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> I’m going to tell you a story and it’s very, very important. Please read it, all the way through. Women’s lives are at stake. So it's very, very, important t
by _debug_ 15y ago
> I’m going to tell you a story and it’s very, very important. Please read it, all the way through. Women’s lives are at stake.
So it's very, very, important to read this because a particular gender's lives are at stake, and this gender, lest you forget, is very, very important.
Have you ever seen a man write like this, ever ready to use their gender as a VIP card?
Then there's her "business" icon. Is that a semi-stripper?? Is that a post-it note? Is her skirt hanging down into the space between the Y?
Have you ever seen many men promote their businesses using their sexuality or gender as a card?
No, this is not a "vicious" hate crime or "attack" on Women Bloggers. This is an "attack" on A particular woman blogger who is clearly using her gender as both a food stamp and a responsibility-shield to get by in this world. For a counterexample, @see jeanhsu.com. No whoring there.
- autarch 15y agoSo if a woman shows any hint of sexuality, there's something really wrong with that? I don't see why that's relevant.
- _debug_ 15y agoIMO, women who use their sexuality as a playing card are the first in line to complain that they are not being treated like a "lady".
- geeksam 15y ago"Your honor, did you see the way she was dressed? She was clearly asking for it." [Tags: sarcasm (if that weren't immediately obvious)]
- _debug_ 15y agoLeaving my way of communication ("whoring") aside, would you agree that she is playing the gender card?
- britta 15y agoEven if she chooses to make her gender part of her branding in a prominent and very-confident way, "whoring" is a poor choice of words - it's a loaded term with connotations of specifically insulting a particular gender for behaving in overly-confident ways. If you'd like to have a web where gender isn't an important distinguishing characteristic by default, it's helpful to avoid sexualized insults.
- _debug_ 15y agoYou are right that I went overboard. I could potentially point out politely that she is playing the gender card.