Oh lord, someone did it. They made the stunningly self-contradicting "alike" argument.
Someone always does, without even realising what they're doing.
I am arguing that people are all different.
You (and others) are arguing that all men are the same and all women are the same.
You criticise me for ignoring differences and arguing that people are all the same.
I don't see how you (or anyone else) can think that makes any sense. You're criticising me for making the argument that you're making and that I'm opposing. How can you not notice what you're doing?
You can be sorry all you like, but I am not going to start believing that everyone must conform to whatever sexist stereotypes you or anyone else approves of, I am not going to agree that "they're all the same" and I am not going to start saying that difference is sameness and sameness is difference.
You're talking utter ********.
I haven't noticed anyone in this thread suggesting that
ALL women are the same. What most people are pointing out is that there are certain traits which apply
PREDOMINANTLY (but not exclusively) to a certain sector of the population, roughly defined by gender.
Not all women watch soap operas but most do, not all women love clothes shopping but most do. Most men watch sport but not all do, most men are physically stronger and more aggressive than women but not all are.
Many traits are so much more predominant in one sex that they can be applied almost solely to that particular gender. I'm not a big fan of steeotyping but I'm not that blinkered that I don't realise that there are significant differences between the sexes that will always be there no matter how liberal you are.
Besides, gender stereotyping is fun. Now lighten up and join in
I'm not keen on the tendency
MOST women have of assuming that, if their best friend hasn't answered their text within 5 minutes that she's fallen out with her and is talking about her behind her back with her sworn enemy (who used to be her best friend until she started hanging around with x and y - the bitch). This scenario is over simplified but I'm sure most of you know what I mean.