> > > > Most guys are jerks...at least most of the ones around here.
> > > >
> > > > ~Den-"Most Boys Are Jerks"Kara
> > > >
> > > > P.S.
> > > > Seriously...most guys ARE jerks. I can only think of one guy I regularly have decent conversations with.
> > >
> > > You don't know enough guys. On average, I've found the jerk to non-jerk ratio to be much the same regardless of gender. Of course, one thing about jerks is they tend to occur en masse, some days. It's just one of those things.
> > >
> > > Brunnen-"suspecting this has something to do with your 'what a day' post"G
> >
> > Thank you Brunnen-G, as a guy I was starting to get more than a tad offended by this whole thread.
> >
> > Sometimes it seems that it is sexist to make a remark about women, but it is trendy to bash guys on-mass.
> >
> > Speed'petpeeve'ball
>
> You know guys do it too! As a female who is usually considered "one-of-the-guys", I've heard comments that are terribly sexist and usually would offend me if I heard them outside the group. Don't complain about one stupid t-shirt.
>
> Sil"grow up everyone and don't take everything so personally"vercup

It's not one stupid T-shirt. Each day I see loads of T-shirts, keychains, stickers, and pins that down and trash men and boys. I constantly hear derogatory comments about how every single man is a horrible, dishonest, cheating, lazy, stupid jerk. One girl doing a survey of people for art class (I don't know why) had on her list of questions -- these questions were teacher-approved -- "Why do boys lie?" The only comments I ever hear that are even remotely anti-female come from this one silly kid who is borderline insane (he is a firm believer that The Government Is Out To Get You) and from dopey sitcoms. Sexism isn't one-way, and it's disgusting (I also think "reverse discrimination" as describing discrimination against whites is a terribly stupid phrase, but that's a whole different topic). Maybe it's just a fluke, localized just in my school, but I doubt it. There is such an anti-male atmosphere that I am sickened.

-eric sleator
Tue 17 Oct A.D. 2000