# The "Amazonian" stereotype needs to stop. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazonian-stereotype-needs-to-stop/693185 "2014-07-15T17:39:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazonian-stereotype-needs-to-stop/693185/41 "2014-07-17T11:56:48Z")
> [@choie](#): > > That’s what you get for just letting it all hang out. Yeah, she was really asking for it there. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: The “blame the victim” strategy is very politically incorrect these days, so I’m surprised to see you go there. Moreover it seems you’re thinking of the first incident she described, but the second incident - the one with far more offensive conduct - happened in a college classroom. You don’t seem to read very well, so I’ll quote the relevant portion here: > [@missevelyn](#): > > Another time, I was in my college class, with some guys that I DID NOT like at all (they were racial, ignorant, and very chauvinistic) > > One says, “wouldn’t you love to make love with Missy,” loud enough for me to hear. > > The other one said, “perhaps. But we’d have to tie her down first, those giant jungle women are hard to tame.” I’ll go out on a limb here and guess that she wasn’t wearing a bikini in class (although even if she had been, this sort of conduct would still be absolutely unacceptable). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazonian-stereotype-needs-to-stop/693185/42 "2014-07-17T12:01:06Z")
There’s more to amazonian than height. There’s a build to it too, a broad shouldered, powerful, dare I say intimidating demeanour. I’ve known a few tall women (not many, I admit), and none I can recall would ever be described as amazonian. ---
**Author:** ![missyevelyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@missyevelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missyevelyn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazonian-stereotype-needs-to-stop/693185/43 "2014-07-17T12:03:19Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Yeah, she was really asking for it there. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: > > The “blame the victim” strategy is very politically incorrect these days, so I’m surprised to see you go there. > > Moreover it seems you’re thinking of the first incident she described, but the second incident - the one with far more offensive conduct - happened in a college classroom. You don’t seem to read very well, so I’ll quote the relevant portion here: > > I’ll go out on a limb here and guess that she wasn’t wearing a bikini in class (although even if she had been, this sort of conduct would still be absolutely unacceptable). I totally agree with you. It’s the same mentality that some men have when they say that women shouldn’t wear short skirts because they’ll tempt men… Ugh…medieval to the height. I was wearing a ton in that class that day, lol. It was during winter when that incident happened, so I was wearing boots, jeans, and a sweater. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazonian-stereotype-needs-to-stop/693185/44 "2014-07-17T13:03:24Z")
> [@missyevelyn](#): > > Umm, letting it all hang out? > > I was wearing a bikini, not a thong. And it’s the beach for crying out loud. > > What was I supposed to wear, a dress? Pretty sure the poster was being sarcastic. It happens a lot here. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazonian-stereotype-needs-to-stop/693185/45 "2014-07-17T13:12:16Z")
Do you females self-flagellate when you catch yourself thinking “He looks sexy, but his buddy is a turn off” ? (you might then think… yeah because he’s short, a bit flabby, hersuit, bald, wears spactacles, or … something… ) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazonian-stereotype-needs-to-stop/693185/46 "2014-07-17T15:28:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The first one was bad but the second one was easily worse. Saying that you want to tie a woman up so you can have sex with her? That’s way past the creepy point. Yeah. Much better to tie her up and just see how things go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazonian-stereotype-needs-to-stop/693185.md?page=2)