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« on: March 08, 2026, 05:16:47 pm »See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/aryan-fingers/msg659/#msg659
Good for the girls in the video for rejecting the patronization. It should be particularly noted that the boy was not offering his hand to one particular girl (whereupon we could have generously given him benefit of doubt as a sign of that individual (who could be of any gender) being special to him), but offering his hand to whichever girl might take it (which implies that he does not view girls as individuals in the first place, but as members of a gender).
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/aryan-fingers/msg659/#msg659
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I have always despised the uniquely Western "Ladies First" manners (men expected to open doors/pull chairs/etc. for women but not the other way round) which is based on this exact mode of patronizing behaviour, and which is not found in any other historical civilization.
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Treating healthy people as if they are disabled is not complimentary, but insulting. Every time a man opens a door for a woman in any situation where he would not do the same for another man, he is intentionally reminding her that women are on average physically weaker than men. This is the point behind Western manners: to issue regular veiled threats to women's safety ("We can physically overpower you any time we want, so you'd better not act up!") so as to keep them subdued. This is androcentrism (or what I prefer to call patriarchy), not gynocentrism.
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Everything in Western civilization is designed to pound into women's minds every single day that they are physically weaker than men on average. This is why I laugh when anyone tries to claim that Western civilization is less patriarchical than other civilizations.
Good for the girls in the video for rejecting the patronization. It should be particularly noted that the boy was not offering his hand to one particular girl (whereupon we could have generously given him benefit of doubt as a sign of that individual (who could be of any gender) being special to him), but offering his hand to whichever girl might take it (which implies that he does not view girls as individuals in the first place, but as members of a gender).