Eugine_Nier comments on LW Women Submissions: On Misogyny - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dahlen 13 April 2013 07:35:29AM *  2 points [-]

[META] Why do LWers seem to get their collective panties in a bunch every time gender issues / women are mentioned?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 13 April 2013 08:04:06AM 3 points [-]

Because this is a topic on which there are an unusually large number of true things that it isn't socially acceptable to say.

Comment author: Dahlen 13 April 2013 08:39:42AM *  17 points [-]

And possibly a hefty amount of socially unacceptable false things too.

It could've been an explanation, but in the end it turned out to be declaring sides.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 15 April 2013 01:00:29AM 8 points [-]

I think it's interesting how many "things you [supposedly] can't say" about society are actually very commonly said, throughout mainstream media, religious preaching, popular fiction and nonfiction.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 15 April 2013 03:49:13AM *  1 point [-]

Um, no. The reason it seems this way to you is that when you attempt to think of what the "things you can't say" are, your search space is limited to things you've actually heard.

Comment author: MugaSofer 13 April 2013 02:37:32PM *  0 points [-]

Source?

(Not saying you're wrong, mind.)