DaBudha,
equality != indentical

You're right, equality means equality:

e·qual·i·ty
1. the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability.

Equality has zero to do with roles, gender-based traits or any kind of behavior at all. Women seek equal rights. Women seek to be equally valued for equal abilities and hold equal status for equal performance. How does this translate into, "I want you to treat me exactly like you treat a man?"

I think I know all too well the kind of woman you're talking about. Spoiled, self-centered primadonnas who think the world should bend over backwards to please them. And their man should not only bend over, but do back-flips. And their only job is to look pretty. They don't say much interesting unless you care where they got their hair did or what shade their nails are today. I can't handle 'em and I'm a woman. I avoid them like a plague. They're called narcissists.

Sounds like you've been dating this personality type. Stop. Find someone like Stinky. And stop generalizing your personal experience to a whole gender. This is why people are calling you sexist and whatever other words it was you objected to. It's bigotry.

Quote Originally Posted by DaBudhaStank
I have problems. Gee thats a very acute observation. And you don't, right? Of course I have problems friend. If I didn't, I wouldn't be much of a human being.

Unfortunately, you're wrong. I don't blame women for anything. I'm starting to believe that most people don't actually read the original post, because some of the comments here are just mind boggling...
What people are trying to get across is that you are blaming these problems on women. You are blaming other people for how the world (or at least 51% of it), is treating you. You are blaming women for the fact that you're an army of one man in this thread. Despite the fact that there are men amongst the opponent troops.

In general; if a significant amount of people are treating you in the same negative manner, you're doing yourself a disservice by refusing to look at what you might be doing to contribute. We typically do reap what we sow. Playing the victim doesn't get anyone anywhere, even when they are truly a victim. And it sounds to me like you're a victim of your own closed mind here.

You're not being logical about this stuff. You're focused on arguing your point and aren't considering opposing viewpoints. You refuse to swap moccasins.

That's why your mind is boggled.

If I was one of those who insulted you, know that wasn't my intention. Just the truth as I see it. Seriously, you did not come across at all intelligently in your original post. I skimmed most of the rest of the thread after that. I've reread some a bit more attentively. It appears you did tweak your persentation style. You do not appear to be stupid. You do appear to be ignorant.

ig·no·rant
1. lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
2. lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: ignorant of quantum physics.
3. uninformed; unaware.
4. due to or showing lack of knowledge or training: an ignorant statement.

I too am a different person on the internet. This is because I have edit and logoff. I can step away until I can be less emotional and more respectful if I feel offended. In fact, there is one person I'm forced to keep in my life that I refused to communicate with outside writing. Eliminated the heated arguments. So if you seriously were looking for a civilized debate rather than a fight, your original post boggles my mind.

If you're looking for agreement, I doubt you'll sway most of these folks. I'd like to see someone with the guts to come in agree with you though. I'm quite sure your belief is not unique.

You really stacked the odds against yourself posting in a Women's Issues category on a cannabis forum.

Focus thy rebellious courage. Use it for good. Start a "'The War on Drugs" is dead and the DEA killed it!' or "'Reefer Madness is dead and Science killed it!" crusade. Srsly. Armed with a bit of study of debate and some good research studies, you could become a hard-core advocate. Hit the books!

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