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http://elitedaily.com/news/world/du...e-offensive-sayings-every-day-speak-photos-2/
So men aren't stronger than women? Isn't that, like, proven through science?? Then why aren't men and women competing against each other in the Olympics? Oh, they're talking emotionally? Well, I got news for ya Duke, women are emotional basket cases. And if men acted like women did, emotionally, the world would have nuked itself long ago, and we'd be living in an age of dusty wastelands, feeding off weeds.
College kids, they always seem to have life all figured out.
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*sigh*I don't say "man up" because strength is not defined by sex or gender.
So men aren't stronger than women? Isn't that, like, proven through science?? Then why aren't men and women competing against each other in the Olympics? Oh, they're talking emotionally? Well, I got news for ya Duke, women are emotional basket cases. And if men acted like women did, emotionally, the world would have nuked itself long ago, and we'd be living in an age of dusty wastelands, feeding off weeds.
College kids, they always seem to have life all figured out.
This is the whole article:
Thoughts?Duke University’s “You Don’t Say?” campaign totally hits the nail on the head; it’s the 21st century, and there’s some sh*t you just shouldn’t say anymore because it’s offensive and harmful to certain communities.
Through black and white images, the campaign highlights some seemingly “harmless” phrases often spoken to serve as a funny one-liner or emphatic end to a story.
But as the campaign shows, saying things like “no homo” and “don’t be a *****” aren’t cool — instead, those phrases carry much deeper meanings and implications for the people they, meaning to or not, mention.
The posters always follow up with reasons it’s wrong to say these things, citing that the “no homo” epithet “delegitimizes love and sexual identities.” Similarly, something like calling someone a “*****” insists that “femininity is inherently negative.”
These posters prompt people to stop and think for a moment about the implications of our words, and how even casually-thrown around phrases can be damaging to how society views people, or how those people think about themselves and the support they’re receiving from others.
“You don’t say” couldn’t be more right. Why don’t we stop saying this sort of stuff forever?