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In reply to the discussion: The penis as a terrorism device [View all]4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)in that larger more masculine and aggressive letters are given supremacy over smaller more nurturing and thoughtful letters. Why is it the larger letters job to start the sentence and the smaller harem of letters to follow obediently after?
The entire english grammar structure is deliberately designed to oppress women.
Beyond the dominance by physical size described earlier many quotation marks serve only to separate main (or "man" ideas from sub (or submissive female) ideas. What is a comma but a stylized whip? What is a semicolon but a whip and a black eye? And a colon is merely two raised fists reminiscent of domestic violence that faces only women, never men.
Parenthesis, quotation marks, brackets and so on are metaphorical jails to remind certain ideas (aka "women" to keep their place or else. If an idea escapes one of these jails what does your teacher (usually a woman but serving the patriarchy) tell you to do? Go back and move your punctuation so everything is neatly contained in the submissive roles allotted to inferior ideas that can't stand alone.
And the question mark is clearly the outline of a woman's curves. Why does it represent women? Because it's supposed to show that a woman's judgement is questionable as are her motives. Always question and doubt women, that's what the patriarchy is telling us through the humble ? .
Oh and having a period end a sentence? That is a clear representation that a woman's value is defined by her youth: with the last period (menopause) the book is over. It no longer has anything useful to contribute. Ergo a woman's contribution is dependent on her period. Once it's gone she may as well be closed and put on a shelf, forgotten and useless.
Did you not even take intro to womyn's studies in college?
/yes I know I'm using patriarchal grammar and capitalization. Even realizing it I can't break away from this conspiracy. That is proof of how strong the patriarchy is!