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Tuesday Afternoon

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1. " ... intimidate and humiliate women ... "
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 12:23 PM
Sep 2014

This can be done in such a myriad of ways.

The snide, condescending, offensive, dismissive approach is so often used. It is so rude.

Immediately, when a man comes offensively into a conversation with a tone of superiority, automatically one is forced into a defensive type of reply.

This is just not conducive to effective means of discussion/debate/conversation.

No exchange of ideas, policies, protocols are allowed because the man has assumed the offending role of The Winner by making the first comment offensive simultaneously dismissing any reply as being antagonistic.

I have watched this happen over and over again.

It becomes futile to continue trying to converse because the result is always the same when the very first comment takes the offensive/dismissive tone.

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" ... intimidate and humiliate women ... " Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #1
A relevant xkcd comic... PVnRT Oct 2014 #2
Perfect! n/t Gormy Cuss Oct 2014 #3
I dunno, redruddyred Nov 2014 #4
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