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Truthiness Inspector Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 10:55 PM
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Poll question: Women's role in society
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Monkeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 10:58 PM
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1. I don't know let me go ask the Ladies at the Bar oh ya Sports Bar LOL
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Truthiness Inspector Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 10:59 PM
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2. LOL
I'll buy you a double!
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 11:23 PM
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5. Monkeyman has already had a couple doubles.
:rofl: Monkeyman is a cool monkeyman.
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Monkeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 10:59 PM
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3. Just got smacked they said you know we are better then you LOL
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 11:23 PM
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6. Ahhhh poor monkeyman. Did you take it like a man?
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Kailassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 11:21 PM
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4. Well I just had to put "other" to that.
Because you didn't have a
"women are so far above men they should kiss the ground our painted toenails have sanctified"
option.

O8)
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 11:25 PM
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7. Um, equal to what? Equal to each other? To men?
If you mean equal to men, then say it that way. Just sayin'.
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OxQQme Donating Member (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 11:26 PM
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8. Bumpersticker seen today:
A Woman's place is in the home,
and the senate.
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Dhalgren Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 11:27 PM
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9. I put "Other", because women, as a group, are far superior to
men - and all of us, deep down, know it. I am not being sarcastic or tongue in cheek - women, as a group, are better than men as human beings...it's just a fact...
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jerry611 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 11:34 PM
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10. That's a bit sexist, dont you think?
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Dhalgren Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:27 AM
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21. If you look at the research that has been done on matriarchal
societies and compare them to patriarchal societies, you'll find that all of the matriarchal cultures were much more humane than any patriarchal one. I would suggest that the reason for this difference is that women ARE more humane - as a group - than men are. When women have an equal or greater power in society in relation to men, that society is more peaceful, more caring for those in need, less aggressive internally and externally and is very internally stable. I am not putting down men - to say that as a group, men have a larger muscle mass and are taller and run faster is not putting down women, it is just stating fact. The same with women's humanity - women, as a group, are simply more humane, therefore, I think, better human beings.
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Kiouni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 11:44 PM
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this is like the simpsons
were marge says women invented the windsheild wiper and homer replys but made the car!
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Kiouni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 11:44 PM
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11. this is like the simpsons
were marge says women invented the windsheild wiper and homer replys but made the car!
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:08 AM
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19. You're just saying that to get laid
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genie_weenie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 08:47 AM
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27. I think you are correct.
Women live longer, on average are smarter than men, and have a better skill set to thrive in the modern technological age.

Shit.
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Truthiness Inspector Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 12:00 AM
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12. Who voted for options #2 and 3?
Explain please.
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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 12:02 AM
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13. Women's role: Exactly the same as men's.
To educate themselves, to strive to make the world a better place for their children, to parent responsibly, to act according to ethical standards, to contribute economically to the well-being of the society.

That's the role of women in society. It's also the role of men in society.

adamantly,
Bright
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Nikki Stone 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 12:21 AM
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14. Just for grins, what is a man's role in society?
If you watch TV, it's mostly to chase after sex, brag about skills he hasn't got and get jobs he doesn't deserve, and avoid any and all household responsibilities including the care of elderly parents and sick children.

Thank the gods TV is mostly bullshit, eh?

:)
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The2ndWheel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 12:23 AM
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15. Chattle
Equal obviously, but all cultures are created as unequal. We keep trying to fix that by forcing equality into a system that was made to be unequal. Which is why we keep fighting this fight, over, and over, and over, and over. Sure, there's a win here and there, but there's always another problem.

So, like everyone today, a woman's role is to be used as a political tool with which to gain and consolidate power in whatever form that may take. So be glad you can be just like everyone else, just a cog in the machine. You can't create a different reality. Nobody can. So I say welcome female consumer. Our world is all about power, and you just want a piece. Not that I have any, but you could have all of it for all I care. Just allow me the freedom to not have to live within your new system of power. I don't want Men's Suffrage when women take over. I want a different way of being.
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meg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 06:06 AM
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16. none of your damned business
you don't get to vote on somebody else's inalienable civil rights.
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Cerridwen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 06:55 AM
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17. The reality? Or the way we think it should be?....n/t
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:02 AM
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18. Women deserve equal rights but women's role in society is not equal.
Women obviously deserve equal rights and the fact that we couldn't
agree to place that simple thought in our Constitution speaks
rather badly of America as a modern society.

But women are clearly not interchangeable with men. Consider
this thought experiment:

1. In society A, kill off all the men but ten.

2. In society B, kill off all the women but ten.

Now, in 100 years, what is the likely population of those
two societies?

That's why societies have traditionally been constructed to send
the men (and not the women!) off to be killed in wars.

Recommended reading: The Gate to Women's Country by
Sheri S. Tepper.

Tesha
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:25 AM
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20. Women Are Not Ambulatory Uteruses
Yes, a few men can impregnate untold numbers of women - but repopulation will only happen if the women are willing to remain pregnant.

Men and women are biologically different; that could be one reason why we're called "men" and "women" - ya think? But being able to impregnate/be impregnated isn't something to base one's worth upon.
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:28 AM
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22. You're suggesting I said things I didn't.
> But being able to impregnate/be impregnated isn't something
> to base one's worth upon.

You're suggesting I said things I didn't. If anything, the
undertone of my post was that women are much more valuable
to a society than they are commonly given credit for. You
should also consult the reference I cited; it would give you
a much deeper view of what I'm trying to suggest here.

Tesha
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lukasahero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 08:25 AM
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24. Then you have to hope that women like me aren't included in your
end of world scenario. Yes, I could get pregnant. But you would have to rape me to do it. Factor that little tidbit in your scenario and let me know how it works out for you. Or does it really not matter to you?

FTR, not all women desire to be human incubators.
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 08:30 AM
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25. Okay.
Okay, you're factored in. You made a net change of 0.000001%.

Feel better now?

Tesha

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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:34 AM
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23. So, any of the "brave" posters saying women aren't equal to men
Want to own up to it? Or, like many in the Klan, do they prefer to act like roaches and hide themselves from the light?

Uh-huh, I thought so.

For shame.
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 08:31 AM
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26. Don't look at me; I picked "other" but the DU Thought Police...
Don't look at me; I picked "other" but one post up the
DU Thought Police are busy jerking their knees rather
than thinking.

Tesha
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