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So what would keep the objectors on this thread really happy - if all women were to walk around in hijabs ?
Yes - that has promoted gender equality in Saudi Arabia.
And what's the opinion on these Japanese girl pop groups - empowering for women or not ? :
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I think the Maxxis Babes image is more desirable than that implied schoolgirl look.
[quote=cumbertrolldan ]Still you know keep making things up!
Yeah, cause I made up those quotes I posted...
[quote=TurnerGuy ]And what's the opinion on these Japanese girl pop groups - empowering for women or not ? :
Actually, before you got there I'd been thinking back to the whole Spice Girls "Girl Power" thing.
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No, not these ones
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if all women were to walk around in hijabs ?
All these posts and you still have NO idea what we've been talking about.
Just wanted to point out that it's those who don't like the calendar that really threw their toys out of the pram.
Yes you were certainly a beacon of the way to calmly make your own point 😯
So what would keep the objectors on this thread really happy - if all women were to walk around in hijabs ?
I think there may be some middle ground between the objectification and the [ perceived in the west] subjugation of women. What do you think?
I think the Maxxis Babes image is more desirable than that implied schoolgirl look.
I think very skinny models are better than heroic chic models but i would not say either is that great an outcome.
I think the Maxxis Babes image is more desirable than that implied schoolgirl look.
I thought it was too commendable that all of those girls were in the navy
oops heroic was heroin which makes a wee bit more sense
Mods - can you change the title to 'the sisyphean thread' please? Thanks.
*Applause for classical reference!*
I just wish it was funnier but plenty of threads are pointless
I dunno. "Heroic chic" throws up some rather ironic images....
I just wish it was funnier
Agreed.
but
Do go on....
plenty
That many?
of threads are
Are? Surely most are in the past, so your tense is wrong.
pointless
Punctuationless, more like. What's your problem with a full stop, eh? Go on. What?
😉
its the least of our worries in that field 😉
It wasn't so much the pointlessnes, but the epic levels of interminable circuity...
epic levels of interminable circuity
Wasn't that the title of the 33rd Yes album?
[quote=Junkyard ]I just wish it was funnier but plenty of threads are pointless
Given the name of a Maxxis babe (100 people were surveyed)...
Didn't read much of the thread, way to long. Did a search for the Maxxis babes. Kinda like them.
Tldr.
Anyone mention Maxxis Beavers?
So when do we start complaining about the Fast & Furious films - cars and babes all over them...
I just spotted that Nanking tyres are going to have a babes page :
http://grid-girls.co.uk/nankang-tyre-babes/
but from a quick examination I am guessing that Maxxis would give more grip...
not that much of a victory - still on facebook :
Which begs the question why, if 4 perfectly balanced females don't consider it offensive in the least, why do a bunch of middle aged mountainbiking nerds...?
Actually one of the better points in this thread is raised here.
What this "discussion" really needs is the viewpoint from someone who is being "objectified" A friend (I mean someone I've met a few times and gone to the pub with) does that thing at boxing matches where they wonder around holding a number up in the air wearing not that much. Educated, travelled, seemingly well rounded human being, she did post something on facebook earlier this year rebutting the assumption she was effectivly a victim of sorts. I did try and dig out what she posted, but she puts out so much content on Facebook I simply gave up.
Whether you agree with her is not is a different matter. But it's a first hand viewpoint this thread seems rather hollow without IMO*. I'd direct her here, if it wasn't for the shame of association. 😛
Instinctually I found myself dissagreeing with her. How much that is a reflection on me, and not her I'm not sure.
*To be fair, it's a first hand viewpoint that might be in this thread. But I have issues with sentences that are too long etc etc etc. Feel free to be offended I've not bothered to read the thread etc etc.
Whoever it was that declared that women dressing as prostitutes was "empowering" for them will be first against the wall when I am elected Supreme Leader. It's like saying being shot helps with ventilation, and thanking the person with the gun.
how do you know how prostitutes dress?
Whoever it was that declared that women dressing as prostitutes was "empowering" for them will be first against the wall when I am elected Supreme Leader
So you're saying that woman who dress like that look like prostitutes?
She is saying what someone else said - the quote shows that- ao no she did not say that. Comprehension fail.
@ pie we all know that all women dont all speak with one voice and that the women who do this enjoy it, its not a revelation
I bet in the roman times one could have found contented eunuchs and delighted concubines
Perhaps even some slaves were happy with their lot.
I dont think anyone argued the women were freely choosing to do this and that some enjoyed it we were debating whether it was ok to do
TBH the male [ uber macho] equivalent is I bet we could find dome blokes willing to have a fight to death that does not mean we should let them
Err no - the male version would be people PRETENDING to have death matches etc.
So they're saying that they don't look like prostitutes?
@ pie we all know that all women dont all speak with one voice and that the women who do this enjoy it, its not a revelation
Of course its not a revelation.
The point is this thread needs their viewpoint or it's failing to account for the full spectrum of involved parties. Middle aged men should not be the sole arbiters of morality.
Middle aged men should not be the sole arbiters of morality.
Are you new around here, or what?
Hey, after seemingly comparing my friend to a slave I thought it was quite a considered post.
39 pages! Surely it can't be long before this thread results in a definitive conclusion everyone agrees with.
I disagree.
I disagree.
Sorry. You're just wrong. Here is a carefully vetted internet link to show as much.
www.googledtowithinaninchofmyarguement.com
Hey, after seemingly comparing my friend to a slave I thought it was quite a considered post.
She should consider herself lucky - these days the usual way of expressing disapproval of a work of fiction is to show up in a Peugeot brandishing an AK-47.
expressing disapproval of a work of fiction
...how is the calendar a 'work of fiction'?
Anyway, the issue is Maxxis selling tyres without annoying some of their customers.
...how is the calendar a 'work of fiction'?
I've never seen girls like that swapping tyres in my LBS.
...how is the calendar a 'work of fiction'?
You mean ... if I show up to Miss October's house right now, she's there in hot pants and a crop top, just waiting for little old me? Wow!! Christmas came early!!
The point is this thread needs their viewpoint or it's failing to account for the full spectrum of involved parties. Middle aged men should not be the sole arbiters of morality.
It does I wonder if the attitude expressed by some on here help encourage females to join our club or not.
No one claimed middle aged men* are or should be the arbiters of morality.
Clearly I said your female friend was a eunuch slave who wanted to fight to the death at least mis quote me accurately 😉
* are you middle aged? You looked much younger than most STWers to me.
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It does I wonder if the attitude expressed by some on here help encourage females to join our club or not.
The sixth form debating society and hand wringing collective?
outofbreath - Member
39 pages! Surely it can't be long before this thread results in a definitive conclusion everyone agrees with.
Monkeys
Mozart
The sixth form debating society and hand wringing collective?
Yes - we've put right-on supportive posters on all the common room notice boards but they still haven't come to any meetings. They prefer to go on trips to objectify the rugby club.