Men vs. Women

Altheus

It has probably come to everyone's attention while reading threads in Humanities and Personal Issues, that there is a growing division between the opinions of male members and female members.

Examples are... The porn thread, The boyfriend lapdance thread, The Feminist thread

This isn't a problem per say, but it seems that personal, sexist, and very unbalanced remarks are being made.

Why is it that a discussion cannot be made at some solid human level without it degrading into a debate in the difference of opinions between men and women. This is the humanities board, I imagine that means we're trying to strive to pull together some composite of what we consider "humanity" to be, rather than polarising it according to gender.

I enjoy the threads as much as the next man (or woman) because it makes for quicker response times, more concise argument, but it is also causing huge amounts of crap to be posted.

The charter states that sexism/generalisations will not be tolerated, but how can we/moderators actually judge this?

What I'm asking in this thread, what is considered to be a sexist generalisation?

The majority of boards users are male, but we have an increasing number of women contributing to every thread. In fact it seems every new user I see is female, and I think it's great that we're diversifying, but how are we going to keep the integrity of our threads together if every thread is going to fall by the wayside into an argument of "You don't know what it's like to be a ..."

nesf

Altheus wrote:

What I'm asking in this thread, what is considered to be a sexist generalisation?

In my opinion, which holds little weight in this forum.

Saying "women are generally weaker than men" is fine. It's a statement of fact. Saying "all women are weaker than men" is not, it's sexist bull****.

Same goes with "young men generally are dangerous drivers" and "all young men are dangerous drivers".

There are well established "differences" between the sexs. It's only when someone takes a difference that is a generalisation and applys it to everyone of that sex that becomes a sexist remark.

Or at least that is what I think.

Quantum

Altheus wrote:

. . . there is a growing division between the opinions of male members and female members

Wow.... I wonder if the media should be alerted !

Examples are... The porn thread, The boyfriend lapdance thread, The Feminist thread

This isn't a problem per say, but it seems that personal, sexist, and very unbalanced remarks are being made.

It's hardly shocking that men and women will 'tend' to hold differing views on such gender driven issues as these. Are you saying that you didn't expect this ?

I read most the threads here and personally I have not seen this dreadful rift you speak of. Ocassional posts get over heated but on the whole I see a lot of constructive contributions. Maybe you should lower your sights and accept that people have opinions that don't always come ready packaged in structured, considered prose. Many men and many women also hold views that are essentially sexist in some way and to some degree without realising it.

simu

What division? There are a few near-muppets here of both genders who post a load of rubblish - these guys end up causing a lot of conflict or else become the butts of many a great and not-so-great joke. Then there are less hysterical posters of both genders who get along just fine even if they don't agree all the time or ever at all.


No need for a breathless TV3 news report moment just yet.

rubadub

Altheus wrote:

What I'm asking in this thread, what is considered to be a sexist generalisation?

That most men would love the idea of being raped by a woman...

The Corinthian

Altheus wrote:

What I'm asking in this thread, what is considered to be a sexist generalisation?

Here you go:

Quantum wrote:

As long as young men drive like lunatics they wil be treated as such. As long as youg men screw every skirt they get their hands on then they can expect to receive harsh treatment by the family courts.

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