# Pitting UltraVires **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2018-09-22T16:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 605
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734/605 "2022-04-07T10:14:49Z")
> [@Airline passenger arrested for Masturbating 4 times during flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-arrested-for-masturbating-4-times-during-flight/962333/76): > > I disagree and I think it is counter to the women’s rights movement of the 1970s. The whole idea was that we as a society shouldn’t treat women like delicate little flowers. Women, we were told, are every bit as capable as a man to participate in society, to be doctors, lawyers, and engineers, and you can say dirty words around them and so forth. With that comes responsibilities. This is his response when a woman patiently explains that she and other women are heavily socialized, if for no other reason than simple survival, to shut down and freeze when in close proximity to a man who is behaving in an aggressively unpleasant manner, especially with a sexual component. I don’t know if he’s a good lawyer or a bad lawyer or even a lawyer at all. But on the topic of sexual politics and gender relationships, he is clearly a spectacular asshole. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734)._