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Originally Posted by Chopblock
I read 3 or 4 posts from men having the same problem, and several more from women who "are" the problem. That is enough to prove the problem is not unique to me. Add to that the people responding saying "this happens to me too" and the responses/threads from other forums all about the same thing allow me to say this problem is NOT unique. While I understand I generalize sometimes, let us not pretend that I am also the only one with a problem, or that my gf is the only woman acting this way.
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Chopblock,
I know I'm a little behind in responding to this, but the reason I care about this issue so much is because I don't want people who visit the site to be offended by sexist statements.
The fact is, I don't really care if you did a comprehensive research study on the matter and found that 99.9% of all people felt that "women are the problem" in these situations - I'm going to stand up for the .1% who didn't because I don't want them to be offended by it. It's a sexist generalization, and it's goes against the forum guidelines:
Posting Guidelines - Forum Rules
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1. Treat others on the forum with dignity and respect.
When we make broad generalizations about the other sex, or any group of people for that matter, it tends to offend people, and I feel it's disrespectful.
Granted, your threads don't seem to have offended any of the people posting, that's why I've been gentle about "suggesting" to you not to generalize a few times. The people I worry about just as much though, are the hundreds lurking on this site at any given time (see "currently active users" at the bottom of the homepage). Not everyone in this world will tell you when you have offended them.
Since you keep defending this point of view, I'm going to say that we can agree to disagree. But you should also know that I'm not going to allow that type of stuff on the site. So next time you think about creating a thread entitled, "Re: Do women really want what they want?" Change it to "Does my wife really want what she wants?" or it's going to be deleted.
Chris Hartwell