@charlsgeorgeson Doesn't matter. Splash damage, you see. "Little man" functions at the level of connotation to reinforce sexist stereotype.
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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...
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@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 Secondly, many wouldn't complain because of contextually the phrase is divorced from the literal height of the person. -
@charlsgeorgeson I just think you're wrong about the sexism thing. It's part of a whole discourse that sees strength size, etc., as virtues -
@PhilosophyExp I think it's tied up in the way in which we see men and women, but it's directed at men who deviate from...
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@PhilosophyExp I think many wouldn't accept that it's sexist towards women though. My intuition about 'little man'Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp is that it's more about 'men should be large, and you are not', rather than 'women are small, and you are small'.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp using it in the context of 'small minded'. I think even the people you think are hypersensitive understand context matters.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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