To answer your question— no, I am a man. And I use the phone to accomplish many of my daily tasks, although I prefer email. I composed an email saying some things I really should have said in person just now, and before that I used a mobile phone to schedule a meeting with someone whose office is a block away; I could just have walked over.
Please bear in mind that when I say a person's language is rooted in sexism, I am not accusing that person of being bad or inferior. I am stating that I think that person has assumptions which they need to re-examine due to the effect these assumptions have on their behavior. That said, I'm interpreting the following as examples of sexism in action:
akira
19:53 / 01.05.06
Woman use mobile phones like magic wands. Hmmm today I think I'll encourage new growth...SHAZAM!
(Generalization and complaint about the behavior of a group; attributing unadmirable motivations to the group without cause; by itself objectionable.)
akira
20:22 / 01.05.06
Point taken. Not all woman have mobile phones.
(In context, I object to this because I think it showed that you were treating the concerns I raised to you as frivolous.)
akira
20:40 / 01.05.06
Are you a girl (id)entity? Are their any woman reading this thread that are offended by what I said? How many of you, if fact have any men also used your phone to do your dirty work? I think this is an interesting point for debate.
(Using the word "girl" instead of "woman" is indicative of contempt, in my opinion. The rest of your post as I read it suggests that sexism should only be of concern to women, whose opinions about it nonetheless don't matter because they are heartless beasts who use phones.)
akira
21:01 / 01.05.06
OK I understand, it was a bit of a general sweap. What I should have said was, I also have had experiances with woman (not all woman mind you) who like touse thier mobile phones to do their dirty work.
(Here it seems you're interpreting a motivation for astrojax's female friend, as well as other women you have known, for which you have no evidence.)
akira
21:03 / 01.05.06
In all honesty I think its beacuse they find it hard to hurt me to my face, and cant bear the look in my eyes. Bless thier little cotton socks.
(I'm reading this in context as contemptuous and drippingly venomous in tone. It plays on stereotypes of women as cowardly, soft, emotional, and weak.) |
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