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By SFLCircle • 12 years ago

Sexism, Alive and Well on the Internet

I frequent the site IMDb.com, which stands for Internet Movie Database. I love movies and it can be a great website to get information on upcoming films and whatnot, as well as movie showtimes in my area.

One feature that they have on the site is the Daily Poll. This is a feature where regular users suggest poll questions and each day they select a different one and people vote. Pretty simple. The questions are usually fun and harmless, like today was what was your favorite decade for Marlon Brando films.

Then there’s a comment section where you can either comment on the current poll or give suggestions for future poll questions. I always like to check that out because there are some fun ideas on there. That’s when I ran into this topic:

“Suggestion: Most interesting to see female version of a classic man film”*

It’s worded a bit strangely but the idea is what classic “man film” would be the most interesting to see re-envisioned starring women? I personally thought this was a very interesting question indeed so I clicked on the topic. Bad idea. Anyone who thinks sexism is a thing of the past just need take a gander here (though I don’t know if you can see the link without having an imdb account).
By SFLCircle • 12 years ago

At a Loss For Words

My boyfriend recently told me something that, in all honesty, I don’t quite know how to deal with. Well, it’s not something that I have to deal with, but I don’t know what to say to him about it and it left me kind of just staring blankly at him knowing that whatever I said was probably not going to be the right thing.

About 8 years ago he got a girl pregnant and she had an abortion. I don’t think this was a girlfriend of his, just someone he was casually sleeping with. I don’t even know if they slept together more than the one time, I didn’t ask. But she had an abortion without telling him. He found out ...

My boyfriend recently told me something that, in all honesty, I don’t quite know how to deal with. Well, it’s not something that I have to deal with, but I don’t know what to say to him ...
By SFLCircle • 12 years ago

A Hypocrite for Wanting Babies?

So basically, I feel like a hypocrite. For years and years I thought, well in my mind I knew, that I didn’t want to have children. It just wasn’t for me. I watched my friends get married and I had all the conversations with them about babies and how excited they were and the whole time I sat there and said no thank you. And the whole time they always said the same thing to me: just wait. Or, you’ll see. Or, once you meet the right guy, you’ll change your mind.

This infuriated me! It always felt so smug and condescending. I did not want kids. Yes they were my friends but who were they to tell me I didn’t ...

So basically, I feel like a hypocrite. For years and years I thought, well in my mind I knew, that I didn’t want to have children. It just wasn’t for me. I watched my friends get married ...