EPTOn May 14 2011 09:59 BloodyC0bbler wrote:
Can't tell? Miss USA means literally nothing to me, no pageant does. Alot of the things that are involved at least in its portrayal is very shallow and demeaning to both women and american culture. I have seen the stuff Fudd does, it makes me smile, he does this for parties for children and the like and actively makes a difference in the lives of people. It will always be about perspective, don't think to tell people which is a bigger deal and which isn't it comes down to the person's perspective.
Can't tell? Miss USA means literally nothing to me, no pageant does. Alot of the things that are involved at least in its portrayal is very shallow and demeaning to both women and american culture. I have seen the stuff Fudd does, it makes me smile, he does this for parties for children and the like and actively makes a difference in the lives of people. It will always be about perspective, don't think to tell people which is a bigger deal and which isn't it comes down to the person's perspective.
I think at the end of the day, whether conscious or subconsciously, people in general are more lenient to females than males. Anna is a girl and her thread stays open, Fudd (I presume) is not and his thread is closed. I'm not saying TL mods are right or wrong in their decision, but simply pointing out a trend in society. Take the below for example:
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4999258/A-spurned-pash-that-turned-to-bash
Student Christine Te Rangimarie Makaore now lives in Palmerston North, but in 2008 she was in Alexandra, working in the hospitality industry.
About 2am on November 16, 2008, Makaore returned from a night’s drinking to the backpackers hotel she was staying at.
Rather than stagger to her own bed, she entered somebody else’s room and started kissing a man that she didn’t know.
It’s not clear if the man was awake or not, or if she just jumped on top of him and started work.
Another man staying in the same room fled to the backpackers’ lounge.
As would be sensible if certain activities are happening in your room.
Makaore disengaged her tongue and followed him, hurling abuse.
She asked for a fight, but the man said no.
Undeterred, Makaore punched him in the chest repeatedly for about a minute.
The man curled up to try to protect himself and managed to get up and run off, but Makaore followed, still throwing punches.
I’m not sure why she was so offended the room-mate left the room.
At 9.30am the man went outside to get some food from his car.
Unfortunately for him, Makaore followed him and started kicking him in the legs.
She then grabbed his backpack, pulled out his iPod and threw it to the ground.
She then threw the man’s cellphone against his car and hurled other items on to a nearby garage roof.
The man under attack managed to scoop his iPod off the ground and take shelter in his car, locking Makaore out.
That didn’t please her, so she smashed the car windscreen with her fist.
The man drove off to safety but suffered from a sore wrist, a bruised head and grazes to his legs.
Ouch. Having someone punch their way through your windscreen would be somewhat alarming.
The judge noted Makaore’s lengthy list of driving offences, saying she was probably the North Island champion at notching up driving-while-disqualified convictions.
He said it was unfair for Makaore to “use her width” and “throw her weight around” against people likely to have been smaller.
On two assault charges, two of wilful damage and two sentence breach charges, Makaore was sentenced to 225 hours’ community work and six hours’ supervision.
Okay, so imagine this now. Imagine Makaore was a man and the victims were women.
If a man jumped on a sleeping woman and started kissing her, and then chased another woman, hitting her in the chest multiple times, then the next day saw her again, kicked her multile times, grabbed her gear and smashed it, and then smashed the windscreen of her car, well what sort of penalty do you think he would get? Is there anyway it would not be jail time?
http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2011/05/if_she_was_a_man.html
Student Christine Te Rangimarie Makaore now lives in Palmerston North, but in 2008 she was in Alexandra, working in the hospitality industry.
About 2am on November 16, 2008, Makaore returned from a night’s drinking to the backpackers hotel she was staying at.
Rather than stagger to her own bed, she entered somebody else’s room and started kissing a man that she didn’t know.
It’s not clear if the man was awake or not, or if she just jumped on top of him and started work.
Another man staying in the same room fled to the backpackers’ lounge.
As would be sensible if certain activities are happening in your room.
Makaore disengaged her tongue and followed him, hurling abuse.
She asked for a fight, but the man said no.
Undeterred, Makaore punched him in the chest repeatedly for about a minute.
The man curled up to try to protect himself and managed to get up and run off, but Makaore followed, still throwing punches.
I’m not sure why she was so offended the room-mate left the room.
At 9.30am the man went outside to get some food from his car.
Unfortunately for him, Makaore followed him and started kicking him in the legs.
She then grabbed his backpack, pulled out his iPod and threw it to the ground.
She then threw the man’s cellphone against his car and hurled other items on to a nearby garage roof.
The man under attack managed to scoop his iPod off the ground and take shelter in his car, locking Makaore out.
That didn’t please her, so she smashed the car windscreen with her fist.
The man drove off to safety but suffered from a sore wrist, a bruised head and grazes to his legs.
Ouch. Having someone punch their way through your windscreen would be somewhat alarming.
The judge noted Makaore’s lengthy list of driving offences, saying she was probably the North Island champion at notching up driving-while-disqualified convictions.
He said it was unfair for Makaore to “use her width” and “throw her weight around” against people likely to have been smaller.
On two assault charges, two of wilful damage and two sentence breach charges, Makaore was sentenced to 225 hours’ community work and six hours’ supervision.
Okay, so imagine this now. Imagine Makaore was a man and the victims were women.
If a man jumped on a sleeping woman and started kissing her, and then chased another woman, hitting her in the chest multiple times, then the next day saw her again, kicked her multile times, grabbed her gear and smashed it, and then smashed the windscreen of her car, well what sort of penalty do you think he would get? Is there anyway it would not be jail time?
http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2011/05/if_she_was_a_man.html
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