I see a lot of articles that try to sell the idea that women are worthy of worship for very ordinary things like holding a job or refusing to let a man pay for anything they do.
I see articles that speak about brain research & all of the ways that the female brain has so many "women only" abilities. (I see articles about male brain abilities as well, but these are rare. Scientists & journalists alike want to keep their jobs. Larry Summers was a pretty big "red flag.")
I see women talk about how caring & nurturing they are & how men don't communicate or multitask as well as women.
These views are very prevalent it seems. The media is very friendly to this sort of opinion.
No one seems to see this as sexist or wrong or bordering on female supremacy.
It's interesting to me that men can't say even the slightest thing about male ability without it becoming somehow offensive. It's quite interesting, actually
I wonder how much of this is shaping the way we view the sexes.
2007-12-31 03:48:10 · 10 answers · asked by hopscotch 5 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
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It's everywhere you look. ...Not just articles either. There was a abcnews special on TV last year about gender where they touted "female-only" brain abilities while trying to disprove "male-only" abilities.
They could have easily found ways to "disprove" female abilities. They didn't. There was no balance.
It was amusing how they tried to "disprove" male innate math ability by using a trans-gendered "woman" that eventually had a sex-change operation into a man. I guess abc thinks trans-gnedered women are the "norm." It actually proved more than it disproved.
is abcnews "good enough" for you people? (maybe you'd prefer cbsnews... after all, there's a woman anchor. She's probably smarter, right?)
2007-12-31 04:11:03 · update #1
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Well Baba, I know the usual feminist strategy is denying fact & replacing it with things that make you feel better, but trying to tell a person what they've read, watched and heard never existed is a new low for feminist insanity.
Amazing.
I wonder if Larry Summers & what happened to him is a figment of my imagination, too.
2007-12-31 05:04:27 · update #2
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Baba,
So when I see women acting with attitudes of female superiority, I cannot call that attitude a "female superiority" attitude.
OK, got it.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Yes, none of you have ever heard anything anywhere that has been female-positive with regards to natural ability. Never ever ever do female journalists write arrogant articles. (pssst, there was one here yesterday about a British feminist.)
2007-12-31 05:37:30 · update #3
I think I found a small collection of female supremacists here earlier today...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20071231052845AA35QaU
However, you're right - this is something I've tried addressing too. I asked for some feminists studies that showed men to be good... I clicked one of the links which went to Michael Flood, you know, the guy who claims none-feminist men are wife beaters & child abuser. Yeah, very pro-male that turned out to be :o)
Another example of the 'female superiority' complex the media is engaging in...
Go and find various headlines abuot multiple deaths or such - they'll always read alike to:
"20 dead, including 1 woman"
"30 injured, 5 woman and 2 children"
etc.
It effectively highlights women OVER men, thus making them superior or at least, their lives as more 'news worthy' - screw that 19 men died - they're only 'bodies'... but 1 woman, omg, that just has GOT to get mentioned!!!!
2007-12-31 05:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm gonna have to see some citations here--MLA style, please.
2007-12-31 08:49:33 · answer #2 · answered by vintner 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In the same way many, infact I'd say more men think they are superior. I'm not sure where you are getting your informtaion but I think you are seeing through blinkered eyes, and I haven't seen any media support this vision of supremicy.
I think you are getting the nouns 'worshipped' and 'respected' confused with eachother.
2007-12-31 05:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Why so much hostility, Hopscotch? I don’t see articles about worshipping women (or men, for that matter), and if there are articles like that, they aren’t meant to be taken literally.
Enjoy your New Year’s Eve celebration tonight, and hopefully tomorrow, you’ll be a lot happier.
2007-12-31 04:38:11 · answer #4 · answered by Rainbow 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I've never seen any evidence of this, and I read quite a bit. At any rate, I don't want to be worshiped. That's just as dangerous as being reviled. I want to be respected and treated as a peer.
2007-12-31 04:13:17 · answer #5 · answered by Lyanthya 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
75% of feminists which is 0.75 % of women
2007-12-31 04:02:34 · answer #6 · answered by Jay 4 · 10⤊ 6⤋
"I see a lot of articles that try to sell the idea that women are worthy of worship for very ordinary things like holding a job or refusing to let a man pay for anything they do."
What, exactly, are you reading? Perhaps you should try "Newsweek" instead.
2007-12-31 03:58:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 4⤋
We are the givers of life and should be worshiped again like it was in the beginning.
2007-12-31 03:56:35 · answer #8 · answered by Ginger1 4 · 2⤊ 6⤋
hehe :) smiles for you.
Watch how the caring and nurturing feminists (is there really anything feminine about them) react.
2007-12-31 03:53:59 · answer #9 · answered by wigginsray 7 · 8⤊ 7⤋
It would be impossible to get accurate statistics on this. Don't even bother.
2007-12-31 03:53:05 · answer #10 · answered by Vianka 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋