I guess I'm just really jarred at the "they are male" being used as an argument against them. The "you are mean because I am a girl" mentality translates, for me, as a "you are mean because you are a boy" which, really, is just as sexist as, and no better than a man going "I can pay you less because you are a woman".
I don't want to deny that there is gender involved (because hey, it's part of society, most people don't even realize they are taking gender roles for granted), but I would really, really, appreciate it not being an argument against them in our response.
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Date: 2007-05-26 04:23 am (UTC)I guess I'm just really jarred at the "they are male" being used as an argument against them. The "you are mean because I am a girl" mentality translates, for me, as a "you are mean because you are a boy" which, really, is just as sexist as, and no better than a man going "I can pay you less because you are a woman".
I don't want to deny that there is gender involved (because hey, it's part of society, most people don't even realize they are taking gender roles for granted), but I would really, really, appreciate it not being an argument against them in our response.
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