Duh: Study Shows Feminists Do It Better, Have Healthier Relationships

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Contrary to popular opinion, feminism and romance are not incompatible and feminism may actually improve the quality of heterosexual relationships, according to Laurie Rudman and Julie Phelan, from Rutgers University in the US. Their study* also shows that unflattering feminist stereotypes, that tend to stigmatize feminists as unattractive and sexually unappealing, are unsupported.

It is generally perceived that feminism and romance are in direct conflict. Rudman and Phelan's work challenges this perception. They carried out both a laboratory survey of 242 American undergraduates and an online survey including 289 older adults, more likely to have had longer relationships and greater life experience. They looked at men's and women's perception of their own feminism and its link to relationship health, measured by a combination of overall relationship quality, agreement about gender equality, relationship stability and sexual satisfaction.

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- RightBrain See Profile I'm a Fan of RightBrain permalink

What studies show is that the feminists are not having children and therefore Western Euro countries are importing Muslims by the millions to do the work and support the aging population of barren white people.

There is nothing further from feminism than Islam.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:27 AM on 10/17/2007
- riverroad See Profile I'm a Fan of riverroad permalink

The most feminist women of all are those that love other women.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:08 AM on 10/17/2007
- LUNKHEAD See Profile I'm a Fan of LUNKHEAD permalink

I can see each of these women cutting farts and picking their asses while in bed and talking that bedroom talk bullshit.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:02 AM on 10/17/2007
- riverroad See Profile I'm a Fan of riverroad permalink

Picking their asses? Eeeeeooooow! Do people pick their asses? I think that's a behavior that's probably practiced only by a certain LUNKHEAD.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:50 AM on 10/17/2007
- mamacat See Profile I'm a Fan of mamacat permalink

Saying that feminists have healthier relationships means that women who respect themselves, demand to be treated with at least a minimum of respect, and who refuse to put up with Republican lies, have healthier relationships. Nothing surprising about this, it just makes sense.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:27 PM on 10/16/2007
- Lisette See Profile I'm a Fan of Lisette permalink



Hogwash!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:08 PM on 10/16/2007
- ClintonFun See Profile I'm a Fan of ClintonFun permalink

TO ANNOY A LIBERAL FEMINIST ACTIVIST?

Listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and read Ann Coulter,
thank a veteran or a soldier,
think for yourself,
don"t scream and get emotional in a debate with a conservative,
don"t blame Bush,
believe in God,
believe Christians are more perfect,
remind them Reagan won the cold war,
buy a gun,
eat red meat,
support legal immigration,
support the border patrols,
get married,
question evolution,
ask them about Air American,
remind them dead people and convicted prisoners cannot vote,
pray,
pray in your car,
pray in your school,
ask them why Democrat Robert K. Byrd of VA was in the KKK,
support Israel,
question global warming,
ignore a trial lawyer,
have baby IN wedlock,
provide a baby a mother and father,
ask them why Ted Kennedy never went to jail,
marry the opposite sex,
call Dick Cheney your hero,
take personal responsibility,
read Michelle Malkin,
thank a soldier/police officer,
watch Fox News,
work hard,
be happy,
turn off Katie Couric,
question their patriotism,
love your country,
buy the American flag,
say the Pledge of Allegiance in public,
get a job,
vote against quotas and laziness,
turn off The View, AND...
INVESTIGATE THEM!

YOU MIGHT BE A FEMINIST ACTIVIST IF...
you think your right to free speech means that we have to listen.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:29 PM on 10/16/2007
- dawlishgal See Profile I'm a Fan of dawlishgal permalink

....errrrr, YOU'RE HERE, AREN'T YOU?

We don't have to listen to you either...that is what the scroll button is for.

The pathetic dupes who vote against their own best interests (and those of their hapless families) because some hostile drug-addled millionaire thug like Limbaugh is still prattling about Ted Kennedy..... these morons are willing victims of thugs who play to the anger of white men who are reluctant to allow a fair playing field. Apparently it is very easy to convince these slugs that they have somehow been cheated by women and minorities (even though men still make WAY more money for doing the same job than women make, whites make WAY more than blacks).

These utter dupes vote for the tools of corporations whose political lives are dedicated to making more money for the richest of the rich (including sending THE DUPES' JOBS OVERSEAS, and allowing corporations to wriggle out of paying their fair share of taxes, so that--if and when bad luck hits-- the dupes' families will have to do without goods and services necessary to have a decent life ). And don't forget peace of mind...these thugs don't care if they rip out all of the safety nets in their own hopeless search for a bigger penis.


If their kids have to do without decent healthcare, why would THEY care? Not as long as there is some kazillionaire telling them they are being cheated by women and minorities.

MORONS!

They have a right to listen, the prattlers have a right to speak, and we have the right to judge the people who betray their own families with their votes and who come here to repeat the dittohead lingo to be derivative, braindead morons.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:37 AM on 10/17/2007
- godlessclif See Profile I'm a Fan of godlessclif permalink

The troll might not have voted against his own best interests. He might have 100 million dollars in Haliburton Stock; he might be Chinese. He only voted against America's best interests.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:51 AM on 10/17/2007
- MikeDu See Profile I'm a Fan of MikeDu permalink

This survey here reminds be of that big survey back last year that showed that sick people who were prayed for tended to get WORSE than those who didn't. You can either trace a corollary between feminism (or prayer) and relationships (or sickness) or you can view the two as being entirely unrelated. Any survey would necessarly plot their results 'somewhere' (a relation between egg laying and Network TV for instance) whether there's a link or not. Gloria Steinham has famously confessed that her relationships have mostly sucked. But the important point was that it's never been blamed on 'repression' or 'liberation' or 'feminism'. It was simply due to her being a certain personality type. Like lots of other people regardless of political affiliation.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:00 PM on 10/16/2007
- ClintonFun See Profile I'm a Fan of ClintonFun permalink

TO ANNOY A LIBERAL FEMINIST ACTIVIST?

Listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and read Ann Coulter,
thank a veteran or a soldier,
think for yourself,
don"t scream and get emotional in a debate with a conservative,
don"t blame Bush,
believe in God,
believe Christians are more perfect,
remind them Reagan won the cold war,
buy a gun,
eat red meat,
support legal immigration,
support the border patrols,
get married,
question evolution,
ask them about Air American,
remind them dead people and convicted prisoners cannot vote,
pray,
pray in your car,
pray in your school,
ask them why Democrat Robert K. Byrd of VA was in the KKK,
support Israel,
question global warming,
ignore a trial lawyer,
have baby IN wedlock,
provide a baby a mother and father,
ask them why Ted Kennedy never went to jail,
marry the opposite sex,
call Dick Cheney your hero,
take personal responsibility,
read Michelle Malkin,
thank a soldier/police officer,
watch Fox News,
work hard,
be happy,
turn off Katie Couric,
question their patriotism,
love your country,
buy the American flag,
say the Pledge of Allegiance in public,
get a job,
vote against quotas and laziness,
turn off The View, AND...
INVESTIGATE THEM!

YOU MIGHT BE A FEMINIST ACTIVIST IF...
you think your right to free speech means that we have to listen.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:26 PM on 10/16/2007
- godlessclif See Profile I'm a Fan of godlessclif permalink

spaming.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:54 AM on 10/17/2007
- cindyw See Profile I'm a Fan of cindyw permalink

I remember a survey about how prayer affects sickness that had an entirely different result. It showed that those who were prayed for did better than those who were not. I thought that might be true, not because God (if there is one) cares more for people who are prayed for, but if they believed that he did, it would improve their mental state, which would contribute to their recovery.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:45 PM on 10/16/2007
- godlessclif See Profile I'm a Fan of godlessclif permalink

They would have to know people were praying for them to get the placebo effect. Another effect is that depending on prayer causes patients to not seek other measures to get well.

I hate to think how many cancer patients Benny Hinn sent to their death by discouraging Chemotherapy.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:53 AM on 10/17/2007
- noamjunior See Profile I'm a Fan of noamjunior permalink

When is the study coming out that guys who insult feminists are shrimp -dick losers who couldn't score with a woman if they were at the bunny ranch.

They could use Rush limbaugh as their subject.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:32 PM on 10/16/2007
- noamjunior See Profile I'm a Fan of noamjunior permalink

the reason feminist have better love lives...
Most likely because they stay away from misogynists who blame feminism for their own sexual inadequacy

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:18 PM on 10/16/2007
- BowlingForRevenge See Profile I'm a Fan of BowlingForRevenge permalink

True feminists have a tremendous sense of self worth. Not the notch on the belt crap that so many like to spew. But knowing what is right at the right time.
We are strong and passionate about life and our purpose..even if it's being married and staying home to breast feed the baby.
We LOVE strongly and passionately BUT we also know when to walk away.
We are many times frowned upon because we hold ourselves high and expect others to be as noble as we are. Most folks consider that to be too much of a burden and choose a path with less resistence. When we do for ourselves it's not out of selfishness because others benefit greatly and we wouldn't have it any other way.
Just ask my 2 ex husbands....who'd give their left nuts to get me back. You can also ask my true love ,the man who was scared of my feminist strength and passion 15 years ago and ran only to realize he could not live without me.
We will grow old together...gracefully & peacefully & sensually.

I vomit a bit in my throat at the thought of anyone thinking Ann Coulter's "brand" of assertiveness is "feminism" ... far from it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:09 PM on 10/16/2007
- godlessclif See Profile I'm a Fan of godlessclif permalink

Bowler did leave out Ann Coulter's pet Gerbil, Lemmiwinks.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:56 AM on 10/17/2007
- WorkingClass See Profile I'm a Fan of WorkingClass permalink

You really had me until the vomit part.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:27 PM on 10/16/2007
- HamletsMill See Profile I'm a Fan of HamletsMill permalink

Me too.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:48 AM on 10/17/2007
- Ramirez See Profile I'm a Fan of Ramirez permalink

It happens. No post is complete without an Ann Coulter reference.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:37 AM on 10/17/2007
- cindyw See Profile I'm a Fan of cindyw permalink

Secure men who aren't threatened by feminists are better men, and therefore make better partners.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:57 PM on 10/16/2007
- MikeDu See Profile I'm a Fan of MikeDu permalink

I find it a bit demeaning that this poll was about the ability of 'feminists' to catch and keep a guy. Not may polls out there about the abilites of 'liberated' males to keep a girl! Wasn't there a story within the last year that more than 50% of women now class themselves as being without a 'spouse'? That poll made it sound like a fair proportion of women were practicing the old fishing technique of 'catch-and-release'. It sounded like 'relationships' were things to be pursued for ulterior motives, like real estate or procreation, or in New York for rent-controlled apartments!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:46 PM on 10/16/2007
- totalliberal See Profile I'm a Fan of totalliberal permalink

Ramirez sputters:

"And btw, what's with the chest tat on the guitar player? I mean, I support her choice and all that, but doesn't that thing look stupid?"



Why don't you go ask her ace.
Then go tell Paul Teutul Sr. how stupid his look, big shot.

(I want to be a fly on the wall for that one.)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:11 PM on 10/16/2007
- Ramirez See Profile I'm a Fan of Ramirez permalink

I take it you like the tat. Which is fine with me. I support your choice.

Who is Paul Teutul Sr?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:42 PM on 10/16/2007
- godlessclif See Profile I'm a Fan of godlessclif permalink

Doesn't Tat for Tit sound wrong, backwards somehow

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:58 AM on 10/17/2007
- wadenelson1 See Profile I'm a Fan of wadenelson1 permalink

What is a feminist other than a woman who continues to blame men for any remaining inequalities / problems women have.

Guess what, Life isn't fair!

Get the chip off the shoulder and take responsibility for your own life, feminazis!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:50 PM on 10/16/2007
- MarkInIrvine See Profile I'm a Fan of MarkInIrvine permalink

seems that wade is a shrimp-dick loser

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:19 AM on 10/17/2007
- noamjunior See Profile I'm a Fan of noamjunior permalink

what is man who denigrates women other than a shrimp dick loser with a reverse case of penis envy?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:14 PM on 10/16/2007
- MikeDu See Profile I'm a Fan of MikeDu permalink

"What is a feminist other than a woman who continues to blame men..."

Uh... do you actually KNOW any feminists? You're not describing any 'feminist' woman I've ever known, you're describing some decades-old 'Mallard Filmore" right-wing cartoon version of feminism.

Here's a clue - ALL right-wing characterizations of pretty much EVERYTHING on ANY subject manages to come across grotesquely bigoted when written out.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:38 PM on 10/16/2007
- dawlishgal See Profile I'm a Fan of dawlishgal permalink

I took responsibility for my own life 40 years ago by dumping a guy who talked the way you seem to still be talking.

Lucky me, shortly thereafter I met the love of my life...a man who wanted to meet and marry a woman who has a sense of her own self rather than being regarded (like his mother) as a dependent appendage to a man.

How interesting that you think that "feminazis" should take "responsibility" for their own lives, yet you admit that "life isn't fair." Would you be so flippant if you were on the other side of the "fairness" marker?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:06 PM on 10/16/2007
- mommadona See Profile I'm a Fan of mommadona permalink

Well...DUH..you betcha.

It's not about the plumbing.
It's about the process.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:29 PM on 10/16/2007
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