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ownedgirlie -> RE: bimbofication (8/15/2007 11:58:04 AM)
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Hi Padriag,
I'm enjoying your posts on this thread. I think people take offense to any negative connotation against their intellectual ability. "Bimbo" elicits a strong response, as does "Doormat." I don't quite know where it stems from, although I see it as a defensive and protective nature. Perhaps in a world where the female species often feels condescended by the male species, we have created a knee jerk backlash to anything that comes close to touching upon such opinions.
And yet, in an environment such as this forum, where we all like to say "As long as it makes you happy and doesn't harm anyone - do it!", we actually tend to say, "As long as it makes you happy, doesn't harm anyone, and doesn't threaten my beliefs on how things ought to be - do it!"
I've watched this thread with interest. I found it interesting to see how many jumped on the ridicule bus from the get go, and how many used this as an opportunity to visit what we find acceptable and what we don't. I've always said I loathe ridicule and mockery (except when Master does so to humiliate me, heh), as I find laughing at another for amusement - even if the other is a fool - to typically be revealing of a weakness in those who are doing the laughing.
Since the OP has not returned, we can't know what his intention was for the thread. But regardless of what it was, the discussions that have come from it, I believe, have been important. I don't think they are likely to change anything, but it's good to see the various opinions discussed, none-the-less.
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