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WCDT 2056-2060; Nov. 14-18, 2011

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AnAverageWriter:
To be fair, EnglishCrunch, I think there was only one person who actually was serious about labellng Padma as a "slut"...

And he's gone now... so... yeah.

eurydice23:
Hello all! I'm new here, as you can see.

I'm seeing the classic Eve v. Mary thing going on here. If you aren't demure, you're obviously a temptress. Slut one of the worst labels that you can put on a woman, and as I woman I know this. The first thing I have to say is even if Padma sleeps around, that doesn't make her a bad person. Honestly, I don't see why you should hate her if she does. It doesn't change her intelligence. Clearly she's been moving up in the ranks at the Secret Bakery. If she wanted to have sex with Marten, why not? You all seem to be complaining about Marten's feelings. Marten is an adult man, and should know that sex doesn't mean anything but sex. Sex only has other meanings if you want it to.  If he read too much into it, it's his fault. As others have said, Marten knew what he was doing. He knew Padma was leaving, and he knew that she might never come back. If he assumed that their night together was going to make her stay and date him, quite honestly, he was acting childish.

Whew that was long. Had to get that out.

Overkillengine:
I don't think it was so much "just having a different view", but more of "having a viewpoint that a specific gender is somehow less entitled to the same rights/ less human than the other gender" overtones being strongly projected.

Not once was it answered why it was OK for Marten to have a one night stand and not Padma. If anything. Marten has been less ethical, (but not to the point of being unethical) as he has not made as much pains to be as clear as she had about what they were available for.

Edit: And it irritates me to see it done to either gender, which is why it should be realized that Marten had the opportunity and ability to choose not to put himself in a situation that was going to depress him later- or to even be depressed about it at all.* To maintain otherwise to also imply men are less than human as well.


*He got laid with minimal effort and only one situation that would cause him major embarrassment- most of us should only be so lucky.

Akima:

--- Quote from: EnglishCrunch on 17 Nov 2011, 15:43 ---Let's not make accusations of sexism, or take the word slut off the table by claiming its discriminatory. Let's also not get too serious about what fictional characters do or do not deserve.
--- End quote ---
The word slut is not discriminatory. Applying it solely to the the woman in an entirely voluntary "one night stand" is discriminatory and thoroughly sexist in my view, and I will certainly continue to take that seriously.


--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 17 Nov 2011, 15:47 ---To be fair, EnglishCrunch, I think there was only one person who actually was serious about labellng Padma as a "slut"...
--- End quote ---
He was the only one to use the word. The only one to apply the double-standard? Not so much.

EnglishCrunch:
Fair enough Akima. Maybe my sensitivities are at fault here. I stand by opinion, that the only double-standard being applied here is between "long-time and beloved characters" vs. "New and less popular characters".

But I also don't claim that opinion to be a flawless interpretation. Also, I learned a long time ago that as a white male of middle-class upbringing, I'm nearly always wrong on this type of thing.

It's like I was built in a lab out of old PC parts: if it involves empathy and sensitivity toward my fellow man, I'm probably doing it wrong.

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