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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
No we aren't.
I have NEVER once seen a case of sexism in my entire career in the Silicon Valley (spanning decades).
I'm sure they exist - but it's not the rule out here.
Out here, INTELLIGENCE & EDUCATION matter.
Plus, there is this biological thing, which I'm sure I'll get in trouble just stating a simple example of...
If a woman's car breaks down, what does she do (in general)?
If a man's car breaks down, what does he do (in general)?
I know. I know. You'll give me anecdotes galore where the woman grabs a popsicle stick and a roll of duct tape and with a discarded frozen OJ container, fixes the blown heater hose; and, you'll show me anecdotal evidence where some men in white pants and white shoes call the tow truck; but, in general, men handle this situation differently than do women.
I'll give you another example, one which I have seen so many times that it shocks me that people say to a teen girl "oh you're so cute" whereas they (for the most part) they tell a teen boy "so, are you the quarterback?). These SAME people decry that "girls" don't go into "math and science". (Idiots all.)
So, while in PERSONAL life I've seen (mostly mothers) fawn over the "pretty" girls as if that mattered, the fathers say "a bit of blood never hurt him" when biological EXPECTATIONS rule.
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
There is still too much racism (even "reverse racism" is racism).
Heh heh... I admit, where I live, if a black person, for example, were to be seen within a few miles, the police would be called; but that's more a function of standing out than anything else.
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
suspect there is still too much sexism.
I haven't see that here, other than the innate sexism that the mothers and women fawn over the young girls and tell them oh so very sickening ... "oh, your're so pretty!".
The fathers, for the most part, expect the boys to be bloodied and to look disheveled and to have holes in their knees of their jeans and to fall off the rope bridge into the raging waters below every once in a while to see if they can survive.
I'll tell you that I run a LOT of hikes in these mountains, and on "my" hikes, the girls have to harness themselves just as much as the boys (based solely on age & strength, of course) when climbing down or up the cliffs.
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
There is too much discrimination against GLBT's.
I have a thread on this somewhere, but the GLBT's are, IMHO, some of the MOST RACIST bastards on this planet.
They don't care one bit about EQUALITY.
They're all, to a man or woman, absolutely and utterly incorrigibly selfish bastards. (proof on file).
For them, it's all racist selfish laws that PROTECT them (but do NOTHING whatsoever for EQUALITY).
But, that's the topic of a different thread.
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
There isn't enough of MLK's "content of their character" being the most important factor.
MLK was despicable. No better than Jessie Jackson's criminal son. But that's a topic for another story and another thread...
(PS: Kennedy was despicable too. All men in power become despicable. Don't even get me started on how power corrupts absolutely...)
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