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Is society becoming more unisex?
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24 Mar 2013, 9:34 am

^ Has it ever occurred to you that some women are just quite butch and it has nothing to do with feminism and other social movements? Do you propose making us all wear heels and make-up?


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24 Mar 2013, 9:53 am

ArrantPariah wrote:
China's cultural revolution came the closest to eliminating sexual dimorphism.

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Now, Chairman Mao must be turning over in his grave.

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Talk about Bourgeois Backsliding!


Mao's revolution didn't last, did it. In the big cities, Chinese women appear to be quite feminine.

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24 Mar 2013, 10:04 am

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I don't think that feminism "freed" women from social expectations and roles: it only gave them a different set of social expectations and roles, and a new set of fashionable neologisms.


I can't think of any specific social pressures and roles that have been forced on me by feminism.



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24 Mar 2013, 11:31 am

ruveyn wrote:
Not really. The crappers are still separated by gender.

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Technically, they are separated by sex.

I am okay with this, as unisex bathrooms tend to be single rooms which can lead to long lines and general inefficiency.

Unisex bathrooms with multiple stalls are one idea, but that has more to do with feelings of sexual prudishness and uncomfortable intimacy than gender roles. Also, I am not a woman, but if I were I probably would not want to share a bathroom with the typical hetero-normative horny male. :P



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24 Mar 2013, 1:34 pm

aghogday wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
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No, there are unisex bathrooms.


I have one in my house.

In public places in the United States they are extremely rare. I wish they had more. I would love to see a women peeing while she is standing up.

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I suppose that if this one is REALLY on your bucket list, then you could advertise on Craigslist for a woman to perform this feat in front of you. It probably wouldn't cost very much.



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24 Mar 2013, 1:38 pm

puddingmouse wrote:
^ Has it ever occurred to you that some women are just quite butch and it has nothing to do with feminism and other social movements? Do you propose making us all wear heels and make-up?


I obviously don't have any say in what anyone wears. But, if if were up to me, then all of the girls would have to dress like this.

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24 Mar 2013, 1:43 pm

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I obviously don't have any say in what anyone wears. But, if if were up to me, then all of the girls would have to dress like this.

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You want to see your mom dressed like this?

That's messed up. :(



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24 Mar 2013, 1:55 pm

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You want to see your mom dressed like this?

That's messed up. :(


She has been dead for 10 years. But, I could put a little outfit on the urn where I keep her ashes.



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24 Mar 2013, 1:59 pm

mercifullyfree wrote:
ArrantPariah wrote:
I don't think that feminism "freed" women from social expectations and roles: it only gave them a different set of social expectations and roles, and a new set of fashionable neologisms.


I can't think of any specific social pressures and roles that have been forced on me by feminism.


Feminism is extremely prescriptive. Women must do this, and men must do that, or else they are the M-word.



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24 Mar 2013, 2:00 pm

ArrantPariah wrote:
Feminism is extremely prescriptive. Women must do this, and men must do that, or else they are the M-word.


Please expand upon this, because I've certainly never encountered it as a woman.



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24 Mar 2013, 2:05 pm

If any male mistook me for a man they don't need to be passing on their genetic material. :lol:
Everyone should be able to look just like what they want to.I don't care if you're a fat 60 year hairy fat man that wants to dress like Tinkerbell.Do it,the world would be more interesting.
But for health reasons,private parts should be covered.


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24 Mar 2013, 2:15 pm

It is still cold here. So, while the ladies are wearing the ArrantPariah-decreed pink nighties, I also decree that all men must wear flannel shirts, cotton sweater vests, and corduroy trousers.



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24 Mar 2013, 2:16 pm

Misslizard wrote:
If any male mistook me for a man they don't need to be passing on their genetic material. :lol:
Everyone should be able to look just like what they want to.I don't care if you're a fat 60 year hairy fat man that wants to dress like Tinkerbell.Do it,the world would be more interesting.
But for health reasons,private parts should be covered.


For health reasons it would make more sense to make people wear gloves and mouthmasks.



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24 Mar 2013, 2:23 pm

^^^Gloves to the elbows could be sexy.Maybe desperado face masks. :lol:
AP,I have never seen a man wear corduroy britches or sweater vests around here.I think it could be dangerous. :lol: Coveralls are much more sensible and manly.Go with Carhartt,wears well and warm.


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24 Mar 2013, 5:21 pm

Not if I'M the dictator!



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24 Mar 2013, 6:15 pm

^^^^^^^In any dictatorship there is always the risk of a coup.


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