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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
Maybe I am way out of line here (Rocky can let me know), but I have noticed that many of us often get upset when someone makes frank comments about someone's wife. While I understand the sentiment, I can't help but feel like we are being more than a little patronizing/sexist. I.e., protecting the "weaker sex". For example, suppose we were discussing a famous woman and someone made a negative comment about that person's husband. Would we see a similar kind of chivalry? I doubt it.
Ironically, SU often posts information on his wife's work and takes tons of abuse. Why the double standard? Is it because she is a strong, intelligent, career woman? I admire how SU handles it. He doesn't get too worked up about it.
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Here, here. We're far too gentle here. More rancor and less chivalry is certainly called for.
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