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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (3022)	1/25/2001 11:32:02 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 82486

On the other hand, if a man is polite and decent to women to their faces, or to women who are good they are, and then talk about sluts and teehee at the strip bar with their buds, that I find uncool. Let's say I'd be wary of them. In that case, an outward behavior towards a certain woman is masking an inner feeling about her, whether the masked person wants to admit it or not. I don't disagree with that as far as it goes, but I would like to extend the observation, if I may. I think it is natural to talk differently to different people in different situations. You speak differently at a funeral than you do in a bar; And you speak differently to your boss than you do to a slut, to or a rake, or to your spouse. Different environments and circumstances dictate the range and variability of acceptable behaviours. Joking and laughing about strippers in a strip bar (I'm making the assumption that your "teehee" referred to that) is probably no more out of place than a group of gals snickering at a stag. Treating a slut differently than your spouse may or may not indicate an underlying contempt or disregard for the gender. My wife would have been furious if I had interacted with a slut in the same way in which I interacted with her. She would have felt it diminished her special value to me above others. Indeed, merely having a kind and respectful conversation with a pretty woman gave rise to anger. We humans can be a mystery... However, when people generalize to large groups the perceived attributes of one individual--this is an example of prejudice. For example, this cop is on the take, and "pig" is a fitting appellative for him/her, DOES NOT make it aceptable to call all or any other cops, "pigs". This slut steals money and is a thief does not equal, "sluts are thieves". And "this rake is a man" does not equal, "all men are rakes"...although other arguments can be made for that...