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Old 12-29-2017, 12:03 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre View Post
I get called sweetie and sweet heart a lot by older women, I don't find it condescending.
That's because you're a man, you dolt. I don't find it condescending when a black dude calls me "boy" either but it actually is condescending, just like an old lady calling you "sweetie". There's just no history of a power dynamic in their favor.
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