Posts by Michael Fitzgerald
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Tarred n feathered :)
Heck Jackie I feel you've vindicated my point to Danielle.
The raunch culture/expressions of sexuality, are more safe now than before (at least in the middle classes).
Where society is disadvantaged as a whole young women will be more vulnerable, but so too the guys are more likely to die in fights/prison etc.My position throughout was heart felt.
And is 35yrs middle aged?
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Sorry I really didn't mean to offend.
Popin off to do something else in the middle of typing can create a few problems as well.Deborah I accept your view of what you've written. I think guys & gals can traverse those issues with less danger of missunderstandings.
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Danielle
You have acknowledge the slogan "All men are Rapists" is wrong,(still held onto by Deborah) but then excuse it . The excesses of these campaigns have led to murder (Gaye Oaks) & false convictions due to recovered memory etc.In my view '70s wave of feminism was primarily one of a change of attitude & interpretation of existing law attempting to give sexual equality to the middle classes.
As such can we agree to disagree on the history of feminism?
Spelling is fluid & shud be fun. My fave from a few days back was Armerica.
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Danielle
We're in more agreement than not & I'm not trying to get you to answer for the crimes of the past be rather acknowledge them, rather than justify them.
The vast majority of what you've attributed to the '70s can be attributed to the suffrajets. 1972 Equal Pay & 1973 commision into womens rights conceeded.
That songs possesive & sexist, although great fun. Never let the facts get in the way of a good ... song?Jackie
Wow you're working at the coal face there. The whole society are more disatvantaged than I suspect anyone involved in this discussion. -
Alanis Morissette "My Humps" video
Deborah & Danielle you both seem to mean something different from the phrase. Deborah you're saying all young men are rapists, and thereby that all men raped when they were younger - that is a really ugly and unjustifiable view of the world. Danielle this is the crime of 1970s feminism should be answering for, installation of fear in women that they may be raped beyond any real danger. Granted the debate within it has merit.
The 60's were hugely misogonist & yet we happily sing along "... she's just 17 do you know what I mean?", "I'm just a juvenile delinquent (of course this had greater meaning back then)","Bing bam baloola she's my baby, bing bam baloola I don't mean maybe" Again had a greater meaning to it than reads today. I'm not defending the bitch & ho & note that free to air TV bans guns in music videos due to the gangsta element but not misogonistic video images/lyrics.
Is 35yr middle aged?
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I think the baggage allowance to the tag Washington law firm is accurate.
Geoff failed to introduce a constitution to NZ.
His RMA is primarily about property rights, rather than protecting the environment (other wise precautionary law would apply).
Chen went on Morning TV highlighting our parlimentary power is that of King Herrod and that all Maori babies could be killed at Helens wim.
I think the baggage allowance is fair. -
Thinking back about all the times I got my kit off at her age - photos were taken, but I never got paid.
Xmas doo at Addington Raceway was obligatory to run the track nude (of course boozed). -
An elite sports women.
I'm left thinking of Mata Hari "Harlot, yes, but traitor, never" (although I'm not calling her any names - greater good & all that).
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10459723
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"The young man propositions them, and gets turned down, or comes on too strong, and the young woman feels forced into a situation she doesn't really want to be in (in the worst cases, we call this rape)."
The 1970s Feminist "All Men are Rapist". Isn't accepted today as valid and is simply insulting. The "She was asking for it" defense has no standing either.
I recently heard on TV the "Women can't rape" claim - admittedly from a victim of rape - but I simply don't accept that. Sexual violence in lesbian relationships exists.
Far better we examine the various power relationships, like I/O saying he knows past strippers who contribute to PA, making sure they know he knows - a little emotional blackmail goes along way.
Deborah I do value you're input but still scarred from 1970s rhetoric.
Emma
They're all friends & family who've had breast reductions, one or two had their backs fused too. So more physical health than finacial. -
I always feel the need to hit Tom Green but love his stuff if I watch it with my little sister she adds so much more to it.