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Re: humorless ass.
My bad. Although the rest of your post sort of proved my point. The whole discussion started with a lighthearted reference, by a man, on youthful sexuality as "pussy" (as in, "chasing..."). It was a gently teasing conversation, that evolved toward a goal of coming to an understanding about the usage of these words, until you jumped in with your non-sequitur.
I am one who has the misfortune of from time to time dealing with so-called "feminists" who routinely state the fact that women are only victims, and all evil is male.
Well, that's a shame, but you really shouldn't put that on me if you don't know that it fits, which you don't (and it doesn't). I have a really great appreciation of males, just not those who think I'm a lesser being simply because our anatomy differs.
I agree with you that all of those terms are offensive, for the reasons you stated, and I rarely use them myself. However, I think you would have to agree that when insults are being lobbed "pussy" seems to be used with much more frequency than "prick" to imply lack of manhood.
No, it does not imply that woman is lesser. It implies that the male isn't sufficiently male. It isn't actually about women at all.
If that were true, then you all would stick to your own anatomy when searching for insults. After all, wouldn't say, "limp dick" also imply insufficiency?
There is, of course, still sexism in the military against women. One example of that is the high rate of rape. Another is such as the disparity in the Graner-English sentences, and the controversy concerning one of those.
Not just the high rate but also the fact that it is still considered acceptable to suppress evidence and intimidate accusers.
As for Lynndie England and Charles Graner and the discrepancies in their sentences, England agreed to plead guilty to abuse and would have been sentenced to 11 years. Graner then intervened with new testimony that resulted in the judge reducing her sentence. And you want to blame her for not being feminist enough to tell them to STFU? The real crime was not this discrepancy, but the fact that charges didn't flow up the chain of command where they truly belonged.
I never "billed" myself as anything to you. In fact, until you jumped into our conversation all puffed up about whatnot, I had never even had a discussion with you. So I'm not sure why you feel justified in dropping every single emasculating thing some other "feminist" ever laid on you at my door, but that door is now closed to you.
