On: Thoughts on being sexism neutral: "I Don't Know: I...

[nhebb]

> I do think in Aliens, that part of the mens' and the audience's enjoyment and celebration with Ripley that she ran that loader so well is because she is a woman, so in that respect, it is sexist

Also known as "the soft bigotry of low expectations".

[forza → nhebb]

Quite a long time since I saw Aliens, but isn't the divide between the military and the civilians rather than the men and women?

[Mz → forza]

I was just about to make that point myself: Even the military women talk trash about Ripley at first.

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