Hmm... let me think. (for about a millionth of a second)Originally Posted by Stargazer86
Seriously though, niether. The abayah and the bikini posted above are the same, both about male ideas of what women are.
Hmm... let me think. (for about a millionth of a second)
Seriously though, niether. The abayah and the bikini posted above are the same, both about male ideas of what women are.
Last edited by prendrelemick; 05-26-2009 at 05:50 AM.
I think the burkah looks ridiculous but in a formal setting the abayah can be charming and quite sophisiticated. If women want to wear them that is their right but the important word here is 'IF' and we have an army fighting in Afghanistan to make sure it stays that way.Actually the Kuwaittis dont wear burkhas they wear Abayahs.
Burka
Abayah
abayahs are much prettier and diverse.
Two points I happily agree with!
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Hi Eugenie ,you know, there is actually a scripture in the Bible somewhere, I remember reading it and feeling er, well nevermind. At any rate it says that it is better for a man to live under a leaking roof than with a naggy contentious woman. . well something like that,.
I have come t see it is better to chatter with the ladies,if chatter one must, and be quite silent in the company of men, unless he actually wishes some conversation.
It amuses me that I am often complimented as being very wise and intelligent and only because I shut my mouth.
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I replied to your PM but it seems to have wiped you completely off my profile page and your profile is just a complete blank. It is therefore impossible for me to communicate with you other than through here. I have sent a message to Logos about it and will rewrite my reply to your PM when the malfunction has been sorted out.
Brian> It is not a malfunction; Eugenie has been banned from the Forum.
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I know it's no use asking why but all I will say is it saddens me that someone who seemed to have such a nice personality has been banned. I can't imagine in which way she has transgressed the Litnet rules.
It has come to our attention that Eugenie was an alterego of a member who was banned from the Forum in the past.
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Well the same applies to her original infraction but it will have to rest there.
Incidentally, I like your new Avatar it's rather sweet and cute.
Oh, dear!Incidentally, I like your new Avatar it's rather sweet and cute.
I'd better not change it then...
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I wish I hadn't mentioned it now.Oh, dear!
I'd better not change it then...
I think Sche picked it so we could envision the alter-ego of Logos!
Brian: I could sit here all day and talk about the politics of online manners and getting the boot, but I can say this much: I did not have to do what I did @ Poets & Writers and maybe the NYT forums as well, to get booted off.
I do not have an absolutely perfect record @ LitNet, but I can post, with some honesty, that I do not try to push the envelope here, at least not with any malice behind me, so it is best, at times, to move on.
I could try my cripple-pity thing to get back into Speakeasy; my disability identity is probably why they didn't kick me off sooner, in fact, and I really, really miss interacting with published writers, my former friends and otherwise, but, one, I had my time there, and two, I am not enrolling in an MFA program anytime soon, and three, Poets & Writers, as a necessary publishing tool, has diminished in importance, though I still look at the classifieds, and just remembered I need to update myself in the directory... (grr)
I guess I had to become physically more tired, however, to learn what they were trying to tell me about certain aspects of my behavior: I don't have to tell other posters what I think of them in a net negative attitude, and so on.
Don't experience too much regret, and let it go. There are still any number of communities online, and if this Eugenie a.k.a whoever wants to interact in these environments, she will agree to the TOS.
After all, if Sche had to roll me out of here, I'd be glad that as a moderator, she wouldn't discuss why.
To add another dimension to the topic on women's dress, let me pose a question to you guys:
Naturally, men respond sexually to visual stimulus. I'm talking about men around the world - whether race, religion, socioeconomic standing, etc.
In Islam, while it is recommended in the Quran/Koran for women to cover their bodies, it is also stated that it is their choice to do so. Any man who forces a woman to do so is overstepping his boundaries.
In an Islamic marriage, it is perfectly fine for women to be as provocative for their husbands, and vice versa. One of my friends in Guyana [she dresses like I do, with the scarf] owns the biggest lingerie boutique, and the largest group among her male clientele are the Muslim Guyanese men.
Here's the question: I know that men enjoy looking at women's bodies, but would you as a man enjoy other men looking at your wife/ girlfriend/ significant other?
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Yes I thought the Avatar was a cartoon caricature of Logos but I didn't like to mention it as I know how touchy women can be when another female seems to be brought unecessarily into play.:I think Sche picked it so we could envision the alter-ego of Logos!
Brian: Don't experience too much regret, and let it go. There are still any number of communities online, and if this Eugenie a.k.a whoever wants to interact in these environments, she will agree to the TOS.:
As for Eugenie, she seemed such a nice girl and I think she will be missed by quite a few of the ladies on The LitNet, especially as she is the second female member to be dismissed for the same reason during the last couple of months. It says a lot for this website that some people who are banned are prepared to resort to deception to get back onto it.
Yes, but at times one does not need to resort to that. I have posted on the New York Times interactive site recently, and never mentioned my embroil in 2002 in the book review forums--and it was a rather stupid embroil at that--one not even worth mentioning.
I have a love/hate thing with posting environments. The only community which ever fit me most comfortably was Speakeasy--but aside from other areas of contention, the old Motet Speakeasy contains virtual swaths of my autobiography
Since, in these seven years, no one died or was stalked or whatnot, though I did cry on the telephone to one who had had enough of saving me, I suspect I could return, tail between my legs--but it would not be the same, and my publishing legs survived, even though I am goofing off this morning, evidently
I wouldn't be too put out about it, in fact I would feel proud that she was considered attractive. I don't think I would be interested in the kind of woman who would cover herself simply because I was jealous of other men's attention.
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