Do you treat girls differently?

frozen-tears
Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:35:28 +0000

shadownife:

frozen-tears: How would treating two people the same…not be equal? I agree that a lot of guys do “instinctively” change their tone etc., and that’s what I’m questioning =P Can you also elaborate how some jokes or language are simply not acceptable only when girls are around? If you are against racist jokes or such, shouldn’t that ALWAYS be wrong, not only if girls are around?



Wow, you got it EXACTLY right! However, I’m not really saying that “different is the same,” I’m saying that “the same does not necessarily mean equal.”

Here’s an example of what you have currently: “I, a woman, will not only tolerate but in fact encourage men to make misogynist comments around me because they make the same comments around men.” How does that make men and women equal?

As for “some jokes language are simply not acceptable,” yes, I do believe they’re not acceptable anywhere. I’m simply saying, perhaps men know they’re unacceptable, and that’s why they feel guilty using them around women.