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rdVark
12/17/09

In reply to Domesticating Women: Funny, Too Close For Comfort
Arg. Sadly yesterday my (male) roommate told me something that makes this a lot less funny. While he was at work he overheard his male colleagues talking about a guy "needing to control his woman," the other man responded by saying he had "begun the process of training his wife." Luckily my roommate is not some kind of wimpy person that won't say anything for fear of retribution from the guys, and let them know what he thought of their comments, and the idea of "training" women.
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Flackette Goes Retro
12/17/09

In reply to Domesticating Women: Funny, Too Close For Comfort
The mention of Kentucky at the end made me simultaneously recoil and laugh. For the record, we don't repress women more than any other socially conservative, economically depressed state!
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Rare Affinity
12/17/09

In reply to Domesticating Women: Funny, Too Close For Comfort
I disagree about the corsets. I tend to wear mine almost every day and far from making me feel meek and mild, I feel as if I am wearing body armour. Most women, like those pictured above would never have worn corsets laced so tightly they were unable to carry out the heavy manual tasks they had to carry out daily as housewives or servants.
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morninggloria
12/17/09

In reply to Domesticating Women: Funny, Too Close For Comfort
Just this morning, I was thinking about how some men don't really want human companionship; they just want the equivalent of a domesticated sex dog with breasts who can cook and obey simple commands.
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msAnthrope
12/17/09

@morninggloria:

Not that it was my intent, but I wound up with a male version of what you just described. Except he doesn't have breasts and doesn't cook very often. But he's awfully cute, can carry and move really heavy things, and is very snuggly and warm in bed!
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femme-bot
12/17/09

@morninggloria: I always thought some men just wanted a mother that they can have sex with.
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InABook
12/17/09

@morninggloria: I know a lot of people, both men and women, who want someone to do their cooking, cleaning, and to have sex with them. It's a mindset that's traditionally associated with men, but I think it more has to do with people that are busy and self-centered seeking it out. The want everything to be about them, them, them.

There are also people who want a partner to take care of household things simply because they have an ambitious career plan, and honestly don't have time to take care of a house-- but these people don't annoy me like the first group do.
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morninggloria
12/17/09

@InABook: Men are socialized to believe that they are the default and the center of the universe and that the world should bend to their needs.

Women are socialized to believe that they need to be accomodating and subservient.

I see what you're saying, but any woman who looks for a personal servant like spouse is deviating from the norm.
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SomeAuthorGirl
12/17/09

In reply to Domesticating Women: Funny, Too Close For Comfort
Too bloody close for comfort. Despite who I am, my job title, and the fact that it's 200-effing-9, in a room full of men for a meeting I always get at least 5 glances when a lunch order or coffee needs to happen. I shit you not.

Endless uses, y'all.
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BuffySummers
12/17/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: I'm convinced this would still happen even if there was a meeting between a female CEO and a bunch of male underlings.

"Ooh, we need coffee...Boss, want to get on that? "
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SomeAuthorGirl
12/17/09

@BuffySummers: Case in point.
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Rare Affinity
12/17/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: In my time as a Director of Finance, I occasionally had a visitor, invariably male, who assumed that I was my own PA.
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SomeAuthorGirl
12/17/09

@Rare Affinity: Ha. That's happened to me. Professionally, I sometimes use only my first initial, and my first name is somewhat gender-neutral. I often get phone calls asking for Mr. SomeAuthorGirl. It's how I can tell who is wise in the ways of googling (since I am image-findable that way) and who is not.
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beatrice2000
12/17/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: Watching episodes of Torchwood and Flash/Forward, I cringed at this. One scene had a female police officer with a tray of coffee cups handing them out to her male colleagues, the other had a newly hired female engineer who was called to a business meeting urgently, only to be asked to serve tea to the male employees in the room. I hate that this shit still happens in real life.
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feather_spin
12/17/09

In reply to Domesticating Women: Funny, Too Close For Comfort
It's funny because it's true!

It's tragic because it's true!
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bess marvin, girl detective
05/26/09

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i always told nancy to watch out
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Bunsen Honeydew
05/26/09

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Dear The Onion,

Nancy Drew was a saint. DO NOT FUCK WITH ND.

Hearts and stars,

Bunsen Honeydew
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KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins
05/26/09

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I know who really did it!!! It was RED HERRING!!!!
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zombie.nancy is a godess of fierce
05/26/09

In reply to The Girl Detective
where's George Fayne?! I hope she issues a statement.
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Stroopwafels
05/26/09

In reply to The Girl Detective
I blame Bess. She was always to chipper for my tastes!
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zombie.nancy is a godess of fierce
05/26/09

@Stroopwafels: you know her plump self secretly resented Nancy for being the main blonde -_-
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hovy
05/26/09

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I bet that asshole Jupiter Jones set Nancy up after she turned his fat ass down for a date.
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DexterHaven
05/26/09

@hovy: Jupiter Jones! OMG! I loved those books! I had a crush on Pete Crenshaw. The tunnels.. *drifts off in reminiscence*
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RayneDear
05/26/09

In reply to The Girl Detective
I have The Hidden Staircase on my DVR right now. I LOVE YOU NANCY!! And I don't mean the new fake Nancy.
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Mayonegg
05/26/09

@RayneDear: The hidden staircase was always my favorite book of the bunch. I was always searching our house to find one, getting in trouble for peeling back wallpaper..
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zombie.nancy is a godess of fierce
05/26/09

@Mayonegg i loved the one about a ghost horse at the ranch and the heart shaped gold.
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pickles.and.olives
05/26/09

In reply to The Girl Detective
I would hazard that the Hardy Boys are involved.
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Snowbunny
05/26/09

@pickles.and.olives: Well, at least their father is but knowing him he's probably tied up on an island somewhere and the Hardy Boys are on their way to hide the evidence.
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randomnessish
05/26/09

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Ms. Drew can do no wrong. I always loved that she was created around 1930...it always gave me a nice surprise to know that I was still enjoying something that had been enjoyed ~70 years ago, by girls like me. Although I probably read the 60's version (although I think it was updated again in the 80's), and I always kind of wish I'm reading the original version of things.
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Snowbunny
05/26/09

@randomnessish: Did you know that the original Nancy Drew wore flapper outfits and drove too fast in a racy car? True story, she used to be a bad ass and then the original publisher's daughter took over and she totally revamped Nancy's whole image, going back into the old books and editing them.
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