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Originally Posted by knox
But it's interesting to think about: why is the internet more sexist than said real life? Anyone with an idea?
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I don't think it's 'the internet' in general, I think it's the sort of places you're posting in. There are plenty of areas of the internet where sausage-fests don't proliferate; music messageboards generally aren't that.
Having said that, I think a lot of heterosexual men seem to find the internet 'liberating' (I'm almost saying that ironically) in terms of being able to be 'complimentary' towards women - I'm lucky enough to be the sort of person who doesn't have a problem saying that a person is wearing lovely shoes, but I know a few people who are happy to say a female poster is 'hot' (or whatever) but would never do the same 'IRL'.
I really hate the 'cultural' defence, but I do think that sometimes the internet just makes you much more aware of how different cultural areas view sex and related issues. I live in a relatively culturally homogenous area, where attitude to sex are often fairly similar; I was reading an Islamic forum yesterday where there were these guys (relatively respectfully, I should say) discussing the problems of relationships where they anticipate the woman to be slightly more servile; it's an odd thing to me, but they were mostly sort of going 'ah, but I love her, so if she wants to have a good time with her friends, inshallah'.
But yeah. Get off the music forums.