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SecretMethod70 · 03-12-2004, 02:18 PM

No, not at all. I said beauty topics could fall under ladies loung, or tilted living, or health and fitness. Just like sexuality topics could be posted in tilted sexuality or the ladies lounge depending on the intended audience. Mentioning ladies lounge as a possible place for discussion of beauty is not delegating such discussion to a "ladies" environment but merely a recognition of the fact that generally speaking men aren't going to want to pipe in on Revlon vs. Maybelline. Otherwise, by assuming that mentioning the ladies lounge as a possible place to discuss beauty topics is sexist, then the very existence of the ladies lounge would be sexist because it exists in recognition that sometimes ladies want to talk about things that pertain almost exclusively to them (setting aside cross-dressers and drag queens for now and the occasional guy who wears makeup) and aren't concerned about male input. It's an undeniable fact that women tend to wear makeup far more often than men do and, thus, there's nothing sexist about recommending ladies lounge as a place to post such beauty topics. As such, both genders are concerned about healthy skin etc to a certain degree and something like that would fit equally well in tilted living or health and fitness.

So, no, it's not sexist at all. It's simply a recognition of the fact that generally speaking some beauty topics are "ladies" issues and some are more broad.

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SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	No, not at all. I said beauty topics could fall under ladies loung, or tilted living, or health and fitness. Just like sexuality topics could be posted in tilted sexuality or the ladies lounge depending on the intended audience. Mentioning ladies lounge as a possible place for discussion of beauty is not delegating such discussion to a "ladies" environment but merely a recognition of the fact that generally speaking men aren't going to want to pipe in on Revlon vs. Maybelline. Otherwise, by assuming that mentioning the ladies lounge as a possible place to discuss beauty topics is sexist, then the very existence of the ladies lounge would be sexist because it exists in recognition that sometimes ladies want to talk about things that pertain almost exclusively to them (setting aside cross-dressers and drag queens for now and the occasional guy who wears makeup) and aren't concerned about male input. It's an undeniable fact that women tend to wear makeup far more often than men do and, thus, there's nothing sexist about recommending ladies lounge as a place to post such beauty topics. As such, both genders are concerned about healthy skin etc to a certain degree and something like that would fit equally well in tilted living or health and fitness. So, no, it's not sexist at all. It's simply a recognition of the fact that generally speaking some beauty topics are "ladies" issues and some are more broad. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling Last edited by SecretMethod70; 03-12-2004 at 02:21 PM..