Are people/men naturally sexist to women?, page 4

Originally posted by YSM85
Boohoo women. What I don't understand is why many women believe it to be appropriate to hide behind children in debates regarding gender. What do you mean women AND children are raped, maimed, and abused? Why are women and children considered one and the same? Is it because women and children have the same mental capacity and maturity level? I'm asking you.

Women are just as guilty if not more so of abusing children (children includes boys, btw). In fact, millions of women murder unborn children each year in the US alone. Does that mean anything to you? Call me naive, but I'd rather live and be raped than have my life snuffed out before I had a chance to do anything.

Men make up the majority of the fire force, police force, and our military force, et cetera. That's good enough for me. It pains me that people like you conveniently forget that.

If men and women were truly treated as equals, then you may have been kicked out of the military long ago. The physical requirements for women in the military are set much lower than men. That kind of Political Correctness is unfair and it weakens our military. Thank you for possibly weakening our military.

[edit on 21-6-2009 by YSM85]

Hello YSM85,

I respect your opinions. I assure you that I was not hiding behind "women and children" in this discussion, which I can hardly call a reasonable debate from how it has went thus far. But in any case, I bring up the topic of civilian women and children as unfortunate casualties because history speaks to us of these horrors during war. It has been the sexist views towards women as less than man that have prompted men in war and other violent conflicts to rape and capture them. It's not limited to any one society or culture. Why do you ask me if women and children are "one and the same because they have the same mental capacity and maturity level"? I tactfully remind you, sir, that you are grasping at straws and seeing what you want to see in my posts, and misinterpreting my words to suit your own agenda. If you believe that, then those are you beliefs. Good luck with that going through life.

I don't believe that this is a topic addressing abortion, so maybe you can create your own, or add to one of the many others that are already open. I am not even going there. This post is about "Are people/men naturally sexist to women". I believe they are. Women (some) are catty and condescending to oen another. Women (some) are competitive and nasty to one another in the company of men. Cultural beliefs have made women second class citizens in most of the world, and only in more developed nations does this deviate. Women are subject to harmful practices like FGM and poor health care in nations where a male doctor is not allowed to attend a female patient. How many men own or have owned a magazine or watch entertainment that objectifies and demeans women? How many men have lost touch ultimately, with what a natural unadulturated woman's beauty is, due to the airbrushed images men are conditioned to lust after? All aspects of sexism, are cultural and subject to each individual and respective culture.

I wouldn't wish the trauma of rape or abuse upon anyone, and how you can speak so nonchalantly about such suffering to be faceitous and asinine towards me is insulting to the victims of such violence and pain. Peace be upon you. I wish no one any ill will. Also, I never negated that women abuse kids too, just as men do. But how many women gang rape men in times of war, and traffick men as sex slaves?

I also never negated that men comprise the majority of the fighting forces and police forces/firefighting services. I agree, men are generally physically stronger than women. You'll get no debate on that from me. I completed all my schooling and training in the military to standard, no exceptions were made for me. You're welcome for my service. I am proud to have served.