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AislynLass -> RE: Misogyny and BDSM (12/30/2009 10:05:15 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Aynne88
Also, when I refer to the boys on the docks, that isn't his company property sweetie, that is the public dock where the men (and women) bring in their catch, and while probably questionable at best, it certainly isn't anything to do with his business, it just makes the guys have an easier time choosing who to sell their product to and buy their bait and gear from, the average joe or the attractive cool chick that buys them a beer on Fridays and every once in a blue moon has a smoke with them after business hours *not* on my company property, guess who had the advantage? Yeah me. Oh and the fact that we pay more per pound and pay it daily. In case you hadn't heard, lobstering and the whole marine industry in Maine is a multi million dollar business so you can get prissy about my snatch all you want, I'll continue to make money by skill, marketing, and if it takes a little sex appeal and hanging out for an hour or two on Friday afternoons with the hardest working men I know, well fuck me, I didn't create that concept. Besides, I thought it was us feminists that were all uptight and frigid?
This has to be one of the most hypocritical things I've ever read. I read the feminist thread, and was appalled by the viciousness of the "catfighting" and the hateful comments that were thrown back and forth at women by women. One of the comments that had me shaking my head in disbelief was made towards Elisabella by you Aynne, regarding her relating how debilitating and painful her menstrual cycle could be. I couldn't believe that one woman could be so insensitive to the fact that another woman could suffer through serious menstrual conditions such as dysmenorrhea, PCOS, and PMDD to name a few. Instead of taunting or jeering such a condition, you might instead be grateful that evidently you've never had to suffer through excessively painful or physically debilitating periods.
I am fairly new to these boards, and wasn't planning on posting in this thread...but the hypocrisy here is just mindboggling to me. In this posting, you seem to suggest that the ends justify whatever means to make the sale. Yet, in the same post, you refer to yourself as a feminist. Personally, I've always held the belief that the key concept of feminism was to promote the value of equal pay and opportunity for equal work and merit. Your boasting of using "sex appeal" to give you an edge with the men you are competing with completely belies and contradicts this point in my opinion. It is just really ironic that the argument over the cheerleading issue was being made that it promotes the message to girls that their "worth" or "value" is based on their looks or their bodies.
I happen to be an educator and worked to put myself through college to earn a degree. I was hired for my job as a teacher based on my credentials and ability. I guess I misunderstood the premises of feminism and didn't realize it meant that I should use my looks to give me a competitive edge over a man, rather than focusing on my intelligence and merit.
Oh, and I suppose that posturing as an "uber bitch" (based on how many times you've used that expression) and pointing a gun at a camera is supposed to convey "I am woman, hear me roar?" I don't think that is how Helen Reddy intended it.
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