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Old 12-27-2012, 01:17 AM   #15
Acharis
 
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Ren's right in a way (that the misogyny and sexism in both countries come from the same root), but there can't really be a parallel between the cultures. And I don't think that comparison to terrorism would have any effect, but rather be written off as hyperbole.

Same thing, different expressions and levels of enshrinement in law.
It's that the men involved in these situations want control of women and their sexuality. Either suppressing it by the threat of r@pe or arrest - or treating womens bodies/sexuality as up for grabs by r@ping, imposing an unwanted sexual context or getting them to expose themselves for a powerful guy.

You can see by the hypocritical exception for the traditional nudie wife-selection dance that it's not about choosing one set of morals or the other (puritanical vs hedonistic), but that the men involved find it important to call the shots over women to their own advantage.

ie. Women can't exert free will over their bodies or how they dress or have sex. (Or in some countries, even have an anti-r@pe protest.)


Back to the original topic of the firing and the dentist. This is the article I read the comments from.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2348381.html

In this case it's not overt groping or open punishment for her clothing, but the dentist has imposed an unwelcome sexual context and made the fired employee responsible for his inability to control his sexual feelings.
(With a large dollop of victim blaming shite and the ability to legally discriminate against women if you're sufficiently sneaky about it.)
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