Oh boy, I'm going to regret this.

RobVG — 4/13/2007 1:48:14 AM (archived)

I'm a male chauvinist hogzilla. I try not to be but to no avail.

How many women signed the declaration of independence and how many women fired a shot in the revolutionary war?

How many women took part designing or building bridges like the Brooklyn Bridge and Golden gate?

Hoover dam, Grand Coulee?

Of course there were a handful of women working in the Apollo program-among 10's of thousands of men. It's become PC and customary to automatically include the fairer sex in any and all mention of historical accomplishment. I suppose if building an image of women in this manner was the only way to construct the current level playing field, then it's not such a bad thing.

It' would just be nice to move forward from this point in history on.

Rob (expecting deafening silence from those with similar views, maybe worse...)

The whole thread (58 posts)

On bravery - Jody. - 4/12/2007 5:44:42 AM
- The woman I most admire is Helen Keller (n/t) - Jody - 4/13/2007 11:42:05 AM
  - Just another in-bad-taste aside - ER - 4/13/2007 3:15:17 PM
- Oh boy, I'm going to regret this. - RobVG - 4/13/2007 1:48:14 AM
  - Holy Moly Rob! - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/14/2007 10:54:14 PM
    - Yada yada ya li'l sh**...:):):) (n/t) - Jody sticking her tongue out at you - 4/15/2007 6:54:38 PM
    - Oh great... - RobVG - 4/15/2007 3:12:01 AM
      - Ah...so you ARE regretting that post, eh? - Jody - 4/15/2007 6:52:31 PM
        
        Actually I was pleasantly surprised. - RobVG - 4/15/2007 11:59:11 PM
        
        And what would have been the point of that? - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 12:36:40 AM
        
        Well, I certainly pondered the idea of... - Jody - 4/16/2007 12:05:49 AM
        
        re: chimpanzees' genetic material - Bonzo - 4/17/2007 7:50:24 PM
        
        Kinda figures, doesn't it? (n/t) - Fox - 4/19/2007 1:35:36 AM
  - Molly Walsh - Mary Anne - 4/14/2007 10:12:00 PM
    - Never a truer arrow loosed. - Yeti - 4/16/2007 6:39:01 AM
    - Good Golly Miss Molly! - Lindy - 4/15/2007 2:45:46 AM
  - And re: the Brooklyn Bridge... - Mary Anne - 4/14/2007 12:16:17 AM
  - How many do you hear about? - Mary Anne - 4/14/2007 12:10:50 AM
    - "...Everything Fred Astaire did...." - S - 4/18/2007 12:56:25 AM
      - Oh, I know! - Mary Anne - 4/18/2007 1:32:32 AM
        
        re: Oh, I know! - S - 4/18/2007 11:02:58 PM
    - re: How many do you hear about? - Marcia - 4/16/2007 2:51:13 AM
    - "Ginger brought sex to the partnership... - ER - 4/16/2007 1:49:30 AM
    - "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, only backwards and in high heels. " - Lindy - 4/14/2007 2:56:40 PM
      - And I can't take credit for it. - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 12:56:15 AM
      - As we can see by these posts... - Jody - 4/14/2007 6:46:03 PM
        
        The guys who don't get it...don't get any. - ER - 4/15/2007 3:39:47 PM
        
        and you would be spot on there, ER - Jody - 4/15/2007 6:50:05 PM
        
        Women do seem to have one disadvantage over men. - ER - 4/15/2007 9:32:56 PM
        
        Try to find any woman nowadays who recognizes irony. - TB - 4/16/2007 1:09:47 AM
        
        I would like to aMEND this post - Jody - 4/16/2007 2:18:32 AM
        
        We can if there's a pressing need. - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 1:14:33 AM
        
        The Greek tailor and his customer... - ER - 4/16/2007 1:19:04 AM
        
        LOL! - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 1:34:13 AM
        
        re: LOL! - ER - 4/16/2007 1:43:14 AM
        
        Discussing? Hardly. - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 2:23:51 AM
        
        Mary Anne how lucky you were!...my Grandfather couldn't have cared less. (n/t) - Jody - 4/17/2007 4:17:51 AM
        
        He'd be very proud to see how you're passing it onward... (n/t) - TB - 4/17/2007 3:07:14 AM
        
        Okay Smarty pants - Jody - 4/16/2007 12:01:45 AM
        
        I can't help myself, I'm Cuban. - ER - 4/16/2007 1:30:08 AM
        
        Cock-a-doodle- do - Jody - 4/16/2007 2:23:29 AM
        
        and the only disadvantage a man has is.. - Jody - 4/16/2007 12:15:18 AM
        
        Somebody had to break up this estrogen love fest. (n/t) - ER - 4/16/2007 1:31:25 AM
        
        There's your irony right there... (n/t) - RobVG - 4/16/2007 2:50:25 AM
        
        BUT.... - Jody - 4/16/2007 2:36:17 AM
        
        Only when there are pictures. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/16/2007 2:41:03 AM
        
        :):):):):) (n/t) - Jody - 4/16/2007 12:16:14 AM
  - re: You never heard of Rosie the Riveter? - SteveS - 4/13/2007 11:20:51 PM
  - Behind every good man... - SDG - 4/13/2007 2:48:31 PM
  - tsk..tsk.... (n/t) - Jody - 4/13/2007 1:21:23 PM
  - Read about John and Abigail Adams - Fox - 4/13/2007 2:50:01 AM
  - Wow! - Bowser - 4/13/2007 2:08:37 AM
    - "Which would you rather do, endure natural childbirth or sign the Declaration of Independence?" - Lindy - 4/13/2007 3:19:24 AM
  - bravery is a subjective term (n/t) - Jody - 4/13/2007 2:04:46 AM
  - The women give birth to these men (n/t) - Jody - 4/13/2007 2:03:49 AM
    - And raised them to be who they were. - TB - 4/13/2007 2:50:16 AM
      - re: And raised them to be who they were. - ER - 4/13/2007 3:27:39 PM
        
        That's the answer. - TB - 4/13/2007 6:35:58 PM

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