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[Legendryder]

Wow. I gotta go look at those new smilies!! I love that dead horse one.

[Admin]

Sexism isnt a matter of someone's personal preference. It is an ingrained thought process and way of being that has to be actively worked on to overcome.

Is the video sexist? Yes.

Do I think Morningstar is a bad person? Nope. Quite the contrary, I think she is quite lovely.

Do we ALL need to think about how watching a random woman's torso wiggle reinforces the "it puts the lotion on it's skin" type of thinking? Yes.

When women's bodies are objectified as a disconnected body v. person dichotomy, it affects ALL of us. The disconnected body mindset helps contribute to sexual abuse, rape, assault, and sexual compromise.

It is simply NOT ok chalk humor that is based on sexism up to "just a joke", especially not on this site where women, queers, and genderfluid folks need to feel some semblance of respect.

I will be addressing this issue in another thread and the TOS.

Until then, (T-u-f-f-y), please understand that moderating people will not force an evolution in thinking. We have to find ways as a community to uplift one another without making it personal, ways to illustrate the damage that sexism causes to us, and ways to educate instead of separate. This CAN and WILL be done.

Admin

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Legendryder

Wow. I gotta go look at those new smilies!! I love that dead horse one.

yes exactly

Morningstar loves horses, she hasn't to my knowledge asked why we may find that smilie offensive, not once.


Its a matter of opinion and in MY opinion if this is up for debate open a new thread and get the hell off of the original poster of this thread.

[blush]

Originally Posted by Sassy_dee

yes exactly

Morningstar loves horses, she hasn't to my knowledge asked why we may find that smilie offensive, not once.


Its a matter of opinion and in MY opinion if this is up for debate open a new thread and get the hell off of the original poster of this thread.

Just for argument's sake, the dead horse emoticon is not offensive to me because it refers to the expression, "You're beating a dead horse." It actually implies it is useless to beat a dead horse because, well, it's already dead. Idiomatically, it refers to someone who will not let a "dead" topic go.

beating a dead horse

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by blush

Just for argument's sake, the dead horse emoticon is not offensive to me because it refers to the expression, "You're beating a dead horse." It actually implies it is useless to beat a dead horse because, well, it's already dead. Idiomatically, it refers to someone who will not let a "dead" topic go.

beating a dead horse

Thank you for that very insulting explanation of a cliche. I am well aware of what it means. Maybe the visual of a dead horse is offensive to me. Because its meant to be funny.. its ok.

Arwen, with all due respect you called someone in this thread a misogynistic jerk. I would venture to say that probably felt like an attack.

Damn right I defended Barb.

Now I'm done, completely. I am sad.

[Admin]

Sassy,

I am going to ask you to step back from this thread before posting again. I am feeling your high emotion coming through in your words and it appears to me that you are no longer "hearing" what people are saying.

Thanks.

[blush]

Originally Posted by Sassy_dee

Thank you for that very insulting explanation of a cliche. I am well aware of what it means. Maybe the visual of a dead horse is offensive to me. Because its meant to be funny.. its ok.

Arwen, with all due respect you called someone in this thread a misogynistic jerk. I would venture to say that probably felt like an attack.

Damn right I defended Barb.

Now I'm done, completely. I am sad.

I didn't mean to insult you. I didn't know how common that expression was or if it might be a more regional one. If my tone seemed snarky, I apologize. It really was not my intent.