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Re: Disney, "he," and Femi-nazis
Posted By: Sosiqui, on host 130.65.100.113
Date: Monday, October 8, 2001, at 10:30:25
In Reply To: Re: Disney, "he," and Femi-nazis posted by Minamoon on Sunday, October 7, 2001, at 14:26:01:

> But here in Mass, femi-nazi is an understatement. I *have* actually encountered real people who spell it "womyn."
>

And then there are the women (or should it be something else? How do they pluralize 'womyn', anyway?) who get extremely insulted and huffy if a man happens to, say, hold a door open for them. I encountered THAT particular issue during a discussion in my humanities class last semester. One girl went off about how it was condescending, implied weakness, etc. That view of it surprised me - I had always (and still do) looked at such actions as showing courtesy and respect, not insult. To me, a man opening a door for a women doesn't indicate that he thinks she's not strong enough to open it - it indicates politeness. If anything, it's always struck me as being deferential.

I suppose that goes to show that ANYTHING can be made insulting if you put your mind to it.

Sosi"protest that the sky is blue, a shade traditionally associated with male children! Sure."qui

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