Love child of the 60's, Misogyny child of the 50's?

[_asbestosman]

If women were equal to men, men wouldn't be more likely to get upper management jobs above equally qualified women. We'd have a woman president. We'd have women who played baseball. We'd have professional motherhood without the stigma of AFCD. We'd have male hotel maids.

I'm more than happy to make those concessions just to make child support and accusations of abuse equal.

We almost did have a woman president, but I'm not sure she was the best option. I think it could have happened, but will happen soon.

While I grant some physiological differences between men and women can make it difficult to compete fairly in some sports, I also think many women are as good as professional men. Even so, I do support gender differences for some olympic events--at least for now.

I think male hotel maids might be neat. It might be a real hit in San Francisco! But let's face it. It's not like I don't fold laundry wash dishes, scrub toilets, vacuum floors or make beds at home.

[_jon]

I think society is becoming less and less sexist and discriminatory because of sex. Look at the armed forces, look at sport, look at politics, look at industry, and compare where we were fifty years ago.

Progress may not be as fast as many people would like, but progress is being made. The same cannot be said of Gods one and only true Church on earth today...

[_harmony]

Progress may not be as fast as many people would like, but progress is being made. The same cannot be said of Gods one and only true Church on earth today...

The church always lags a generation behind, because the leaders are for the most part geriatric.

[_wenglund]

Progress may not be as fast as many people would like, but progress is being made. The same cannot be said of Gods one and only true Church on earth today...

The church always lags a generation behind, because the leaders are for the most part geriatric.

A lovely bit of age discrimination here. Keep talking, and others will soon discover the rest of your prejudices--particularly against women (ironic, I know).

Thanks, -Wade Englund-

[_ludwigm]

The church always lags a generation behind, because the leaders are for the most part geriatric.

A lovely bit of age discrimination here. Keep talking, and others will soon discover the rest of your prejudices--particularly against women (ironic, I know).
Thanks, -Wade Englund-

geriatric is not a discriminative word
Home > Library > Health > Medical Dictionary
(jĕr'ē-ăt'rĭk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to geriatrics.
2. Of or relating to old age or to the aging process.
n.
An old person.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/geriatric

1. Something in general...

Gerontocracy in various political systems:
Such a form of leadership is common in communist states in which the length of one's service to the party is held to be the main qualification for leadership.

2. A joke

In the time of the Eight Immortals of Communist Party of China, it was quipped, "the 80-year-olds are calling meetings of 70-year-olds to decide which 60-year-olds should retire".

3. Something to compare:

In the Soviet Union, gerontocracy became increasingly entrenched starting in the 1970s, ... Leonid Brezhnev, its foremost representative, died in 1982 aged 75, but had suffered a heart attack in 1975, after which generalized arteriosclerosis set in, so that he was progressively infirm and had trouble speaking. During his last two years he was essentially a figurehead.
In 1980, the average Politburo member was 70 years old...

4. Something about my environment (You know I am from that Eastern Bloc...)

In the Eastern Bloc:
Other Communist countries with leaders in their 70s or 80s have included Albania (First Secretary Enver Hoxha was 76 at death), Czechoslovakia (President Gustáv Husák was 76 at his resignation), East Germany (General Secretary and head of state Erich Honecker was 77 when forced out), Hungary (General Secretary János Kádár was 75 when forced out), Laos (President Nouhak Phoumsavanh was 83 at retirement), North Korea (President Kim Il-sung was 82 at death), Romania (General Secretary and President Nicolae Ceauşescu was 70 when executed), Vietnam (President Truong Chinh was 80 at retirement), Yugoslavia (President Josip Broz Tito was 87 at death). On the sub-national level, Georgia's Party head Vasil Mzhavanadze was 70 when forced out, and his Lithuanian counterpart Antanas Sniečkus was 71 at death.

5. And these quotes are not from an anti-mormon page (as You see, they forget to mention Utah...)

Theocracy:
Gerontocracy is also common in religious theocratic states such as Iran and The Vatican, in which leadership is concentrated in the hands of religious elders.

[_jon]

The church always lags a generation behind, because the leaders are for the most part geriatric.

A lovely bit of age discrimination here. Keep talking, and others will soon discover the rest of your prejudices--particularly against women (ironic, I know).

Thanks, -Wade Englund-

Wade,

You talk as if you are against prejudice, is that true?
How do you feel about the Church's prejudice against gay people?
How do you feel about the Church's prejudice against mixed race marriages?
How do you feel about the Church's prejudice against women?

[_asbestosman]

I'm not a Misogynist. Some of my best friends are of the weaker sex.

[_Morley]

I'm not a Misogynist. Some of my best friends are of the weaker sex.

So, you're saying some of your friends are guys? What does that have to do with misogyny?

[_asbestosman]

So, you're saying some of your friends are guys? What does that have to do with misogyny?

Well, some of my friends are very manly women and some are very womanly men.

If a key looks like a lock and a lock looks like a key, what am I supposed to do? I'm confused. Wade! I need your help.

[_just me]

So, you're saying some of your friends are guys? What does that have to do with misogyny?

Well, some of my friends are very manly women and some are very womanly men.

If a key looks like a lock and a lock looks like a key, what am I supposed to do? I'm confused. Wade! I need your help.

Posters like you are the reason we need a "laugh" button.