On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Nils Philippsen wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, ae wrote:
>
> > Explaining sexism to a male is really difficult, though gay/bi men will
> > sometimes understand if they are gorgeous.
>
> Objection, Your Honours! Some males grasp sexism and some don't,
It wasn't whether or not they grasped it that I saw as the issue -- it was
trying to EXPLAIN it. By definition, if you have to explain it, they don't
understand.
> it's just the same as with females (though I think more females than
> males will understand sexism because a female person more likely falls a
> victim to it).
Those women who don't grok sexism are even MORE difficult to explain it to
imho.
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