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History of Feminism

redqueen

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4. The point is to intimidate and display dominance, not to flirt or flatter or anything else.

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 11, 2014, 07:27 AM

Mar 2014

It is a display of status. Men would not dare talk that way to anyone who could do much at all about it.

It is a way to reassert their dominance and power as men qua men. To reinforce their own sense of status, and also to reinforce this hierarchical (patriarchal) power imbalance in the eyes of all the men and women (and children) who witness these displays.

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Here Are Some Posters For The Men Who Tell Women What To Do Or What They Think Of Them In The Street [View all] eridani Mar 2014 OP

In all honesty ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #1

There are definitely different rules for strangers on the street n/t eridani Mar 2014 #2

This I know ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #3

The point is to intimidate and display dominance, not to flirt or flatter or anything else. redqueen Mar 2014 #4

it is mercuryblues Mar 2014 #5

Kick! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #6