"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 an example of double standards.
@charlsgeorgeson Real, virtuous men = big, strong, powerful. All seen as standardly masculine traits. If you valorize those... etc
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@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 But the point is that it's such a stretch in context that I don't think it's evidence of double standards. -
@charlsgeorgeson are masculine virtues, defined in part by their difference from feminine attributes, and that's what makes it sexist.
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