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Starvie's verbal effluvia snipped
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"Yaaaaaay, me so special! Wai u ungrateful females no applaud my manners!"
I'm a woman, and I've walked people to their cars, helped them carry stuff, don't swear in front of people I don't know, or people I know who aren't as blue as I tend to be. I hold doors for people of all ages and ability levels, men and women, and thank anyone who does me a kindness without expecting anything in return BECAUSE WE LEARNED ABOUT MANNERS AND COMMON COURTESY WAY BACK IN KINDERGARDEN!
What pisses me off about chest-thumpers like
Starvie is the assumption that because of my womanyness I am by default afraid to go out alone at night, or that I can't carry heavy objects, or that rough language is indelicate and therefore inappropriate for me to use. When I walk with my cane I get men (never women) trying to "help" me across the street and stuff and a few of them have gotten downright nasty when I refuse their "help." Because, I am woman (sometimes with cane) therefore I lack common sense and have no idea of my limitations and must be steered gently through this big, scary world by a MAN.
Starvie and his ilk pine for the days when women had to submit to their manly manfulness thanks to societal pressure and they can't get it through their hard little heads (I leave guessing which head I mean as an exercise to the reader) that most women are actually pretty capable and strong and self-assured.