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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weird. Women / Girls don't need a car door opened for them. It is very patriarchal and not someone people do now. Girls can open their own car doors believe it or not![/quote]

Why can’t people be nice without it being turned into a sexist act of disrespect.[/quote]
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Some of us are still of the belief that we can change people's views so that women are seen as capable and equal to men. I realize there are many out there who think or feel themselves that women should be taken care of, seen as in need of a man's help, they love the knight in shining armor, or the guy who treats them like a princess, or the idea of a man looking after them, or the man who provides and protects and keeps them safe etc.  However those views make it difficult for women to move into positions of power or into leadership and management roles or to be taken seriously in senior positions.

Being too nice is sometimes the issue. It isn't that the guy is being is meaning to be sexist, he has been taught that women / girls need him to act this way because he is stronger or more capable and they are weaker and less able. The guy thinks he is doing a nice thing, helping the woman / girl out. The intentions are good but they reinforce a very sexist message to both the girl and the guy. If it is a gesture that is just nice and kind and not sexist then it should be done the same for men and women and by men and women.[/quote]

Exhibit A as to why I loathe feminism. [/quote]

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