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aergia · Regular

It's not a woman's duty

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

No one should assault anyone, male or female. Period.

And that would be the better message, IMHO.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

I agree Czech. You stated it much better.

I actually disagree with their statement somewhat. It is a person's duty to some degree to make sure they aren't assaulted. You know the simple basic safety measures. Stay in well lit places at night, be aware of your surrounding, stay away from bad neighborhoods, don't walk around with ear buds in so someone can sneak up on you, etc..........

aergia · Regular

sorry the premise was to formulate what is a woman's duty...I should have been more explicit.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Oh, ok.

It is a woman's duty to get the most out of her life.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

It is not my duty to create sperm.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Sorry, aergia, but according to Tig, women are responsible for their own safety.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Lexxy wrote:
I agree Czech. You stated it much better.

I actually disagree with their statement somewhat. It is a person's duty to some degree to make sure they aren't assaulted. You know the simple basic safety measures. Stay in well lit places at night, be aware of your surrounding, stay away from bad neighborhoods, don't walk around with ear buds in so someone can sneak up on you, etc..........

Well, that's getting harder and harder to do. Men are allowed everywhere, now. A woman can't even use the restroom without wondering if a man will be in there.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

And the same liberals who want to make women share private areas with men also want to take their guns away.

apple · Guru

My goodness, I see a lot of hate spewing forth for "liberals". lol

Women AND men should to their best to make smart choices that will keep them out of harms way.

Duty? what does that have to do with anything?

Ohfour · Hooker

apple wrote:
My goodness, I see a lot of hate spewing forth for "liberals". lol

Women AND men should to their best to make smart choices that will keep them out of harms way.

Duty? what does that have to do with anything?

Its a liberal twitter account. They want to put schitt like this out there, they are going go be made fun of.

apple · Guru

I'd call it more of a feminist extremist site.

There is such a thing as too far, I am all for equality and I feel women have made great strides in the work place.
As the Old boys club dies off even more changes will be made.

I don't think men need to be put down, degraded or maligned in order to achieve equality. Some of these feminist groups are over the top...extreme.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I miss when men were men and women were glad of it.

aergia · Regular

feminist and proud of it, but then you already knew that.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Lawyerlady wrote:
Sorry, aergia, but according to Tig, women are responsible for their own safety.

Yup - always be aware of your surroundings, have something to use as a weapon, be trained in some form of self-protection, stay in groups and be pro-active about protecting yourself. Taking care of you is definitely your responsibility. Nobody else will take responsibility for you and you can't expect them to.

Ohfour · Hooker

lilyofcourse wrote:
I miss when men were men and women were glad of it.

Right? The book Wild At Heart changed my life.

And we have pretty much a perfect marriage.

I respect him as a man...he respects me as a woman.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Tignanello wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Sorry, aergia, but according to Tig, women are responsible for their own safety.
Yup - always be aware of your surroundings, have something to use as a weapon, be trained in some form of self-protection, stay in groups and be pro-active about protecting yourself. Taking care of you is definitely your responsibility. Nobody else will take responsibility for you and you can't expect them to.

They certainly won't. They won't even let you feel safe in a bathroom. And if the women get attacked, shame on them - they obviously weren't doing enough to protect themselves.

huskerbb · Guru

aergia wrote:
this is a new account opened on apparently Twitter. @feminismvibes This is their opening statement.
I wonder what you folks think about it:
It's not a woman's duty to make sure she isn't assaulted when she leaves the house. It's your duty not to assault her.

There are many other statements, I wonder what you would add to it...

But that's dumb.

OF COURSE people shouldn't commit crimes. Duh.

But simply saying that isn't going to prevent anything. Criminals don't base their activities based on what any person, group of people, or even the entire society says or thinks.

What, you think just simply telling a criminal not to commit a crime will work? You mean all our jails are chock full of criminals simply because sh!t, we didn't think to tell them they shouldn't have done that?

ed11563 · Guru

Just because I don't assault women,

that doesn't allow women to make themselves easy targets.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

ed11563 wrote:
Just because I don't assault women,
that doesn't allow women to make themselves easy targets.

Then they need to stop using restrooms in Target.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

You mean women shouldnt be able to sasshay down the street wearing nothing but a smile and not expect some kind of unwanted attention?

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Or for cripes sake. Way to take us back 50 years. Yes, IT'S THE WOMAN'S FAULT WHEN SHE GETS ATTACKED. evileye evileye evileye bleh

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

apple wrote:
My goodness, I see a lot of hate spewing forth for "liberals". lol

Women AND men should to their best to make smart choices that will keep them out of harms way.

Duty? what does that have to do with anything?

And this surprises you because...?

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lawyerlady wrote:
ed11563 wrote:
Just because I don't assault women,
that doesn't allow women to make themselves easy targets.

Then they need to stop using restrooms in Target.

I'm going to Target today. I'll likely use the restroom.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Ohfour wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
I miss when men were men and women were glad of it.
Right? The book Wild At Heart changed my life.
And we have pretty much a perfect marriage.
I respect him as a man...he respects me as a woman.

We respect each other as people.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

lilyofcourse wrote:
It is not my duty to create sperm.

Who said it was?

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Tignanello wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Sorry, aergia, but according to Tig, women are responsible for their own safety.
Yup - always be aware of your surroundings, have something to use as a weapon, be trained in some form of self-protection, stay in groups and be pro-active about protecting yourself. Taking care of you is definitely your responsibility. Nobody else will take responsibility for you and you can't expect them to.

It's NOT an either/or situation.

You want to walk down a street in a dangerous part of town at night by yourself, be my guest.

You want to leave your car unlocked & parked in a dark corner of the lot, ditto.

And that goes for BOTH sexes.

flan

aergia · Regular

I thought it was a simple question.

OK I withdraw my question because I no longer know how to talk to folks here.

There is a unique set of mindsets here.

HAve a great weekend

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

aergia wrote:
I thought it was a simple question.

OK I withdraw my question because I no longer know how to talk to folks here.

There is a unique set of mindsets here.

HAve a great weekend

It usually is a simple question, and most people would answer it rationally. But, you posted this at a time when the answers aren't so simple because of other issues being discussed on the board. To answer your question the way it should be answered would belie their arguments on another thread.

FNW · Guru

Sure, it's not your duty to be safe. But if you're smart, you will make it a priority.

Mary Zombie · Guru

Right. It's everyone's individual responsibility to conduct themselves with common sense and caution.

Because let's face it some people svck.

-- Edited by Mary Zombie on Thursday 12th of May 2016 01:23:41 PM

Blankie · Guru

The use of the word duty is interesting in this case. It makes me wonder if the quote is in response to something else. For example, there are countries where the status quo cultural attitude is that it IS a woman's duty to not get attacked. Like countries where there are honor killings of women who were raped and the woman's family believes it was the woman's fault, and she brought shame on the family. Even when she clearly did nothing to invite or provoke the attack. There are cultures where people think this way. I think this statement might be spoken as a challenge to such beliefs.

"It's not a woman's duty to make sure she isn't assaulted when she leaves the house. It's your duty not to assault her."

apple · Guru

Mary Zombie wrote:
Right. It's everyone's individual responsibility to conduct themselves with common sense and caution.
Because let's face it some people svck.

-- Edited by Mary Zombie on Thursday 12th of May 2016 01:23:41 PM

this.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

It is my duty to keep myself as safe as possible.

I can not control other people.

But I can make it as hard as possible for someone to hurt me.

Think about it, do you guard you PIN numbers, use secure passwords, lock your doors, avoid certain places?

That's taking responsibility for your safety.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Ohfour wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
I miss when men were men and women were glad of it.
Right? The book Wild At Heart changed my life.
And we have pretty much a perfect marriage.
I respect him as a man...he respects me as a woman.

It's a different kind of relationship, isn't it?

apple · Guru

Women especially should be careful.
What is wrong with saying that? Don't put yourself in harms way.

If I see a dark alley and wisely decide not to walk down it in the middle of the night and another woman does decide to, and she gets attacked, it could have been avoided. RIGHT?

If I say oh that is horrible, that poor woman... I never would have walked down that alley at night.... I get verbally attacked for having common sense.

Its a no win.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lawyerlady wrote:
aergia wrote:
I thought it was a simple question.

OK I withdraw my question because I no longer know how to talk to folks here.

There is a unique set of mindsets here.

HAve a great weekend

It usually is a simple question, and most people would answer it rationally. But, you posted this at a time when the answers aren't so simple because of other issues being discussed on the board. To answer your question the way it should be answered would belie their arguments on another thread.

Seriously? I did answer the question.

aergia rarely posts, so by all means, let's make her feel uncomfortable that she asked a question.

flan

Tinydancer · Guru

She left after YOUR post flan but blame LL by all means because again you NEVER do anything wrong.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
aergia wrote:
I thought it was a simple question.

OK I withdraw my question because I no longer know how to talk to folks here.

There is a unique set of mindsets here.

HAve a great weekend

It usually is a simple question, and most people would answer it rationally. But, you posted this at a time when the answers aren't so simple because of other issues being discussed on the board. To answer your question the way it should be answered would belie their arguments on another thread.
Seriously? I did answer the question.
aergia rarely posts, so by all means, let's make her feel uncomfortable that she asked a question.
flan

Was I talking to you? It's not always about YOU, flan.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

No kidding.

The paranoia is strong in that one.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I'm not the one who thinks the world is ending at least 17 times a week.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
aergia wrote:
I thought it was a simple question.

OK I withdraw my question because I no longer know how to talk to folks here.

There is a unique set of mindsets here.

HAve a great weekend

It usually is a simple question, and most people would answer it rationally. But, you posted this at a time when the answers aren't so simple because of other issues being discussed on the board. To answer your question the way it should be answered would belie their arguments on another thread.
Seriously? I did answer the question.
aergia rarely posts, so by all means, let's make her feel uncomfortable that she asked a question.
flan
Was I talking to you? It's not always about YOU, flan.

You answered the questions I specifically asked 04 yesterday...

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
aergia wrote:
I thought it was a simple question.

OK I withdraw my question because I no longer know how to talk to folks here.

There is a unique set of mindsets here.

HAve a great weekend

It usually is a simple question, and most people would answer it rationally. But, you posted this at a time when the answers aren't so simple because of other issues being discussed on the board. To answer your question the way it should be answered would belie their arguments on another thread.
Seriously? I did answer the question.
aergia rarely posts, so by all means, let's make her feel uncomfortable that she asked a question.
flan
Was I talking to you? It's not always about YOU, flan.
You answered the questions I specifically asked 04 yesterday...
flan

So? I didn't answer it as if you had asked ME, I knew what ohfour's answer would be. That's hardly the same thing as assuming what I'm saying is totally about you.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Okey dokey...

Where did I "assume" that your comment was about me?

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
Okey dokey...

Where did I "assume" that your comment was about me?

flan

REALLY????

flan327 wrote:

Lawyerlady wrote:
aergia wrote:
I thought it was a simple question.

OK I withdraw my question because I no longer know how to talk to folks here.

There is a unique set of mindsets here.

HAve a great weekend

It usually is a simple question, and most people would answer it rationally. But, you posted this at a time when the answers aren't so simple because of other issues being discussed on the board. To answer your question the way it should be answered would belie their arguments on another thread.

Seriously? I did answer the question.

aergia rarely posts, so by all means, let's make her feel uncomfortable that she asked a question.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

The fact that your go-to insult is that I never answer questions has no bearing here?

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

huskerbb · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
Sorry, aergia, but according to Tig, women are responsible for their own safety.

Largely, in many ways, EVERYONE is responsible for their own safety.

No one can "force" you to wear your seat belt, or put your phone down so you don't text and drive, or lock your doors at night, or to not throw lit cigarettes in the garbage, or whatever.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
The fact that your go-to insult is that I never answer questions has no bearing here?

flan

I have no idea what you are talking about, what you possibly answered. I wasn't talking to you or about you, so your response makes no sense.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:
The fact that your go-to insult is that I never answer questions has no bearing here?

flan
I have no idea what you are talking about, what you possibly answered. I wasn't talking to you or about you, so your response makes no sense.

Ditto.

flan