Antaeus

I've been somewhat involved with the Feminist movement for a few years now, and something I see now and then is an alteration on the accepted spelling of the words "Woman" and "Women" (examples include "Womyn" and "Womon"). What I have trouble seeing is any cohesive pattern to these changes that can tell me whether the topic of conservation is one woman or multiple women.

I understand that these words are technically slang, but I still get the feeling that there's a pattern or something that I'm missing. I have no intention of using these words myself, but considering they do appear in some pieces of Feminist literature, having this issue cleared up would be a great help.

Since I joined Yahoo! Answers, I've spent a lot of my time on Singles & Dating, providing relationship advice to people who need it, and I've noticed a very strange trend involving question deletion. Obviously, with a diverse online community, there's going to be a large body of opinions, many of which are at odds with one another, and people's views on love and courtship is a field especially prone to such controversy.

I've noticed that a largely disproportionate number of the questions in that section that get deleted are the ones that refer to situations that invert or ignore dating traditions, specifically the ones about gender roles. While a great many stay active up to, and past, resolution, I can't help but see that a lot of questions about, say, a woman asking a man out on a date tend to get deleted.

These are not the opinion questions like "Do you think it's okay if a woman pays?" that are more appropriate for Gender Studies. These are merely questions, as any other, that in their question or description happen to refer to an unconventional situation. To my understanding, most of these that I've seen were not repeat questions either, nor do they use profane language or anything else that goes against standard posting etiquette.

My question is this - if a question is reported enough by people who disagree with certain aspects of that question (even though it follows community guidelines), does that question stand a chance of being deleted? Furthermore, has anyone else witnessed the deletion of (acceptable) questions that dealt in matters that may be contentious?

I've heard a lot of men, especially teenage lads, spew a lot of nonsense about the female body that is completely outside of medical fact, but I've seen a few women on here that are, frankly, misinformed about the function of their own bodies. I'd like to get an idea of how well most women know their own bodies before becoming sexually active, because my girlfriends have generally known their stuff, but they were some pretty booksmart gals.

So, women, when you got down to having your first sexual experience, did you still believe that the hymen had something to do with virginity, and that it being "broken" was what caused bleeding during intercourse? If so, when did you learn the truth?

For those who aren't familiar with the term, sexual dimorphism is any difference between two sexes of a species, which may or may not be related to actual sexual function. Broad shoulders in men and wide hips in women is one example of sexual dimorphism in humans, aside from the obvious differences in reproductive faculties.

For example, I would reverse the strength discrepancy, specifically to reduce instances of rape. Not that men can't be raped, but, anatomically speaking, physical arousal of males - which oftentimes in crisis situations cannot happen - is essentially required for penetration, while physical arousal of women is not.

So what about you? What would you change and why?

In an ongoing effort to understand the viewpoints of the people here, I'd like you fine folks to answer a few potentially thought provoking questions regarding the emergent landscape of marriage in the 21st century. Try to provide some explanation or rationalization for your reasons behind your decision if at all possible. Anyhow, onto the questions:

-Do you think that gay marriage should be allowed?

(Or, alternatively, should civil unions be given the same rights as marriage?)

-Is it acceptable for a woman to formally propose to her potential husband?

-Would it be right for a man to take his wife's surname upon marriage?

-How do you feel about house-husbands and working wives?

After a lot of answers, I've decided to ask a question of my own to understand people's perspectives here. Simply put, which of the two sexes has the easier job of ultimately getting with a desired partner in this day and age when it comes to courtship?

I would like to make clear that this is not a "battle of the sexes" situation. This isn't a forum for throwing out facts and stereotypes about either sex that have little to nothing to do with the chosen subject matter. This is about courtship - which includes scoping out potential partners, approaching them, and dating itself. This is NOT about sex or genital physiology in any way.

So, to end with the core question, which sex in this day and age has things easier when it comes to courtship and romance?