Discussion for article #227632
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I don’t know what a “lingerie shower” is, but I’d go to one if invited.
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hmm, comparing a fundraiser to a “lingerie shower” Does that mean he assumes that only men would be interested in what he’s selling. I think he’s just made his problems worse.
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I’M noT a RAcist. I HAvE LOts OF BlacK frieNDs. One SHInes MY sHOEs and THE Other One SAys GOOD mORNING to ME on THE sTREEts EVery DAY HoLDing AN eMPty cuP of COffe.
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“…ever been to a lingerie shower? Ask her. And how many men where there?”
“Tell the Misses not to wait up because the after dinner whiskey and cigars will be smooth & the issues to discuss are many.”
My take away - Southerland is not interested in women or representing their interests.
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So apparently he’s holding a campaign fundraiser where women would not be welcome, unless it was in some sort of entertainment or service capacity.
Is that because the men at the event don’t like women, or because they’re afraid that if women were present they’d be appalled by what they see and hear?
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“Tell the Misses not to wait up because after dinner I’m going to show you how I use my penis pump.”
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Why weren’t women allowed to go to his fundraiser? A Lingerie shower is a bridal shower. Is that what he is talking about? I don’t think a fundraiser is the same thing as a bridal shower. If he is saying his fundraiser was a version of a Lingerie shower than this man has problems. I suppose that the men who attended his fundraiser left the little lady at home doing women things.
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You’re invited to my lingerie shower, WeatherServo. Hope you feel comfortable in g-strings.
You make the point that struck me first. Every time one of these candidates is questioned about his respect for both genders, the responses are all empty gestures which actually show that they don’t take women seriously. They seem to assume that all women can be distracted by OTC contraception or new lingerie - when we are really concerned about equal pay, better solutions to domestic violence, access to good schools for our kids, etc.
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This could cause some interesting protests by the voters in his districts. I’m thinking of the topless women who were trolling the Open Carry Texas ralliess.
NO. WOmeN arE coNCerNED about THE EcoNOMY and BEtter OppOrtunitiES for THEIR HUsbands!11!11oen!1!!!
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Any man worth more than a plug nickel would love to go to a lingerie shower - as who knows they could be the bride!
Pretty much got that Gwen Graham is the daughter of Bob and that the polling is within the margin of error the first time they were mentioned in the article.I suppose in articles that are longer in 4 paragraphs I may forget by the time I get to the end, but not a problem with this one. Thanks, though.
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Sorry, I’m always happy to throw stones at a Republican, but I don’t see the problem here. It sounds like this is similar to when the boys get together to watch football and have a few cocktails, and ladies are not invited.
Of course once in a while, a wife or girlfriend will show up and be warmly welcomed. I suspect they’re avoiding us more than we’re avoiding them.
Most of the “lingerie shows” that I’m aware of happen at pleasure palaces devoted to men. I’ve not ever attended one, but I have seen the ads and signs. I’m not sure how going or not going to one suddenly qualifies as a measure of sexism for either men or women. I’ve never actually been to a Tupperware party either, but I’m not certain what that makes me. I have ordered stuff from somebody who was having one though, it just happened that I had to work that night.
This guy is just another privileged white guy who has no clue, and if whiskey and cigars were necessary I have no interest in whatever else he has to day.
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When I lived in Michigan we called those places “the Canadian Ballet” - Windsor has a lot of those establishments.
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Bet it’s hard finding a busitiere in your size, Steve.
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“Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men.
She then asked a group of men why they felt threatened by women. They said they were afraid women would laugh at them.”
– Molly Ivins
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