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History of Feminism

JHan

(10,173 posts) Thu Jul 27, 2017, 12:54 PM Jul 2017

this gave me a good chuckle.. [View all]

A passage that strikes gold in ignorance,arrogance,sexism

it's updike, so it's to be expected.. still..

It fails as an emotional metaphor and it's just dumb: The female urethra is straight and measures 1.5 inches, the male urethra is 8 inches ffs.

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this gave me a good chuckle.. [View all] JHan Jul 2017 OP

I remember reading a novel, can't remember the title, but... Laffy Kat Jul 2017 #1

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaaa JHan Jul 2017 #5

So many men out there who seem never to have met a woman. It's weird, no? Squinch Jul 2017 #2

makes you wonder doesn't it? JHan Jul 2017 #6

That's Updike? What book? Sort of not surprised. He came of age during the Squinch Jul 2017 #7

Great observations .. I see Updike as a HemmingwayWannabe... JHan Jul 2017 #8

Ah! Yeah. That was an awful book. Men seemed to love it. Squinch Jul 2017 #9

whoever wrote that shit mercuryblues Jul 2017 #3

..... JHan Jul 2017 #4

I went and read some reviews of the book mercuryblues Jul 2017 #10

the sexism is so rancid it permeates everything.. JHan Jul 2017 #11

If it ever took mercuryblues Jul 2017 #12

the irony is.. JHan Jul 2017 #13

How they think it is mercuryblues Jul 2017 #14

lol! JHan Jul 2017 #15

Why isn't the clitoris labeled? nt irisblue Jul 2017 #16

Because the drawing mercuryblues Oct 2017 #17

::snort:: irisblue Oct 2017 #18