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The Roots of Misogyny

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wukter · 29/07/2010 19:15

Why is practically every human society across all times, places and cultures dominated by men?
I have read that War on Women article that MillyR linked to. It's chilling. Why is it everywhere?

I would be interested in your thoughts, or maybe there is actually a simple, widely accepted answer that I could be pointed to.

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Aitch · 02/08/2010 09:20

lol, thanks vesuvia... allow a girl a bit of artistic licence, will ya? i know perfectly well what she patented. lolol.

swallowedAfly · 02/08/2010 09:15

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PrincessFiorimonde · 02/08/2010 06:32

Ahh, Wukter, am I just a tad impatient? (Can't do the grin emoticon; hate it; looks like a grinning skull to me.)

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wukter · 02/08/2010 02:45

Yes, PrincessFiorimonde, SAF and MillyR have been very informative. No need for all this messing.

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PrincessFiorimonde · 02/08/2010 00:53

Yes of course we should consider a painter such as Mary Cassatt, or a playwright such as Aphra Behn, or scientists such as Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie, or writers such as Austen and the Brontes. Surely the point is that those women were exceptions in their time (and acknowledged as such) and we have to understand why they were exceptions. All power to them. And, of course, to all women who have made and continue to make contributions to the sum total of human knowledge, whether or not they have been acknowledged for doing so.

But with regard to the point of this thread (the roots of misogyny), I am much more interested in the points that SwallowedaFly, MillyR, etc. make upthread. And I hope you will continue the debate.

vesuvia · 02/08/2010 00:21

Aitch wrote - "i'm still knocked out that hedy lamarr invented teh mobile phone..."

To clarify, Lamarr didn't invent the moble phone. About 70 years ago, she created necessary communications theory and technology that allows moble phones to work.

daftpunk · 02/08/2010 00:07

ha ha ha

I need to sleep...

g'night

hobbgoblin · 01/08/2010 23:59

2 hetero white parents, yes?

daftpunk · 01/08/2010 23:54

it's ok wukter....and i'm sorry if I took your thread wildly off topic.

I'm just passionate about children being brought up by two parents...and I think feminisn has destroyed that ideal...It shouldn't have taken me 20 posts to say that...

Anyway...it's been good talking to you

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wukter · 01/08/2010 23:45

I live in the real world DP.
I believe that feminism is about not focusing on gender in all arenas of life, but placing it where it matters, in matters of sexuality, reproduction and childcare. Those things matter, those things are gender specific, those things are neccessary, but they don't define all that is female - or male. It's only society that places every aspect of life into a binary, unneccessary and harmful to all humans, but especially women and girls. None of the 'problems' you state above are beyond the wit of people to solve.

You may have given my thread some time - no one forced you to, not even your husband - but you have taken it wildly off topic. I have never really 'spoke' to you before so I give you the benefit of the doubt.

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Aitch · 01/08/2010 23:44

bye, dp, my nazi chum.

StewieGriffinsMom · 01/08/2010 23:44

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seashore · 01/08/2010 23:42

DP tbh, I can't be bothered, I just saw seashore ... didn't read the rest of your post,it's pointless, obviously you just go looking for reactions and attention.

I'm not going to waste my time. Bye, bye dear.

dittany · 01/08/2010 23:40

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hobbgoblin · 01/08/2010 23:37

passive aggressive alert

daftpunk · 01/08/2010 23:35

Glad you had a good time SGM....

daftpunk · 01/08/2010 23:34

Aitch...will you please stop talking to me/about me....I'm not interested in you in anyway.....sorry.

StewieGriffinsMom · 01/08/2010 23:27

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daftpunk · 01/08/2010 23:27

To sum up...

You know where you can stick your feminist agenda...

Aitch · 01/08/2010 23:25

is that you off back to music then? byee.

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