So gay marriage will confuse....tradies?! O.o

[Andara Bledin]

The point they are trying to make is that the part you inserted connector is the "male" part and the connector you insert into is the "female" part. You can see in the powerpoints in the article. What they are applying is that tradespeople are SO STUPID that if gay marriage is allowed the tradies might try sticking the male part in the male part because that's "normal." It insulting to everyone involved.

Even more stupid is that electrical connectors are actually far more complex than just the male/female dichotomy. (hermaphrodites are technically adapters) There's also the issue of being able to have a male socket or a female jack. Try explaining that to the idiots trying to claim tradesmen will be confused "because gay marriage."

[Gravekeeper]

I highly doubt there are many male, heterosexual tradesmen out there that don't know EXACTLY how to scissor together two female parts. In fact I would confidently bet my life savings that even as we speak there are a number of tradesmen in Australia who are currently viewing, planning to view or thinking about viewing an instructional internet video on the topic as soon as they get home.

[DGoddess]

Okay, the bottom of the ridiculous reason barrel has been scraped clean.

Rapscallion

I think they've penetrated the bottom, actually.

[Hyena Dandy]

Obviously, anyone with a brain doesn't need me to tell them that the idea that tradespeople will get confused because of gay marriage is one of the stupidest arguments they've put up, yet, and a sign of utter desperation on their part.

Even they agree, the woman doing this said that it was obviously supposed to be a joke to show people that it's instinctive knowledge that male and female go together.

I mean that doesn't make it not stupid, just that we shouldn't be treating this as if she's SINCERELY SAYING that people will be confused.

[HYHYBT]

I think they've penetrated the bottom, actually.

You win

Even they agree, the woman doing this said that it was obviously supposed to be a joke to show people that it's instinctive knowledge that male and female go together.

I mean that doesn't make it not stupid, just that we shouldn't be treating this as if she's SINCERELY SAYING that people will be confused.

Except it doesn't really work as a joke.

[smileyeagle1021]

I think they've penetrated the bottom, actually.

Insert ineundo here

[Panacea]

Insert ineundo here

"In you endo" quoth the tradie to the Family First numbwit.

[Hyena Dandy]

Except it doesn't really work as a joke.

I didn't say it was funny, I just said it was SUPPOSED to be funny.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Possibly going to confuse them in trying to woo the 'lady of the house'?

Brown chicken brown cow

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

I highly doubt there are many male, heterosexual tradesmen out there that don't know EXACTLY how to scissor together two female parts. In fact I would confidently bet my life savings that even as we speak there are a number of tradesmen in Australia who are currently viewing, planning to view or thinking about viewing an instructional internet video on the topic as soon as they get home.

Actually scissoring is a laughable part of the porn industry since it is pretty much is pointless and not very satisfying for the two doing it.

For the most part real lesbians get a massive chuckle at all the people who think that it's a thing for them.

The only reason it's in the public mind is that it's a very camera friendly position that "looks" like it does something.

Sadly that "something" is usually faked.

[wolfie]

The point they are trying to make is that the part you inserted connector is the "male" part and the connector you insert into is the "female" part.

And what about androgynous connectors (not hermaphrodites, where 2 identical connectors "mate")? A couple examples:

- Fully insulated quick-disconnects. The housing on the female goes into the housing on the male - in this case, I'm taking "male" and "female" based on which ordinary (not fully insulated) quick-disconnects would be called.

- Molex connectors (such as the family used for the main power supply connector for an ATX motherboard). The shells and pins are sold separately. You have male and female shells (based on whether the plastic shell is a plug or socket), and male and female pins (based on whether the metal pin is a plug or socket), with the pins being inserted into the shells after they are crimped onto the wires. If your application uses male pins in a female socket (look at the back of a standard hard drive and you'll find this), is it a male or female connector?

[Andara Bledin]

Male vs Female in the connector world is pretty simple. If it's got pins, it's male, if it's got socket contacts, it's female.

So, you can have male and female sockets and you can have male and female plugs. As you might imagine, plugs (also called jacks) fit inside sockets, but that doesn't have any bearing on their gender.

The fact that there are socket connectors and socket contacts can be a bit confusing if you're not familiar with it all, however.