Kira got beat up!

[Whaledogs911]

Well, it is also observably untrue which is the problem with statements like these. "Some girls are not got at throwing a ball" or "You throw like a girl who is not good at throwing a ball" would be more correct statements, but especially the second one is rather redundant. The problem with "girls can't throw" is that it becomes a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. If you're told over and over again that you can't throw that's going to affect you negatively.


In that case it might be less controversial to say "some girls can't throw because my country does not properly educate them in that field".


Yes, they are arbitrary and ridiculous, but they do harm to those who break away from those norms. Girls with short hair who wear jeans or other clothes that are associated with boys are going to have a harder time than those who confrom to the stereotype. And boys have it even harder with this than girls. Imagine a boy who has long hair, wears make-up and a dress, because he thinks that it looks good on him. He's not transgender, he's just a boy who wears clothes that our society associates with the female gender. He's going to have a very hard time because of over-generalized statementes like "girls have long hair, boy's don't".


Because said quality is negative? If you're saying "You throw like a girl" then you're assigning a bad quality with a gender which in turn casts said gender in a bad light when that quality is concerned.


Well, you're sort of right about boys; them "reeking" is not a societal wrong, but girls being told that they're bad at throwing because they're girls, a group that's bad at throwing is a societal wrong. And not saying things like "You throw like a girl" helps stop the spreading of such wrongs.

WOMAN RIGHTS

 

[Jinn]

WOMAN RIGHTS

Uhm, okay?

 

[Armus]

But Kira beats down that Klingon in the very same episode (even if Odo helps a bit).

Obviously that Mareel is a lot tougher than she looks at first sight.

Well she was a former prostitute, maybe she had to be really street tough.

Megan Gallagher is very beautiful, besides being talented and prolific actress who appeared on several episodes of Star Trek.

 

[Whaledogs911]

Well she was a former prostitute, maybe she had to be really street tough.

Megan Gallagher is very beautiful, besides being talented and prolific actress who appeared on several episodes of Star Trek.

Agree Megan was beautiful

 

[at Quark's]

Well she was a former prostitute, maybe she had to be really street tough.

She mentions she grew up on the streets of Khefka Four, so one would expect her to be pretty street tough/wise, yes. (That would be no different for Kira, of course) .

 

[TheSeeker]

WOMAN RIGHTS

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This thread was started with a deliberately inflammatory title and the OP has not been seen since. Unless someone can convince me otherwise I see no good reason to leave this open.