Capitol Hill Blue Forums Misc. Topics The Media "We scream, We Swoon, How Dumb Can We Get?"

Actually, no, I wasn't going to say that at all, but since you mention it -

Hekate and Issodhos have hit the nail on the head. The central issue here is that the article is both ignorant and wrong. Everything else is extraneous.

The point of the article, and of the thread, is prejudice. This article is absolutely full of it. The response I was really hoping for was "wow, this writer is whacked."

Challenging writers like this is far more important, has far greater effect on the lives of women, than any number of gentlemanly actions. When we sidetrack ourselves into discussions of who opens which door, we allow that prejudice to stand unchallenged, because we never address it directly.

Interestingly, I think all the women responding to this thread addressed the faults of the article itself (as in, "Wow, this writer is whacked!), directly. Most - not all, but most - of the men did not. I truly have no idea what that indicates, if it indicates anything - but I find it interesting.