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Thread #133217   Message #3020059
Posted By: Emma B
31-Oct-10 - 12:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: When Girls were Girls...
Subject: RE: BS: When Girls were Girls...
Flamebait is a message posted to a public Internet discussion group, such as a forum, newsgroup or mailing list, with the sole intent of provoking an angry response - in this instance the target was obviously those female contributors who have had the temerity to disagree with the OP in previous posts and are referred to as 'The Sisterhood'

Although personally I never found Pans people good dancers or even 'pretty and sweet' - well I prefer men myself - there are plenty of examples on you tube of girls dancing (Pans People were women in their 20s I believe) who could be described that way


An 'interesting' recent study showed men who scored higher as "hostile sexists" — those who view women as controlling and invaders of male space (as exemplified in remarks like "females" telling us all what to do and what to think etc) — didn't show brain activity that indicates they saw the women in bikinis as humans with thoughts and intentions.
Brain scans showed that when straight men looked at pictures of women in bikinis, areas of the brain that normally light up in anticipation of using tools, like spanners and screwdrivers, were activated :)

- National Geographic News
February 2009

It has been said that Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.

"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute."
Rebecca West