emodx said:
So while the poll was made to support her, it actually supports what I felt all along. A guy who makes some of the posts she did wouldn't have gotten voted off the island. Definately the same verbal lashing, but not voted off. So read into any of this banter or none of it.
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I honestly don't think it has anything to do with gender at all.
Reverse the roles, she's away at sea, you're at home posting on a web board she frequents (you're an outsider, you have no real interest in the topic of the web board), predominantly populated by women. You start posting things that are a bit racy... sexual innuendo, etc. I think lots of the women on said web board would find that unseemly. Not saying I do, but I couldn't certainly see how some might.
Would they be man-haters? I don't think so. Would their opinion be based on gender? Nope, it would be based on conduct and appearances.
That's leaving aside the whole issue of conflicting personalities, etc, etc. that come up every time people interact. I think there are plenty of reasons someone could have an opinion here that have nothing to do with gender, and nothing to do with being misogynistic.
All of that said, I have no problem with her posting; her self-imposed exile seems totally unnecessary. I'm just rankled by all of the assumptions about people's motivations that are being bandied about in this thread.
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