01-24-2014, 12:00 AM
JJ, I have a few ideas and questions for you
1. The term bigot according to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigot is: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.
So would this imply you are a bigot in your approach to the appreciation of femininity? Also, the thread did not view men with hatred or intolerance. So how does femininity imply bigotry?
2. Your innocent swap of men into blacks and women into whites doesn't work. You're saying men are the weaker social class by calling them black. Traditionally women are the weaker social class. Look at history, women weren't allowed to vote, not even before the blacks. It took 50 years for women to gain voting rights, after the blacks gained theirs. Women were the subservient ones in history. Also, blacks were pushed down to the point where they became ashamed of themselves, hated themselves due to their race. Something they had no control over. So when they do black pride events, it's not bigoted of them to rejoice in their race. Especially not by the definition of bigotry.
They are simply celebrating who they are, beautiful individuals without the intent to put down or show intolerance for other groups.
So you should swap men into whites and women into blacks, and then maybe give it another look.
1. The term bigot according to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigot is: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.
So would this imply you are a bigot in your approach to the appreciation of femininity? Also, the thread did not view men with hatred or intolerance. So how does femininity imply bigotry?
2. Your innocent swap of men into blacks and women into whites doesn't work. You're saying men are the weaker social class by calling them black. Traditionally women are the weaker social class. Look at history, women weren't allowed to vote, not even before the blacks. It took 50 years for women to gain voting rights, after the blacks gained theirs. Women were the subservient ones in history. Also, blacks were pushed down to the point where they became ashamed of themselves, hated themselves due to their race. Something they had no control over. So when they do black pride events, it's not bigoted of them to rejoice in their race. Especially not by the definition of bigotry.
They are simply celebrating who they are, beautiful individuals without the intent to put down or show intolerance for other groups.
So you should swap men into whites and women into blacks, and then maybe give it another look.