Double Standards

Originally Posted by Summonmaster

How about in the workforce?
I don't know about everywhere else, but:
- I've only ever seen one male secretary
- I've never seen a female in construction

I know things are changing with male nurses and female...uh...well stuff like that. There are just some jobs that I haven't seen the opposite gender fill.

I do suck-ratery work for my dentist, who is a lady. She chose me instead of a list of ladies because I'm a big guy. She likes the reassurance that if one of her patients flips out over a bill or can't control themselves under pain, I can step in to intervine.

In stagecrew, you'll see some women who could out muscle some of the typical fellas. Still, their numbers are pretty few and far between.

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I thought it was illegal to keep children out of a parent's life, regardless of gender, religion, or criminal history. I remember my lady friend Darlene filed for child support when the father of her child didn't want the child in his life. He didn't want to pay out, so he filed for joint cusdity.

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Gamer girls. It had to come up sometime.

Okay. I never had any clue why girls were not in to gaming, until I met my friend Tina. I told her that I have been in to video games since the Atari 2600, and she said "Oh yeah. My father bought me one when I was young, but I had trouble expaining to him that I don't play video games because I am a girl." I wanted to faint right then and there. Did society just convince all girls that video games are only for fellas? Even worse, the video game industry backs up that statement by releasing "girl driven" games and applications like Cosmogirl, or like what Arrowhead pointed out, the latest Mary Kate & Ashley installment. If a girl wanted to get in to gaming, and was a complete stranger to the subject, what would she choose? Girls would most likely pick something that they can relate to the easiest, which also turns out to be the worst games on the market. The only solution I can come up with, is treat all ladies who are beginners to video games, the same way I would treat any newbie to a video game. Take a game with a simple concept that is easy to play, yet is not so easy it is bland and boring. Tetris, and the Final Fantasy series are the easiest examples I can come up with off the top of my head. I would recommend them to anybody, regardless of their previous gaming experiences. At the video gamers club in my college, we would play Guitaroo Man on a big projecter, and ladies would be drawn to the flashy graphics and eclectic music. When they saw all the fellas playing the game, some became determined to learn how to play the game, regardless of their novice level. One of the ladies became one of the best competetors, and many ladies had a great time getting in to video games through the game. Their isn't a clear, solid way to get everybody in to video games, but breaking stereotypes and not scaring away new gamers is vital.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I don't understand why white people get so bent out of shape about the fact that black people are sensitive about non-black people using the word "nigger". Is it because they think it is a term of endearment, or maybe because imitating black culture just the new fad? I nearly beat the shit out of a black person for calling me "honky", and I live in a neighborhood where myself and my roommates are the only white people in the neighborhood. I know I'm not black, I respect the black culture, I have many black friends, and I never felt the need to call anybody a "nigger". So if Asians start calling each other "chinks", now white people have to call them "chinks" too?

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