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Teachers that piss(ed) you off (pg. 5)
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| elena |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
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I love that face so much it hurts awesomely |
:tongue3 TA needs to update their smiley collection |
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| Mebot |
Yeah, agreed.
the class I took was Feminism & Technology and it really opened my eyes as to how male-dominated a lot of technology is or percieved to be. And by "technology" i'm not talking about computers and gadgets and hi-tech stuff, i'm talking about products that help make our lives more efficient.
And also how such "products" were very sexually segrated and have developed into a norm. Vacuum cleaners and home appliances we looked at from the 1950s that were targeted strictly to housewifes. We looked at high-heel shoes and how it's the "norm" for women to wear stilettos to look sexy, even though they're corrupting the arches in their feet. We looked at fighter jet cockpit seats in the Airforce that have strict calculated figures for pilots, mostly males, because most women cannot fit in these seats.
I tell you, that class opened my eyes up on a lot of gender-related issues. There was some occasional holier-than-thou feminist rants from some select girls in the clas, but for the most part it was a pretty unbiased class, and I got a lot out of it.
oops sorry for hijacking this thread |
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| Mebot |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
the french dont call a man ejaculating la petite morir (or however the hell they spell it- it means "the little death") that for no reason.
The man is done. Its like saying why is a tennis match over when one of the players passes out?
I guess you could keep playing, but theres no point.
edit: and if you talk about a woman finished, and a man keeping on going...vaginas dont go limp, and at worst he rubs one out and goes to bed. Either way hes happy. Women are way too complex about it all. |
I tried explaining that in class, not your exact example, but to some extent i tried explaining it. Not sure what my words were but it kept on coming back to the same thing:
"The man is done". why does it have to be male-related.
and that's purely rhetorical. tryng to answer that and we'll be going in circles allnight long. |
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| Orbax |
That kind of ties back to what I was saying earlier and its something that I have kind of come down to. I am planning on putting forth a challenge to these ladies, these proponents of woman-kind.
Go start your own business where its different than the male machine and see how it does. Every business you bitch about not being able to get into was STARTED at one point because someone thought it could be done better. The government gives HUGE grants to women starting businesses. Your ideas are so great, go start your own company.
You dont like the planes? Go build your own. Someone had to make that frigging jet and Im guessing that the comfort of a vagina was priority #1000000000000000000000000000000000000 compared to making sure the ing nukes dont go off midflight.
For all this I am woman, hear me roar bs, I dont see them doing much. Apparently initiative is a male trait too. Diss.
and as far as technology goes, the single most society defining
piece was the clothes washer. It freed women from the most tedious and time consuming part of the day.
Id also like to argue that women can look as sexy as they want without stilletos, and there are a number of women on this board that go to prove that beauty is how you carry yourself and your personality way more than if some leather bound board has a spike on it or not. How troglodytic is that? Focus less on what you perceive men to be perceiving and create your own paradigm.
or just expect 3.3 billion people to change in your life time. Thats realistic too. |
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| occrider |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
I tried explaining that in class, not your exact example, but to some extent i tried explaining it. Not sure what my words were but it kept on coming back to the same thing:
"The man is done". why does it have to be male-related.
and that's purely rhetorical. tryng to answer that and we'll be going in circles allnight long. |
Well, biologically speaking, sex is useless until the man is "done". |
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| Orbax |
Wow, thats a way better point haha. Although I imagine they would bring up the point of sexuality moving away from a biological basis, in fact, most would argue that the point of sex these days is to NOT have babies.
Although in that case I would say "If you are going to use 1 tool for multiple jobs, dont be pissed off when it breaks. If you are trying to 'get off' I suggest you buy a tool made for that. The 'tool' in this case a penis, has a primary function. "
Thats why these classes piss me off: In the end, they are unreasonable and going against the way things are just gonna be.
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| occrider |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
Wow, thats a way better point haha. Although I imagine they would bring up the point of sexuality moving away from a biological basis, in fact, most would argue that the point of sex these days is to NOT have babies.
Although in that case I would say "If you are going to use 1 tool for multiple jobs, dont be pissed off when it breaks. If you are trying to 'get off' I suggest you buy a tool made for that. The 'tool' in this case a penis, has a primary function. "
Thats why these classes piss me off: In the end, they are unreasonable and going against the way things are just gonna be.
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Ok, biological arguments aside, perhaps this is a better point:
Sex is a partnership with the goals of mutual satisfaction. It is the man's goal to get the woman to climax, and it is the woman's goal to get the man to climax. If the man satisfies the women, the women can typically continue such that she completes her obligation. If the man climaxes, he is physically prevented from fulfilling his obligation ... not his fault. In some instances a woman cannot physically fulfill her obligation (soreness or whatever) not her fault. The fact of the matter is is that both parties engaged in sex in good faith with a certain set of expectations. Even if they are physically incapable of fulfilling their end of the bargain, the opposite sex should have the courtesy to fulfill theirs. If you're upset with the satisfaction rendered from your choices, be more selective.
Christ, I can't believe I wsa this technical about ing. |
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| squirrelly |
Wait... you only had to work on a paper for a week and you're freaking out about the grades? At my old University we had to work on papers for MONTHS... our whole grade in the class depended on ONE paper. It had to be downright perfect.
To be honest, I enjoy difficult teachers, because it just makes me strive even harder to be the best. If you do the assignment right, no matter how much they dislike you, they cannot deny you your rightful grade. In fact, that's how I've gotten in pretty well with a few of my old professors. I just busted my ass in the class, and by the end of the semester the chip on their shoulders had dissolved, because they knew I was there for the education, and I wasn't some kid who was just there to be there. I think that's why some teachers are so "mean", it's because they put all their time and effort (for very little pay) into something that their students could care less about.
Though I have to admit, this school that I transferred to, is amazing. All the students that are here WANT to be here, if they didn't they wouldn't be shelling out the insane amount of money it costs to attend this school. The professors are straightforward, we call them all by their first names, and they work with you on everything. Because the classes are so small, we tend to call our teachers on their cell phones if we have questions. One of my professors will straight up rip you up if you up too.
i.e., Tuesday in class, someone put up their project and he simply said "Take it down, redo it." It was up for like .5 seconds. Then another girl put up her project and he just said "All I see are flowers. I see you like flowers. This has nothing to do with your assignment, take it down, redo it." He rips up your stuff if you do it incorrectly, but should you do it correctly, you recieve praise. It's a tough school, but the harsh grading is what we need to stick to our goals, and in the end it weeds out the weaker links. You start out with classes of 17 students when you begin at the school, by your fourth year it's you, three other students, and the teacher. |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
Christ, I can't believe I wsa this technical about ing. |
haha I was about to start recounting Tort Law and forseeable consequences and reasonable expectations of outcomes.
We'll just stick with it being a ridiculous claim hehe |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by squirrelly
i.e., |
that should be an e.g. :eek:
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| squirrelly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
that should be an e.g. :eek:
:wtf: |
e.g.? Never have I been told to use e.g.. You might be using a different system than I. |
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| Orbax |
Latin?
lol.
IE stands for id est. That means "That is" so it refers to "One should make the attempt to do the right thing no matter who or how many are watching i.e., do that which is right for the sake of rightness, not for the sake of others."
E.g. Stands for exempli gratia which means for the sake of example. "I hate large mammals. E.g., elephants and Giraffes" |
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