Kayla’sdad:
I agree with Catt that, for many years, and, partially now, women are not welcomed into the military because it can be a threat to the powers of the military, a vast majority of which are men. I also think the “protection” argument is based, in part, on the desire to control.
I agree, in part, that Christianity is a highly patriarchial religion that historically has little regard for women. I also agree, in part, that it would have been nigh but impossible for Christianity to exist if Jesus was a woman.
I agree with Catt that it is kinda silly to bitch about a perceived inequality in dresswear in the workplace when there has been/is a greater inequality in the important parts of the workplace.
I do think her claims about the witches was misplaced, if not outright ignorant. And it was troubling because she had a point about Christianity being responsible for some evils in history.
I also agree with you that Guin was out of line in the OP. And premature.
However, it was because I agreed, in part, with much of what Catt was trying to say that I found her response to the OP to be so damn frustrating. Rather than conduct herself in an appropriate manner, she goes off the deep end with personal insults. Thus, she does a disservice to her arguments by appearing to be a nutjob. Had she came in here and explained her positions without stooping to the kind of crap she pulled, I would’ve been right beside you. But she didn’t. She acted like a snotty little kid.
To me, you can tell a lot about a poster in how they react to a Pitting. Both Mykeru and Catt are prime examples of how to do it poorly. Tis a shame really.
Oh, on preview, the same statements go to mhendo.