Recents Comments from Alex101

• Yes, but they probably have more obstacles than a Black person from a better background - however the blunt tool of 'privilege' ignores this. If they do better than a Black person who got a better start in life the
  (posted to Do we have a better word than "privilege"?)
• I find the mysterious "We" pretty creepy: "We have been studying" "We have amassed" "We plan" "We will" It sounds very much like "We know better than you", "We are THE authority", "We will give the orders". Sounds very religious/culty,
  (posted to Woman's Sexuality)
• "I think heather has a good point that perhaps it's simply because more men are in the higher paying jobs, thus when companies need to save money in an economic downturn they will try to get rid of higher paid
  (posted to NYT: "...Women May Pass Men in Job Force")
• "I think it's pretty well documented that salaried and management jobs (middle management esp.) are being laid off more often than say temp-work and part-time work (all lower paid). For example, when Sprint cut roughly 15% of it's work force
  (posted to NYT: "...Women May Pass Men in Job Force")
• "Like I said, companies are laying off higher paid salaried and management positions (mostly men) and replacing them with lower paid part-time and temp workers (mostly women)" This is a bit of a stretch - it assumes that the people
  (posted to NYT: "...Women May Pass Men in Job Force")

Comments from Alex101

Responses to Comments from Alex101

• I think Steven does a good job of defending his points without being jargony and esoteric - always a breath of fresh air these days. (posted to Do we have a better word than "privilege"?)
• Wiccaman, I couldn't find the word "chleyasmotic" in any dictionary. Please explain? (posted to Do we have a better word than "privilege"?)
• By and large, women are employed in services jobs rather than manufacturing jobs. Service industry jobs are not as affected by a recession as industrial/manufacturing. That is the cause of the disproportionate layoffs between the genders. The implication that this (posted to NYT: "...Women May Pass Men in Job Force")
• I agree with your approach and would have been happy to have a chance to use it. Unfortunately, I did not have this person's private email address (emails are sent out from the list as a whole to all the (posted to Do we have a better word than "privilege"?)
• k so the feminist philosophy- woman have been molded by society ex: they put baby boys is blue and baby girls in pink. k, i agree to an extent. however aren't we (if you believe in evolution) related to others (posted to Woman's Sexuality)

Responses to Comments from Alex101

Alex101's Recommended Posts