I don’t think that what I’m about to say actually applies, but you know what I find most annoying in the world?
Well, I’ll give an example:
We were in gym class and the teacher was explaining discus and he told us that the boys’ discuses weighed 1 kilogram and the girls’ discuses weighed 750 grams. And then this one girl in my class goes, “Why is the girls’ discus lighter?” And she knows what the teacher is going to say so she goes, “Don’t say it, it’s sexist.”
IT’S NOT SEXIST!!!
In reality, boys ARE stronger than girls! And admitting to that is not being sexist, it’s being truthful!
Being sexist would be saying that ALL girls are NOT ALLOWED to throw 1 kilogram discuses because they’ll damage they’re delicate bodies.
NEVER be afraid to say that something’s true JUST because it’s SOMETHING-IST! It’s NOT unless it’s DISCRIMINITORY!!!
Sorry for all the yelling, I’m very passionate about this, and thanks for listening to my rant . . .
If you want to emphasize something without resorting to capslock, put asterisks on either side. The “show help” button (on the right when you’re about to post) explains all the options.
People sometimes find comments using ALL CAPS for emphasis unpleasant to read. I think that you may be annoying people with this behavior—I wanted to let you know in case this wasn’t your intention.
I think that upvoting simple “Thanks” comments is sometimes beneficial—courtesy can be helpful in maintaining useful dialogue between people who have very different beliefs prior to the discussion.
ETA: Yes, I will downvote such comments if they get too much karma—my note above mostly extends to a point or two.
I think it’s worthwhile, at this point, to define exactly what one means by ‘sexist’. According to Wiktionary, it means (as a noun):
A person who discriminates on grounds of sex; someone who practises sexism.
And as an adjective:
Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
Now, looking at ‘discriminate’, we have two definitions:
(intransitive) To make distinctions.
And:
(intransitive, construed with against) To make decisions based on prejudice.
This definition leaves it a little unclear as to whether describing any differences between genders (including the obvious ones) is sexist, or whether only describing discriminatory differences between genders is sexist. Personally, I had always assumed that any difference counted as sexist, but only discriminatory differences counted as bad things to say; that is, that saying that boys are on average stronger than girls is both true and sexist.
From your post, I think that you are using a different definition of ‘sexist’, where only the discriminatory uses are considered valid examples.
I don’t think that what I’m about to say actually applies, but you know what I find most annoying in the world?
Well, I’ll give an example: We were in gym class and the teacher was explaining discus and he told us that the boys’ discuses weighed 1 kilogram and the girls’ discuses weighed 750 grams. And then this one girl in my class goes, “Why is the girls’ discus lighter?” And she knows what the teacher is going to say so she goes, “Don’t say it, it’s sexist.”
IT’S NOT SEXIST!!!
In reality, boys ARE stronger than girls! And admitting to that is not being sexist, it’s being truthful! Being sexist would be saying that ALL girls are NOT ALLOWED to throw 1 kilogram discuses because they’ll damage they’re delicate bodies.
NEVER be afraid to say that something’s true JUST because it’s SOMETHING-IST! It’s NOT unless it’s DISCRIMINITORY!!!
Sorry for all the yelling, I’m very passionate about this, and thanks for listening to my rant . . .
If you want to emphasize something without resorting to capslock, put asterisks on either side. The “show help” button (on the right when you’re about to post) explains all the options.
Why thank you!
SIGH!!!
Nooooooo, we do not vote up comments like this. We vote up comments that make good points on the subject we are all trying to learn more about.
Um, a couple notes here:
People sometimes find comments using ALL CAPS for emphasis unpleasant to read. I think that you may be annoying people with this behavior—I wanted to let you know in case this wasn’t your intention.
I think that upvoting simple “Thanks” comments is sometimes beneficial—courtesy can be helpful in maintaining useful dialogue between people who have very different beliefs prior to the discussion.
ETA: Yes, I will downvote such comments if they get too much karma—my note above mostly extends to a point or two.
I think it’s worthwhile, at this point, to define exactly what one means by ‘sexist’. According to Wiktionary, it means (as a noun):
And as an adjective:
Now, looking at ‘discriminate’, we have two definitions:
And:
This definition leaves it a little unclear as to whether describing any differences between genders (including the obvious ones) is sexist, or whether only describing discriminatory differences between genders is sexist. Personally, I had always assumed that any difference counted as sexist, but only discriminatory differences counted as bad things to say; that is, that saying that boys are on average stronger than girls is both true and sexist.
From your post, I think that you are using a different definition of ‘sexist’, where only the discriminatory uses are considered valid examples.