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In reply to the discussion: Battle of the Sexists [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)two bad tastes that go badly together.
Many people here do not seem to have the spirit of teachers, although there is also a certain authoritarianism in teaching the young.
These battles though are not so much between the sexes as they are between various orthodoxies and adherents to various orthodoxies. The fiery adherent to the orthodoxy often does not have much interest in education those who doubt or especially those who actively disbelieve that orthodoxy.
Rather the game, such as it is, is to "call people out" on their "hateful ignorance". After all, those who disbelieve the orthodoxy are certainly ignorant, and often their "wilful ignorance" makes them evil and/or hateful.
Of course, the trouble with adults is that they have "learned" or accepted a world view and are not going to reject what they "know" without a titanic struggle. Hence, the battles here between colliding world views and different perspectives.