Cultural revolution of the 1960s

Candi1 said:
at least some of us are finding out we get along just fine without them?
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Men don't start this kind of a thread, and your doing so makes it pretty clear that you aren't "getting along fine without." Your attitude is exactly why you are going to have to though.

Single men are just walking away from this today.
 
dilettante said:
Men don't start this kind of a thread, and your doing so makes it pretty clear that you aren't "getting along fine without." Your attitude is exactly why you are going to have to though.

Single men are just walking away from this today.
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Bye, don't let the door hit you on the way out. You are exactly the kind of man that completely turned me off ever dating again. BTW, I knew exactly what kind of reaction I would get from men when I posted here and you so eloquently (sarcasm here) proved me right. Good luck trying to get any woman to date you. I have never been happier in my life not having a man in my life, thank you very much.
 
Candi1 said:
Bye, don't let the door hit you on the way out. You are exactly the kind of man that completely turned me off ever dating again. BTW, I knew exactly what kind of reaction I would get from men when I posted here and you so eloquently (sarcasm here) proved me right. Good luck trying to get any woman to date you. I have never been happier in my life not having a man in my life, thank you very much. Your previous posts about postmenopausal women, cats and boxed wine speaks loudly about your attitude towards women.
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Your reactions are priceless, Dilettante. I haven't laughed so hard in ages. Ever thought of starting your own comedy show? I think you're stuck in adolescent boy mode, though. Try growing up.
 
Were you ever even married, Dilettante? I doubt any woman would ever have been that desperate. Better you should stick with your porn.
 
Candi1 said:
I wonder what their idea of a perfect woman is? Are they offering perfection as a man in return?
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I can't believe the insulting and nasty replies I've been getting from dilettante. I knew I'd get some hostile reactions from males in this forum but his remarks are beyond outrageous. He needs to get a life. My original posting was not meant for men anyway. It was primarily aimed at how the 1960s sexual revolution affected women, not men.
 
Pepper said:
@Candi1
"My mother had an old saying: "men aren't going to buy the cow as long as they get free milk". Mom was very old-fashioned and I didn't listen to her but experience has taught me that she was right."

My mother said the same thing, Candi! Experience taught me that she was WRONG.

I used to wonder if we all had the same mother, who goes from home to home spreading this type of "wisdom." Silly thought! My proof was: "Well, we've never seen our moms together!" Silly thought! :ROFLMAO:
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Well, actually I did find, and marry, a man who bought the cow even though he was getting the free milk and married him primarily to prove my mother wrong. We were married 20 years before he passed away. Your mom sounded a lot like my mom.
 
Well that turned into bit of a train wreck. :oops:

Generalising about what men are like or women are like is silly - obviously they are not all the same.

And some people are happy not in a relationship and nothing wrong with that either.

Not sure why the personal attacks. :unsure:
 
January said:
Well that turned into bit of a train wreck. :oops:

Generalising about what men are like or women are like is silly - obviously they are not all the same.

And some people are happy not in a relationship and nothing wrong with that either.

Not sure why the personal attacks. :unsure:
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Yes, it did turn into a train wreck, didn't it? I don't think he can even imagine any woman being happy not being in a relationship so he had to attack me personally and I hit back (my claws came out). I think he's put me on ignore (I sure hope so).
 
George1959 said:
I believe that courtesy, gallantry and respect for women can go along with freedom. But unfortunately these times are so weird meanwhile that even holding a door open for a woman can be looked upon as sexual harassment. This is sad.
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Yes, it is very sad and I think contributes to some of the tension between men and women nowadays. Men don't know how to behave towards women now (what is allowed and what is not) and I don't think women don't know how to react when courtesy is extended to them except to lash out in anger..
 
Although this thread seem to focus on the sexual revolution of the counter culture movement there were other things happening that were equally important. I see the counter culture movement as a mechanism to move away from previous generations of false godliness and remnants from puritan state of mind when married couples on tv shows and movies slept in separate depicting American family values in spite of having several children in the family.

The Vietnam War, civil rights movement, music, and yes the sexual revolution bra burning feminist all were part of our history that forever changed the world and how we see things today. We were part something bigger than ourselves, as individuals we drawn together to promote change from the status quo. Most, if not all the changes that from the movement were from an experimental point of view, not knowing where it all would lead us. Like the Pied Piper, we faithfully followed the trends of the new society with the hope of a better world than the one before us.
 
Nowadays when a man compliments a woman, the woman gets offended or thinks she is being hit on.
My wife and I no longer shop at a particular grocery store because I asked a female employee about a tattoo that looked new. She told the store manager I was harassing her and said I touched her inappropriately, which I did not.

You have to be so carful not to offend people today, even simple conversation can be misconstrued as a threat to someone.It is ridiculous how touchy society is today. Covid put a wedge of discomfort that alienated us from each other via the fear of death and illness.
 
Society has lost the art and warmth of caring by always being on the defensive side of life. Perhaps we did this for protection against the few who abuse social boundaries and individuals who prey upon and take advantage of the unsuspecting for self gain. We did this to ourselves for survival. The question is, is it worth the social isolation we put ourselves in for the sake of one's safety?
 
Mr. Ed said:
The Vietnam War, civil rights movement, music, and yes the sexual revolution bra burning feminist all were part of our history that forever changed the world and how we see things today.
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In the 1960s I was too young to notice anything of the feminist movement in general and bra burning events in special, if these did take place in Germany at all.
Thus I've looked on a search engine and found this article:
100 Women: The truth behind the 'bra-burning' feminists

Some excerpts:
But what stuck in the public consciousness about the protest was the image of the "bra-burning feminist" - something that paradoxically never actually happened.
Some women did throw underwear, including bras, into the Freedom Trash Can.
"They never burned them," says Ms Morgan.
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So what would Ms Morgan throw in the Freedom Trash Can today?
"Symbols of all major religions," she says. "Because they're all patriarchal."
"I thought of really high-heeled shoes and control underwear - which basically are corsets - and I thought of copies of violent pornography. I think I would throw in drugs like opioids and diet pills.
 
I reached adulthood in the mid 1960s and never burned my bra or anything else. Feminism never had any appeal to me. I grew up with strong family values, was, and still am, old-fashioned. I like old music, old movies and old TV shows. That is why I found it so amusing to be called by another forum member an "hysterical feminist". That made me hysterical with laughter.
 
Mr. Ed said:
Although this thread seem to focus on the sexual revolution of the counter culture movement there were other things happening that were equally important. I see the counter culture movement as a mechanism to move away from previous generations of false godliness and remnants from puritan state of mind when married couples on tv shows and movies slept in separate depicting American family values in spite of having several children in the family.

The Vietnam War, civil rights movement, music, and yes the sexual revolution bra burning feminist all were part of our history that forever changed the world and how we see things today. We were part something bigger than ourselves, as individuals we drawn together to promote change from the status quo. Most, if not all the changes that from the movement were from an experimental point of view, not knowing where it all would lead us. Like the Pied Piper, we faithfully followed the trends of the new society with the hope of a better world than the one before us.
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They followed like sheep jumping off a cliff. I'm glad I wasn't a part of it. I was raised by parents who instilled family values (I briefly rebelled against a puritan, over-bearing mother but that passed with time).
 
Mr. Ed said:
Nowadays when a man compliments a woman, the woman gets offended or thinks she is being hit on.
My wife and I no longer shop at a particular grocery store because I asked a female employee about a tattoo that looked new. She told the store manager I was harassing her and said I touched her inappropriately, which I did not.

You have to be so carful not to offend people today, even simple conversation can be misconstrued as a threat to someone.It is ridiculous how touchy society is today. Covid put a wedge of discomfort that alienated us from each other via the fear of death and illness.
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I live in New York City and in the last couple of months, women have been randomly attacked in the street coming home from work so, yes, we have to be suspicious and defensive just to survive.
 
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