--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > > > I hope that's not an argument from authority, probably > > > the least convincing way of winning an argument. All > > > of the ID crowd were "highly respected" PHDs, just not > > > any more, chortle. > > > > Isn't it fascinating that to some people who couldn't be > > considered philosophers in a million years, being *called* > > one confers some kind of noble and exalted status on the > > person being so named? As I see it, being a "philosopher" > > is kinda synonymous with "stuck in one's head." > > > > It can also be a cover for much darker shit: > > > > http://www.salon.com/2013/08/15/philosophy_has_a_sexual_harassment_probl\ > > em/ > > <http://www.salon.com/2013/08/15/philosophy_has_a_sexual_harassment_prob\ > > lem/> > > Newsflash: sexual harassment of women is found in so many fields and career > jobs I have lost count. Just try working around the broadcast or TV/video > production industry. Most men think all you're good for is an assistant of > some kind. Rough going there. Barry, most jobs that don't include taking > dictation or getting someone coffee or sticking a thermometer in someone's > mouth is rife with sexual discrimination of women. I know women truck drivers > and heavy equipment operators who deal with it day in and day out as well. > The philosophy 'world' is the least of it.
I think the point is that in a place where people think for a living, and about what it means to be human and where morals come from etc, it's probably quite unexpected to find a bastion of male supremacy. You'd think they be a bit more enlightened about their effects on others. Maybe all that navel gazing has kept them in the dark about reality, whatever that is...
