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Originally Posted by Livia
I am always honest with myself. And with everyone else.
I wouldn't get annoyed at someone calling him a stupid man. But if a Tory called a female Labour MP a stupid woman I'd be just as annoyed. And it wouldn't matter what else was going on in the world. All the time women are a minority in parliament it would annoy me.
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Originally Posted by MTVN
Talking about whether it would be as bad if the genders were reversed misses the point that women are under-represented in Parliament and have always been subject to discrimination and harassment in Westminster by men who have no respect for them, comments like 'stupid woman' are rooted in that culture
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And a lot of those men are probably feigning outrage and offense because it suits them to do so. This isn't an issue of sexism, it's an issue of party lines, scoring points and distractions.
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