It's like you take pleasure in being completely ignorant in terms of what women feel about this kind of thing. Odd to watch. Have you ever spoken to a woman of the modern age? — Baden
I doubt there was ever a time, po-mo or no, when most women appreciated jokes about their "broken pussies" — Baden
asked her ... if the xray was of her broken pussy — ArguingWAristotleTiff
It's good, do you want to pre-order a copy? ;)How's that book you're writing? — Akanthinos
I don't think this regulation is at all necessary. Just more bureaucracyyou're wrong about regulations concerning sexual harassment because you don't understand how regulation works or why it's necessary — Baden
Yes, in the latter case, the manager may have to change secretary quite frequently :PA manager can say, "This fuckin report is so full of errors, what a bitch this is!". Or he can say to his subordinate, "Get me the FUCKN report NOW!!" in an extremely aggressive tone. Would you say there is a difference there? I would. — schopenhauer1
That is at least partly wrong. "Mother nature" (or it may be the result of the Fall) may have set up the hardware, but the operating system is by and large self-altering. The brain has what is known as neuroplasticity, and there's a series of drives within the human organism, not just sex.Mother Nature set up the hardware and wrote the operating system. — Bitter Crank
So broadly defined that it doesn't mean much anymore.the broadly defined sex drive — Bitter Crank
The brain has what is known as neuroplasticity — Agustino
So broadly defined that it doesn't mean much anymore. — Agustino
And so on. People are very different, we don't all have the same dominating instincts. — Agustino
Other people are driven by deep piety and devotion to God, and they seek to deepen their spiritual understanding, reach closer to God in this life and so on. All instincts then become subordinate to this one.
Others are driven to build something in the world, to make a mark, to leave something behind. This is also a form of reproduction, albeit not a sexual one. — Agustino
Sure, but it certainly changes the output. How information is processed by the hardware is more important than the hardware itself generally (unless we're dealing with severe limiting factors like mental retardation, brain damage, etc.)Yes, yes, of course, but neuroplasticity does not over-write the basic design of the brain. — Bitter Crank
But if libido simply means that, why not call it "life energy"? Why not call it "spirit"? These words indicate something that has an abundance of energy and must spend it somehow - must pour that energy into the world. And from a strictly physical point of view, that's what human beings are - we take energy in, process it, and then must outpour it back into the world. So a better way to think of this is that there is some primal energy, which isn't sexual in nature, but can become sexual if it is channelled along the sexual path.Libido was always a term describing a strong, vital, but blunt urge, that could be redirected by the will into the sort of constructive activities which you describe in your own life. Or, it can be channelled into debauchery and dissipation, or into a great quest, scholarship, and so on. And, of course, it includes the specific "sex driver". — Bitter Crank
But there are practical implications if we go one way or another. It's not a purely metaphysical issue that would remain identical regardless of how the physical world is. If people are all the same, as you hold, then we should expect to be able to turn any one person into any other person in terms of desires and values. But we can't turn one person into another in terms of their values and desires. This seems to be the most evident truth that I've learned so far about people.Are people all alike, or are they all different. — Bitter Crank
See, I don't think this drive is organic. It's just pure energy seeking an outlet. The easiest outlet does happen to be sexual. So this energy goes along the path of least resistance in the absence of a consciousness or reason to direct it differently.Quite right. That's the result of sublimation, a very noble process where we redirect our most basic, organic drive into sometimes very etherial. — Bitter Crank
If I had a rooster with a broken leg, and somebody said I had a busted cock, I would not be offended. — Bitter Crank
It's like you take pleasure in being completely ignorant in terms of what women feel about this kind of thing. Odd to watch. Have you ever spoken to a woman of the modern age? — Baden
Sometimes men think what they do is harmless, but they are too insensitive to see the harm they do.
Sometimes "banter" is not harmless and is a subtle way to dominate the situation by making other's look small.
Sometimes it is a fully conscious effort to put another person down. — charleton
Then you have a misunderstanding of what ethics is - in other words you have politicized your ethics. The two aren't the same. It's unethical to be gluttonous, but we're not going to make a criminal charge of it. — Agustino
Then you have a misunderstanding of what ethics is - in other words you have politicized your ethics. The two aren't the same. It's unethical to be gluttonous, but we're not going to make a criminal charge of it. — Agustino
Still, it's not the business of the law to legislate morality. Yes, no doubt there are correlates between the law and morality, but they are by no means identical, nor as related as you want them to be.Your example proves nothing. I could point out a hundred things which I think are unethical, yet within the law. But that wouldn't alter the fact that, contrary to your suggestion, politics, law enforcement, and ethics, have a significant relationship. It is the business of parliament to legislate, and it is the business of the police to enforce the law. Parliament is political, and that which is political has a foundation in ethics. Your liberalism is no exception. — Sapientia
Now we're at a time where sexual harassment is being taken more seriously and legal departments have come to realize that a zero tolerance policy is the only way for a business to safely govern itself because of the aforementioned nuances and multiple interpretations. — ProbablyTrue
Yeah, I've heard such comments in boardroom settings too (amongst business owners I've worked for in the past), of course. The idea that installing these "politically correct" barriers will do anything but enact hypocrisy is wishful thinking. What is required is a spiritual change in people, which cannot be achieved politically.Would any of you even make the same jokes in a boardroom setting? Call me a prude, but I wouldn't feel comfortable commenting on a female coworkers body. — ProbablyTrue
The idea that installing these "politically correct" barriers will do anything but enact hypocrisy is wishful thinking. — Agustino
Boys will be boys. — Hanover
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