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Originally Posted by WayoftheWolf
I dont think that I am the one who sounds like a confused feminist and would never personally attack someone. Let the strength of your arguement prove yourself; attacking someone may make you feel better but accomplishes very little. As for "brainless idiots" they do not include just women. The concept of feminism is contigent on a duality. We do not know black if we do not knwo white. We do not good without evil. We do not know feminine if we do not know masculine. Men who judge women based on their looks for afore mentioned reasons are "brainless idiots." If we believe in this dichotomy it is logical to assume that men are just as oppressed as women. Is the man who hides his feminine side, cries, is fat, bald, weak, etc just as oppressed? If there are gender stereotypes there will always be oppression for those that do not meet those stereotypes. Perhaps I am a confused feminist. And this btw has nothing to do with any form of patritism. This is not a zero sum game. My arguements were not to make America look worse and Egypt better or converse. We are a great country and am thankful that I live in a place where I can learn espouse such great ideas with other great people.
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I didn't at all attack you. I stated an opinion. My opinion was and is that whether you intended to or not, your post certainly made it sound as if American women are oppressed by society in regard to clothing and apparently body image. My response was simply alluding that those are personal choices not societal demands. As an American woman (maybe I am exception but at least I can base my ideas of women off being a woman), I don't at all feel as if I am forced to dress a certain way.
If you took my referring to you sounding like a confused feminist as a personal attack, then that's your problem.
I might be completely off base and out of line here and I have no doubt someone will be along very shortly to correct me if I am but I for one am tired of reading your posts where you laud your education like it's absolute and unique. I congratulate you for getting an education and in the process deciding to study areas that are or were out of the norm for you but you are not the only person on this site who is educated.
Now that I am completely off topic, I am finished.