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Lastly, the conservative position puts certain implications on "our wives" etc. that others don't. It is by no means a consensus.

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So imagine Dudeman, who cares very much for his wife and daughter while having progressive views. Then... "STOP CALLING THEM THAT!"

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Exactly. It's very "someone is wrong on the internet", which I find quite absurd for a movement that espouses empathy.

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eh, you father-husband-Christian folks have always been reluctant with progress

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I mean to say, plenty of people would say "my wife, daughter" etc. indicatively, not possessively. "This woman here."

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And I am as far from Christian as you can get, am not married and very much love my daughter w/o possessiveness. :)

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Besides which, even if I were, would it suddenly be a bad thing if I opposed rape? I hardly think so.

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yeah, not bad at all to oppose rape or disapprove of T...

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but I bet anyone who first conceives of that by family relationships is not as much on my side as they think they are

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It's down to how you reify what a person "is", in a sense.

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Exactly. I have a fiancée, but to me this is not a description of her identity - just our *mutual* relationship.

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