Friends, In general, it's okay to poke fun at ourselves, but we have to be pretty careful when we poke fun at others. The Golden Rule is appropriate here: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I would certainly hope that if a woman would write something offensive to men and later realize it, that she would apologize, and I think many would. But I agree that the PC thing has gone too far. I cannot for the life of me understand why the majority is suppressed in favor of the minority, but that's the way things seem to be going in this country. I think we should show the minorities due respect, for sure. I do not consider myself overly concerned with political correctness, but we should regard all persons with respect, even when we have a serious disagreement with them. Regards, Clyde Dave Nereson wrote: > If women posted a similar list about men, they would NOT apologize for > potentially offending men. The PC thing has gone too far. Blacks could do > a similar list about whites, and it would be "funny", but the other way > 'round, and it would be "racist". No sense of humor or toleration of > tongue-in-cheek, good-natured kidding anymore. Do you, Jeannie, think the > author of this list is actually serious about and/or believes every item on > it? I seriously doubt it, but we can't laugh at ourselves anymore. Yes, > some of the items perpetuate a stereotype, but women do the same with men, > and so do TV commercials, as though every single one of us men lives for and > can think about nothing but > beer, sex, sports, cars, hunting, beef, etc. etc. ad nauseam. I thought > the list was amusing, cute, but that only a few items apply a very small > percentage of the time to only a very few of the women I know.
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