Sexism on the Pearl Jam boards...

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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,208
    Carlos D wrote:
    This thread is sexist,why do u assume it's only males who are sexist?

    BURN!!!

    i like you :)
  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    The post was rude (though might have been meant as just a tease), but frankly, the starter of the thread was annoying as hell with her moaning (though just ignoring the thread would have been simpler)...I wanted to puke by the end of the post.

    But only an American would take that comment as sexist...she lives in the UK?? my god with all teh sexual banter here, she must be having fits everyday!


    I'm a woman btw, before anyone jumps on me :)
  • VictoryGinVictoryGin Posts: 1,218
    hehe, what's a hater? is that like a playa-hata?

    yeah kinda.

    Carlos D wrote:
    This thread is sexist,why do u assume it's only males who are sexist?

    perhaps the better term for the original complaint is misogynist people/posts. regardless, maybe i missed the part where the original post said only males could be sexist?
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,976
    chipboy wrote:
    Actually there is a scene in that movie where one guy does grab the other guys ass so I could fit you in there too if you are feeling stressed.


    exactly.

    hey, i thought it hysterical...and believe me, i get accused of being 'too PC' often. hell, when 'off-balance'...we can all use more sex, nothing sexist about that. gettin' laid is quite a cure-all. :)

    but what does that MEAN, exactly? just wondering. i mean, are you assuming that because the person you're talking to can't punch you in the face if you say something rude, then it's okay to be rude? i've always wondered what people mean when they say that "it's the internet!" like "whoo-hoo, let's just act like obnoxious assholes, it's cyberspace after all!" :rolleyes:

    i think you should treat each other the same way here that you would in person. call me kooky. :p



    absolute agreement. i think far too many take license with the fact that we are not face to face. however, also have to consider....we are completely missing TONE here. in person, i am sure chipboy's post would've come off exactly as it was intended, as humor. :) given the contents of the thread, it did read as humor, and if one read all the posts...more than likely that would be evident. however, far too often we lose so much through written words alone....so difficult to judge at times.
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  • aoifeaoife Posts: 126
    Deeve wrote:
    this is amusing....

    people say things on the internet that they would not say face to face. get used to it.

    And I read the other thread. Didn't sound sexist to me. Sounded like you need to get sexed up good to make you feel better.
    :)
    "If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin castle, unless you set about the organisation of the socialist republic then all of your efforts would have been in vain. England will still rule you through her capitalists ,landlords and commercial institutions"
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,208
    Pegasus wrote:
    The post was rude (though might have been meant as just a tease), but frankly, the starter of the thread was annoying as hell with her moaning (though just ignoring the thread would have been simpler)...I wanted to puke by the end of the post.

    But only an American would take that comment as sexist...she lives in the UK?? my god with all teh sexual banter here, she must be having fits everyday!


    I'm a woman btw, before anyone jumps on me :)

    carolina, not england. but i agree. i didnt see anything sexist in that post. it was clearly an attempt to cheer her up or make her laugh.
  • aoifeaoife Posts: 126
    VictoryGin wrote:
    I'm sorry, but that just made me laugh. It's like you're in junior high or something: you're just jealous!



    Just because you're a "girl" doesn't mean you can't be a hater.
    what the fuck is junior high.
    "If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin castle, unless you set about the organisation of the socialist republic then all of your efforts would have been in vain. England will still rule you through her capitalists ,landlords and commercial institutions"
  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    VictoryGin wrote:
    yeah kinda.




    perhaps the better term for the original complaint is misogynist people/posts. regardless, maybe i missed the part where the original post said only males could be sexist?

    WEll you weren't paying attention then
    '' really don't get how people who clearly hate women, and have such messed up views about them, can be pearl jam fans.''

    And
    ''I think it's stuff that a lot of people pass off as being jokes or just immaturity or boys will be boys, whathaveyou. But it still not only hurts me but boggles my mind.''

    Very sexist towards males.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,208
    VictoryGin wrote:
    yeah kinda.

    ok, i blew it there... i dont know what a playa-hata is either. so what's a hater in the context you used it?
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,976
    Carlos D wrote:
    WEll you weren't paying attention then
    '' really don't get how people who clearly hate women, and have such messed up views about them, can be pearl jam fans.''


    yea, i have to say...that's a bit far over the line. first of all...i got no 'woman-hating' at ALL from that particular post, i read it completely as HUMOR...besides the fact...yea, i believe chipboy is long-married?...and sounds rather happily so? i've read many of his posts, and many are filled with much humor....i think it a bit over the top to label someone as a 'woman-hater'...from one post. besides the fact, i find it VERY amusing...the whole....'i don't know how _____________ can be pearl jam fans." like being a pj fan would ever make someone somehow 'better'...different, etc. odd.
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I'm not sure it was sexist. He would have probably told a guy that he needed to get laid too. There IS some sexism around online, no doubt, and I've experienced it AT PJ shows and seen it on the boards on occasion. However, in all fairness, I think your original post in the other thread is something more to be shared at a 'women only' kind of life support board - and I don't mean this disrespectfully. I might feel the way you do at times, but you have to remember that this board has a majority male members, and they obviously are going to have a male perspective. Not necessarily a bad thing, but you're going to get different comments from guys on a post like your original one than women would say.
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  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    I don't see how people who say ''How can such and such be a Pearl Jam fan?'' can be Pearl Jam fans.
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  • VictoryGinVictoryGin Posts: 1,218
    Carlos D wrote:
    WEll you weren't paying attention then
    '' really don't get how people who clearly hate women, and have such messed up views about them, can be pearl jam fans.''

    And
    ''I think it's stuff that a lot of people pass off as being jokes or just immaturity or boys will be boys, whathaveyou. But it still not only hurts me but boggles my mind.''

    Very sexist towards males.

    It's funny. You sound just like what you're condemning.

    ok, i blew it there... i dont know what a playa-hata is either. so what's a hater in the context you used it?

    I feel awkward answering this question. It's like if someone asks, "What is 'bling'?"

    Anyway, all I meant was that just because you're female doesn't automatically exclude you from hating women.
    if you wanna be a friend of mine
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    i see nothing wrong with fucking a girl sensless :p
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,208
    VictoryGin wrote:
    I feel awkward answering this question. It's like if someone asks, "What is 'bling'?"

    Anyway, all I meant was that just because you're female doesn't automatically exclude you from hating women.

    what about your reply made you think she hated women?
  • VictoryGinVictoryGin Posts: 1,218
    what about your reply made you think she hated women?

    Lord. I didn't say that. It's just the whole 'by the way, i'm a girl' sentiment.
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,976
    my2hands wrote:
    i see nothing wrong with fucking a girl sensless :p


    wise man. :)

    that's not sexist, it's just smart! ;)
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    wise man. :)

    that's not sexist, it's just smart! ;)

    why thank you... i try to share my wisdom once in a while ;)
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,208
    VictoryGin wrote:
    Lord. I didn't say that. It's just the whole 'by the way, i'm a girl' sentiment.

    gotcha. i thought it was just an attempt to short-circuit the dismissive "typical male resopnse" comment that we all knew somebody around here would have thrown out eventually.
  • VictoryGinVictoryGin Posts: 1,218
    gotcha. i thought it was just an attempt to short-circuit the dismissive "typical male resopnse" comment that we all knew somebody around here would have thrown out eventually.

    i was speaking to the general 'you' in the sense that just because someone's a woman doesn't mean that she can't be hateful towards women. saying, 'oh, i'm a girl' doesn't automatically mean you can't be accused of something. i wasn't saying anyone specifcally here was sexist. frankly i don't have the time to pay enough attention.

    i only have enough time to take citizen quizzes.
    if you wanna be a friend of mine
    cross the river to the eastside
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    I like to bbq dinner and I am a pearl jam fan.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • VictoryGin wrote:
    i was speaking to the general 'you' in the sense that just because someone's a woman doesn't mean that she can't be hateful towards women. saying, 'oh, i'm a girl' doesn't automatically mean you can't be accused of something. i wasn't saying anyone specifcally here was sexist. frankly i don't have the time to pay enough attention.

    i only have enough time to take citizen quizzes.

    Give me the keys to your country, I only missed one. And I'm not even from here.
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  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    VictoryGin wrote:
    It's funny. You sound just like what you're condemning.

    How do you figure?
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    But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

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  • aoifeaoife Posts: 126
    im a girl
    "If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin castle, unless you set about the organisation of the socialist republic then all of your efforts would have been in vain. England will still rule you through her capitalists ,landlords and commercial institutions"
  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    aoife wrote:
    im a girl

    Well....ok then.Good luck with that....Eh,I guess.....???
    It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
    But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

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