Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Originally posted by: daveymark
Is it not ok to hold the door open for women any more? I was admonished for doing this earlier today. She went on some feminist equality diatribe about how women can do things for themselves and don't need men to hold them down
wtf?
Tell her to remove the stick from her ass and get back in the kitchen.
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So by that logic, if I hold the door for a guy, am I automatically gay? It's energy efficient for your to take the door when someone else has opened it.
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: daveymark
Is it not ok to hold the door open for women any more? I was admonished for doing this earlier today. She went on some feminist equality diatribe about how women can do things for themselves and don't need men to hold them down
wtf?
ffs, who was this wretched woman? she isn't speaking for the majority of us.
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She's not a feminist. She is a
radical feminist. They have given the term "feminism" a bad name.
My sister brought this to my attention. We're both feminists - we support equality for the sexes, simple as that. But it's the radical feminism (and indeed radical
anything) that's a problem.
If I say, "men tend to have larger bodies than women," then a radical feminist might get all in my face about me being sexist. Guess what, that's just a statistical truth. It's the way things are.
Or the few women who think that men should all pee sitting down. If anything, they should just make fun of guys who make a big deal out of going standing up. "Woohoo, look at how much better I am than women! I can easily control the direction of my urine stream! Life is wonderful and nothing else matters!!!!!!"
So, OP, you had a run-in with a radical feminist. Radical anybodies don't respond to logic.
I suppose you could have slammed the door in her face then - been violent like she probably expects men to be. But hey, men fight with other men, so you might as well treat her equally.
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Originally posted by: Auric
Did you:
1) hold door open for her to pass ahead of you (going same direction)
2) hold door open for her to pass first (going opposite directions)
3) hold door open behind you to prevent it closing in her fizace
Presumably it was 1 which is beyond the common courtesy of 2 & 3, so may appear as having other implications, particularly when of similar ages.
If she "liked you" (positive impression) then she may not have complained -kinda like the courting vs stalking thang.
I do any of 1-3, and the choice is made depending mainly on which foot I happen to be standing on, and which way my balance is shifting. I often take steps depending on how heavy I anticipate a door to be. If I see someone coming, this is a distraction, and so my step gets a bit off. With balance affected, then I open the door, and if I happen to move one way or another, that determines who goes through the door first - me, or the other person.
Yes, I have been told that I think about things too much. I guess I do it to be less bored all the time.
