I want to have so many people read this. Every silly person who thinks that "women have soooo much of an advantage because they can use their sex appeal to get the better of men" especially. I really really resent the implications in that, namely that the person in a position of power will necessarily be a heterosexual man (I don't think they have ever considered that lesbians or gays can be successful too!), or that being discriminated against as a woman is no big deal after all, because hey, you can just use sex to get promoted! And the corollary: if there's a good-looking woman in a position of authority, she had to have gotten there using sex.
It's not just men either. Even some women publicly express the opinion that if you're not willing to be objectified to achieve what you want, you're stupid. I want to fume and kick. But what I do is refuse to have discussions with people who believe that, and resolutely refrain from opening such threads on forums. :-)
These days whenever I hear that "women are so powerful because they control access to sex!" I mentally sub in "I am a pathetic creature who'd do anything to get laid and I assume I'm representative of all men".
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It's not just men either. Even some women publicly express the opinion that if you're not willing to be objectified to achieve what you want, you're stupid. I want to fume and kick. But what I do is refuse to have discussions with people who believe that, and resolutely refrain from opening such threads on forums. :-)
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