# Misogyny on board

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**Created:** [April 13, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-on-board/655617 "2013-04-13T17:03:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-on-board/655617/618 "2013-04-19T20:28:29Z")

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Sorry to interrupt… whatever is going on here, but Ellen Cherry moderated a thread with the discussion here in mind and thought maybe we should discuss it?

> [@Sorority girl's warning letter to sisters goes viral - It's epic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorority-girls-warning-letter-to-sisters-goes-viral-its-epic/656104/22):
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> > [@Sorority girl's warning letter to sisters goes viral - It's epic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorority-girls-warning-letter-to-sisters-goes-viral-its-epic/656104/2):
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> > This is my favorite line  
> > I beg to differ, I think that is exactly the way to get them to hang out with you..wink wink, nudge nudge 😉
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> > [@Sorority girl's warning letter to sisters goes viral - It's epic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorority-girls-warning-letter-to-sisters-goes-viral-its-epic/656104/3):
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> > Should I \*not \*have a boner after reading that?
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> In a thread where a woman’s vitriol (however entertaining) is the subject, I’m thinking overt sexual remarks are out of place. The words “fuck” and “suck” aren’t being used in regards to sex and it seems like these responses are being made because the thread deals with sororities: an all-female group.
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> This isn’t a warning, just a reminder that everyone needs to be mindful of off-topic remarks, including those which have at their base a knee-jerk view of women as sex objects.
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> Again: NOT a warning. A reminder.

I don’t think the point was that the target was a woman, so much as the stereotypes of sororities and fraternities as giant orgy clubs. Both frat boys and girls being generally thought of as sex-crazed maniacs. Happy Lendervedder’s may have been out of line (hard to tell), but I think April’s was okay at least.

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