Re: Its The General Principle
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My point #2 is a pure math problem. I could have come up with something about men. Or redheads. If PMS is a bad example so be it. But it seemed better than others.
The question is whether a hidden negative, usually hidden attribute of a small percentage of a class of people should be taken into account in situations where the person can't prove they don't have that attribute.
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I thought the question was, "How come nobody says this stuff?"
If you want to have a rational discussion about hidden negatives and what to do about them, there are plenty of people who'd be up for that. But if you open with a deliberately inflammatory and sexist hypothetical, the discussion is likely to get sidetracked before it even begins. Which is one reason people don't say stuff like that.
As for your Iraq comment, I actually have heard people voice that sentiment, or something close to it.
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