Okay, having had a chance to calm down some…
First of all, does it really matter what “Judge Dimbulb” thinks as a result of my posting?* If this had been a real trial, before a real judge, I would have blown my case big time, but it’s not. In all probability, a carefully reasoned and logical response would have failed to change his outlook one iota.
Second, reading the OP made me more furious than I have been at anyone in recent memory. And as a result, I had an emotional outburst. Am I ashamed of this? No, I can’t say that I am. It is an entirely natural and healthy thing to express one’s anger, a point I believe I was driving at. I could have just bottled it up and allowed it to poison me, as I have on so many other occasions, but I didn’t, and I feel much better for it. I’m sure that many of my “irrational” compatriots, female and male, would say the same.
Thirdly, reread the OP, but this time, replace “women” with “blacks”, “Jews”, or some other group, and then imagine about how long it would take for the shitfight to begin.
And finally, this patronizing, condescending attitude towards my gender is something I’ve had to put up with for a long time (as have we all), from many people. It has always made me angry, but I never did anything about it, and as a result, the patronization and condescension just got worse, sometimes degenerating into out-and-out abuse. I refuse to do that anymore.
I spoke once, in anger. I now speak in full control of my emotions. If Occam does not really feel the things he expressed in the OP, then let him also come forth and speak in control of his emotions (because, surprise surprise, he has them). I felt the need to clarify and express more fully, and less “irrationally”, things I expressed in the previous post. Perhaps you see this as further proof of female irrationality. I see it as proof of a healthy human being. Perhaps such things are anomalies in your universe, but they certainly aren’t in mine.
*And, yes, kellibelli, I do realize you were being facetious.
Modest? You bet I’m modest! I am the queen of modesty!