It's not just American Women
i know there's a certain segment of this thread that seems to think euro and aussie chicks are superior to aws (you guys know who you are) but i've always been of the opinion that they're just as bad, if not maybe even a little worse. here's a little glimpse of what's going on on the other side of the atlantic, and what could be coming here in the near future, courtesy of *western* women. perhaps we can change the abbreviation aw to ww?
now sit, ingvar
young women in sweden, germany and australia have a new cause: they want men to sit down while [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord112][CodeWord112][/url]. this demand comes partly from concerns about hygiene -- avoiding the splash factor -- but, as jasper gerard reports in the english magazine the spectator, "more crucially because a man standing up to [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord111][CodeWord111][/url] is deemed to be triumphing in his masculinity, and by extension, degrading women." one argument is that if women can't do it, then men shouldn't either. another is that standing upright while relieving oneself is "a nasty macho gesture," suggestive of male violence.
a feminist group at stockholm university is campaigning to ban all urinals from campus, and one swedish elementary school has already removed them. in australia, an internet survey shows that 17 percent of those polled think men ought to sit, while 70 percent believe they should be allowed to stand. some swedish women are pressuring their men to take a stand, so to speak. yola, a 25-year-old swedish trainee psychiatrist, says she dumps boyfriends who insist on standing. "what else can i do?," said her new boyfriend, ingvar, who sits.
[url]http://www.townhall.com/columnists/johnleo/2000/08/17/another_harasser_brought_to_justice[/url]
-real quick-gotta get some work done
I wouldn't sweat too much over shit like this (and by the way, I'm not saying Europe is absolutely hands down a paradise). This is very likely just some fringe extremism, with the media reporting the exception, not the rule (this came out of a mainstream publication right?). I'm actually more disturbed seeing a Euro media outlet acting like ours.....
Europe will never be -as bad- as the US for a couple of reasons:
1. Reasonable access to legal brothels. How much shit are you going to take off your woman when you can pop out and nail a goddess over your lunch hour....and you don't risk arrest, or have to spend a weeks pay on it.
2. Homogenaity among their female populace. Due to not having our epidemic of obesity (yes, I know that the W. Europeans are getting fatter...but still a looong way from here), hotties are not the scarce commodity that they are here. More supply means lower price (yes, i think like an economist about most everything)
3. No Puritanism. And along with that (again, I'm speaking relatively), no ridiculously overblown perceptions of the value of female sexuality.
Ok, gotta run....
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