Is there any reason to think slimey jokes about women's legs are related to beating your partner?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Sure. Not my field - but I am pretty certain someone would have done studies on the sexist attitudes of convicted wife beaters.
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Replying to @mricho61
Possibly. But this still would not tell us if ppl who find leg jokes amusing are more likely to be violent to women.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Analogy: Racism- would making casually racist jokes lead to killing black people or Jews- No. Some racism is "mostly harmless"
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Replying to @mricho61 @HPluckrose
Not all racism is deadly - but its petty forms/ expressions arise from the same kinds of assumptions and attitudes.
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Replying to @mricho61
I don't see how that works. 1) Regarding women as sexually attractive & saying so is not akin to racism anyway.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @mricho61
2) Even when attraction is expressed when not appropriate -eg shld be focusing on woman's ideas -where's the connection w violence
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I don't see a connection between expressing attraction and violence either. Cant see where you are getting this from.????
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Replying to @mricho61
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Replying to @HPluckrose
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