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Originally Posted by Strangelet
how are you using the word primitive?
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Quite broadly. Overall, societies or cultures dominated by a certain sexual immaturity, whether that's a repressive and misogynistic Middle Eastern country like Afghanistan, or pass-the-smelling-salts Victorian-era Britain (or, for that matter, the crass "Ooo saucy!" Britain of the 1970s).
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Originally Posted by IsiliRunite
i've just noticed how readily people see the horror in OTHER regions first, if they happen to stumble on the horror they live in at all...
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For my part, the point I'm making is a relative one. To recognize that the majority of women in my country and yours have far greater freedom than women in Afghanistan is not to deny our own countries' sexual inequality or ingrained misogyny. I have no problem acknowledging the faults in our own backyard, whether that's violence against women, salary inequality, or that every other Michelle Obama "article" focuses on what she's wearing and whether her arms are covered up. But we're a damn sight further ahead in terms of womens rights, no? If we're talking sexual immaturity and barbarism more generally, again I have no problem admitting that my country and yours are pretty pathetic when compared to, say, Scandinavia. But we're nowhere near as pathetic as a country where flogging and rape are accepted (explicitly or implicitly).