Reply #96: Like belief in god...yeah, I've seen the physical manifestations [View All]

[Terwilliger]

of human characteristics, but sexism is an intent on the part of "the situation"...situations don't have intent, people do...so if the situation is that the man doesn't feel the pain, his intent must be sexist? That was the thrust of what she said.

I understand that society has a penchant for misunderstanding. The fact that choice in abortion is still a legal issue speaks volumes on how the society has (or has not) progressed. I still say that men aren't inherently sexist because they won't be going through what the women are.

Shit, give women a year off, tax-breaks, guarantted assistance, whatever else a mother of a child should have, but men will still only ever have the experience of stress and fractured hands after delivery.