisy there.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You're missing the point

[slim 1,530]

You're missing the point

I'm pretty sure that's your standard answer for anyone who disagrees with you.

I like it! As a matter of fact, I might try that next time. "But slim, you're wrong." "Yeah? Well, you're missing the point."

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Your argument has nothing to do with mine, beyond your desire to cut and paste snippets out of context.

[slim 1,530]

Your argument has nothing to do with mine, beyond your desire to cut and paste snippets out of context.

Possibly. But, at least my arguments are arguments and not your tired assertions of folks not understanding and/or being too incompetent to grasp simple concepts.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Now I know you weren't paying attention