Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Off-Topic
Reply to "calling women "ladies""
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it like calling someone, Ma'am? Somehow not the same respect as, Sir to a man.[/quote] I am happy to be called "ma'am." I certainly prefer it to "miss," because I am not a girl any longer (and I am fine with that; I do not think youth is better than age). But "lady" rather than "woman" is demeaning. Think about it: If someone describes a man as "ungentlemanly," the non-gentleman is being condemned for the ethical side of his behavior. He's being unfair, dishonest, or rude. If a woman is "unladylike," she's being criticized for the superficial aspects of her behavior, for her failure to confirm to some imposed aesthetic standard: she's walking or sitting or talking in a way that is insufficiently dainty for someone's taste. Or, possibly, she is not being sufficiently virginal. In any case, fuck that noise. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
