Chauvanism is alive and well

[zandperl]

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[seekingferret]

You missed his point. He's thankful because it means he can have sex with that half. He's reminding you that he's a good, red-blooded American heterosexual male.

[seekingferret]

What I'm saying is that "I'm glad there are differences between men and women" is chauvinist code for "I'm straight". You're right that it's somewhat insidious the way chauvinists use the demonstrable sexual differences to somehow prove job performance differences. But I think your inference goes a little too far. Asserting heterosexuality is an important activity for many chauvinists because they are homophobic, not because they get off on putting women down. And why are they homophobic? For the same reason they're chauvinistic- they're small-minded creeps who feel protected by the status quo.

[seekingferret]

I'll bite. Tell me how homophobia is misogynistic. You've got me curious here.

[zandperl]

I just wanted to say that this's an interesting theory, and I'm going to have to mull it over.