Can You Actually Have a Relationship with a Feminist?
I was doing some research about feminism as a social malady when I came across an insightful piece about Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Oh yeah, I remember now!
I think Gonz hit on my experiance
All the women I know who are self-identified feminists I keep at arm's length. I only have what social interaction or business dealings with them that I must, and I keep it proper, professional, and polite.
The point of "depends what one means by relationship" is obvious to me in this case. I've had very successful and rewarding intamate relationships with feminists, but only those who actually practiced the concept of parity. Quite often these women didn't think of themselves as , and certainly would
never proclaim themselves, any paticular flavor of feminist.
If he meant an inimate relationship then I would say it is impossible to have a deep friendship with anyone whose views are opposed to your own.
I can only hope this was meant as sarcasm, I've found the truism "opposites attract" to work quite well for me in what have turned out to be the longest relationships I've had. It promotes growth for both.
If she was serious I pity the attitude toward ego-defensive mediocrity.
...only to make the point that debate more often than not involves people with opposing views. Politeness is called for at a minimum....
Personally, I make a distinction between politeness that I'm willing to offer toward strangers, and the
civility that I try to maintain, with those that have shown their hand, as a matter of form. But the point was made and
generally agreed!(perfect gentleman that I also claim to be;)
Ikanneg, did you post as "kirsten" on iFeminists? Because you play the same shell game she does.
Coffee up the nose with that one;) *wipes nose*
As I noted on that defunct board; It is certainly reasonable to address points made by others without defensively responding to their "quips".
I made it clear after several offensive measures made by Brad,Kirsten, and Brian that they would garner no further responses to their bullshit
tantrums from me. By refraining from addressing their existance with spitballs I was able to maintain decorum in my own little world. Perhaps
this measure to address what one may deem endless nonsense, sprinkled with just enough logic to maintain credability, might be considered rather than censorship. Remember, at the very least, there's always that sprinkling of logic!
Now that the case for my own Narcissistic Personality Disorder has been made, this brings the thread back to-
Can You Actually Have a Relationship with a Feminist?