Why men have it easy

However now that I think of it, women complain about men having it so much easier than they do. So if this post is insulting, does it mean women can get away with the same stuff? So in essence, you have no reason to complain...ever. I don't think the OP realized this, but she just ended the battle between the sexes. You deserve a Nobel Peace Prize or very large statue somewhere.

There are very few things on the list which actually require one to be male or female. So yes, women can "get away" with most of the things on there. However, posting the list did not 'end the battle of the sexes' - rather, it spread the stereotypes even more. Take a look at what you just said. You seem to assume that it's dramatic and unbelievable to say that women can not spend several thousand pounds on what they wear for their wedding, or not bother to shave below the neck. It's so deeply ingrained in you, that you just presented that idea as ludicrous. Can you not see how narrow-minded and ignorant that is?

Probably not, if you think your post wasn't self-contradictory.

Look at what persistent belief in these stereotypes has done to the world. Female politicians are still judged more on their clothes than their policies, and lists like this, which paint women as concerned only with clothing and appearances, don't help.

Let's skip right over the bull**** like women not knowing about tanks, and get straight to the serious part.

I spent my last weekend campaigning against the idea that women are raped because of what they choose to wear. There were so many stories, from everyone involved. Women who, for years, are told that they only important thing about them is their looks - like the list says, over and over, spending an inordinate amount of time caring about appearances, being in a hetero-normative relationship being the most important thing in their lives, fearing growing old, having to wear make-up - and then, after being attacked, being told "this is because of how you looked". Young girls, some of them younger than twenty, being pushed both ways by these awful mixed messages, being told that, to be feminine, the have to be pretty, but, if they are pretty, and they're raped, it's their fault, for being women.

(It's not true, btw; most women are raped in their own homes, by their partners. 44% of rape victims are children. I assure you, it's not because of what the're wearing.).

Repeating these fake and sexist ideas, that this is what women care about, and men don't, is harmful. Ideas like, women have to shave to be womanly, or have to want to get married, or have to wear make-up, or can't know about trucks. That kind of ignorance goes beyond a joke when people think it's true - like the person I quoted, who, as I pointed out, thought it would be oh-so-shocking to go "women can do that stuff too". Of course they can. It's only sexist bull**** like this being spouted that makes them think they can't, that they have to be some other way You say "it's just a joke!", but that's absolutely no excuse for repeating stuff like this. And then you've got people saying things like "it's so true!", or even calling people names for daring to disagree? What. the. ****? O_O

You know that there are differences between the sexes and it doesn't make one better than the other. We are all different and to push your one sided views on people takes away the beauty and diversity that make men and women so unique. No one is saying women are inferior.

These are not differences between the sexes. These are stereotypes. Women are not biologically pre-determined to wear make-up, or spend thousands on wedding dresses, or obsess over getting old. Those are cultural ideas, not differences between individuals.

Has a rapist actually used that as an excuse? I'm being serious in a totally why so serious thread. I have never heard a rapist, accused rapist, or someone around watching the news seeing a picture of a woman raped and said, "she got raped cause of what she was wearing".

Yes. Rape victims are frequently asked for their sexual history, and an inordinate amount of attention is paid to their clothes. You're very lucky to be so far removed from that world.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=slutwalks&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

I dont think the post was ment to be insulting!! geez lighten up ppl... where is your humour!!

It was a joke. And to take it as anything other than that is ridiculous. There were plenty of people who commented that they thought it was insulting. I didn't reply. To say I further oppressed women because of a joke is over the top. Don't assume to know anything about me or my beliefs because of a harmless post. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, I'm not interested in making anyone change their mind, least of all here. I have never feel the need to try to force feed my beliefs and opinions down someone's throat, especially without even knowing them or what their intentions were. When I read it, I thought the absurdity of it all was hilarious, I thought it was outdated and extremely sexist and funny. So I decided to share it. Next time you decide to go off on a diatribe, think of the context first this is the Chit-chat, fun and games board.

Now back to dusting off angryguy.....

I'm not saying that these things at times can't be funny, it is all contextual. and no one here said anything about your beliefs, but actions do enhance stereotypes. Rappers dropping the N bomb reinforces racism. Girls calling each other *****y ****s, or sandy vaginas...reinforces sexism. Saying that men have it easier because they don't have to shave below the neck is sexist! I have little hairs on my toes that my bf loves! I can open my own jars.

Women are treated like **** globally.

An excellent joke would be, women have it easier!