Posted on 05/20/2008 8:30:27 AM PDT by george76
Geraldine Ferraro may not vote for Barack Obama because of his “terribly sexist” ways.
The most damning charge against Obama is “Sweetie-gate,” ...
It is my understanding that feminists don’t like being called “Sweetie.” (“Kitten” and “Pussycat” should also be avoided.)
In fact, the vast majority of women don’t care for such terms of endearment.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
Women may not care for it, but ladies aren’t so full of themselves as to be offended by a term such as Sweetie. Get over yourselves women!
;^) Both clever and funny...something very rare in this election cycle.
Well, I am a lady and don’t care for it, but you can stop it by doing what I do to doctors who call me by my first name, I call them by their first name, some of them will say they prefer Dr. —— and I say I prefer Mrs.———, some just use the Mrs. ——— after I do that and don’t say anything about it, but they sure get the message, like to see a reporter call him honeypie! Can’t you just see a reporter yelling honeypie at a press conference!!!!!
Geraldine, ObamaMessiaHamas has a message for you:
“Sweetie put some ice on it and quit your whining! Only I can whine during this election.”
Proof that it should be done/used MORE OFTEN...
He is monumentally sexist and condescending.
Calling that reporter sweetie is just the tip of the iceberg. It will upset a lot of women, and not just feminists.
Since my college days when an instructor called me “my dear,” I’ve always lectured anyone who uses terms like dear and sweetie about how disrespectful they’re being.
Oh, I bet you're a blast to hang out with.
Yesterday at Sonic, the girl at the window called me honey, sweetie, and babe--all 3 within the span of about a minute. I guess I should have lectured her about how disrespectful she was being. Or does that only apply if a man calls a woman sweetie?
Awesome video:
The same kind of terrorists who support Obama did this:
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Never apologize for them.
Never appease them.
Never forget.
Awesome video:
The same kind of terrorists who support Obama did this:
http://www.frugalsites.net/911/attack/
Never apologize for them.
Never appease them.
Never forget.
Awesome video:
The same kind of terrorists who support Obama did this:
http://www.frugalsites.net/911/attack/
Never apologize for them.
Never appease them.
Never forget.
Well, mooselimbs do have a general disdain towards women...
You should have asked her out.
Ha ha. I don't think my wife would appreciate that none too much!
Actually, the lady was much older than me, so her calling me sweetie and babe had kind of a motherly tone. It's no different with men calling girls sweetie--it's usually a man adopting a fatherly tone.
I think some women need to just get over themselves. It's not the end of the frickin' world if a man calls you sweetie.
And then we want to know why the Republicans are such bootlickers?
An Obama + Nation = Abomination!
Being a blast to hang out with has not been high on my list of priorities since I was 15. Since then, I’ve done some major studying, had some major jobs and had to push through sexism all the way. I deserve respect.
However, a very sweet girl who was doing a good job helping me at the department store called me sweetie yesterday and really, coming from her, it was OK. OTOH, a snooty sniffy overdressed perfume sales person at Nordies decided to call me dear, apparently because of my age, and she got the full lecture. To her credit, she turned it into a conversation, asked me why I objected to the term, got the point, and then apologized.
Moving from sexism to ageism is really hard. First I was considered less than because I was a female in a man’s world, and now because I look like grandma, who obviously must be a doddering drooling old idiot who has nothing going for her but her knitting and her granny charm bracelet. My favorite response to those who call me dear or dearie is, “Please don’t call me that. YOu’ve never met anyone less dear than I am.” May or may not be true, but it makes them think. And really, I’m having fun blowing a few minds.
That’s nice sweetie. Great job on making small talk such a chore for random people you meet.
I think you’re reading way, way, WAY too much into ordinary terms of endearment. Someone calls you “dear” and you construct a complex series of events that ends with you thinking they’re calling you a “doddering drooling old idiot,” when they’re probably doing it to be nice.
Usually, the only ones I see mince words like this are young, angry feminists or aging, bitter feminists. Not saying you fall into either category, of course.
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