SDMB rules 9/12/2023

That’s because i said it in a very different context. I said it to point out that one advantage to referring to punching up and down, rather than majorities and minorites, is that it covers situations where the majority has less power. You said it in a way that implied women are more powerful than men, at least collectively.

Also, you grossly misinterpreted my statement. I didn’t say that it’s okay to be bigoted towards those in power, i said there’s a qualitative difference between punching up and punching down. It is wrong to be bigoted towards the powerful, but it’s much less damaging than it is to be bigoted towards the disempowered. That’s an important difference.