"Little man.." as an insult? P Z Myers perpetuates sexist trope that small = bad, and virtuous men are big & strong. http://bit.ly/13oJ61N
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@PhilosophyExp You're misunderstanding my point.
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@PhilosophyExp an example of double standards. -
@charlsgeorgeson Real, virtuous men = big, strong, powerful. All seen as standardly masculine traits. If you valorize those... etc -
@PhilosophyExp Also, if you think that it's sexist towards women, it wouldn't be 'double standards'. Hypocrisy, but not double standards. -
@charlsgeorgeson Well, double standards in the sense that actually nobody will complain about this even if they accept the argument, and... -
@PhilosophyExp Context is important. If Ray Comfort had dwarfism, calling him a little man would be offensive even if Myers was -
@charlsgeorgeson and their relative absence as less virtuous. That ends up reinforcing standard sexist stereotypes. But I have to go!
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@PhilosophyExp women are disadvantaged in society, and just think about the statements themselves, I'm not really sure why this would be... -
@charlsgeorgeson No, no, no, no. :)
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@PhilosophyExp But you've not shown how your statement shows double standards. Even if we ignore the extent to which...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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