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anonymous_coward240
what you will very likely experience practically mirrors the attitudes that were seen in the early 20th century society in regards to the phenomenon of women wearing trousers. this, if anything, shows that there is a long way to go for equality between the sexes, even in matters assumedly as simple as that of clothing.

In other words:
1. Women couldn't wear trousers 100 years ago, but can today.
2. Men still can't wear dresses.
3. Therefore... um, what? Men's rights are 100 years behind women's rights? I don't think that's what you meant to say.

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anonymous_coward270

Sorry, I forgot who said this:

Human sex, gender and behavior are much more fluid and complicated than our common sense labels suggest.

This is true of almost every word in the language. How about "liberal" and "conservative"? Yet we still communicate better with words than without them.

Laura wrote:

What percentage of women that you know have been offered the option of trading sexual favors for career advancement?
My conservative estimate: 20%

What percentage of women that you know have performed sexual favors for money, power, or o

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4NancyLebovitz
I think this shows a prototype problem-- it assumes that the default woman has the looks, acting ability, and temperament to get those sorts of deals. This is not true of most women.
2NancyLebovitz
These aren't necessarily simply options. Sometimes it's more like "obliged to trade sexual favors in order to keep a job".
1Relsqui
A feminist--using the definition of "wanting sex equality"--would not want to have an unfair advantage due to her sex any more than an unfair disadvantage.
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anonymous_coward230

Writing blog posts to edit into a book may not work very well--consider the example of Tyler Cowen's latest book, by far his worst. The ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.

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