midlandsmissus wrote: » Feel good tearing apart a young girl?
neonsofa wrote: » Isn't she in her 30s? I think people would be a lot more forgiving if she was a young girl who doesn't know any better.
mzungu wrote: » I find the whole "gender is a social construct" mantra a bit strange. It was influenced entirely from French postmodernist thinking (not exactly a stable foundation) and the only "evidence" to back it up comes from social science studies carried out by people who already sign up fully to the notion. Actual scientific studies show that there are differences. In one study where boys are raised as girls, most of them ended up identifying as male when they got older and all displayed at least some moderate male traits etc. Strangely enough, these are ignored, mainly because a lot of gender theory is built upon shoddy postmodernism. If that gets exposed, then its bye bye millions of dollars in funding. I would have more time for it if it took on board the vast amount of proper scientific studies to the contrary and constructed theories from there. The irony of this is, US social sciences departments (lead mainly by the gender studies crew) are organising a March for Science in April to protest the climate change denial of the Trump administration (I have no problem there). However, it is a bit rich to protest about science denial, when they themselves see no problem with it when it suits their own gravy train. Conservatives in the US do get a bashing for being anti-science but the truth is that no side of the US political spectrum has a monopoly on science denial.
Tigger wrote: » A girl is a female up to what 17 a young girl would be a child What she is is a woman and not a young woman a young woman is under 30 Shes a grown woman and its disempoweing if you to talk of her as if she's a child barely old enough to get pocket money
Mountainsandh wrote: » It's downright paradoxical. Bridging the Gap I don't mean to be abrupt or cause distress, but if your rape was committed by a woman, then it goes against everything you base your first quote on. Gender norms, harassment, sexual objectification ... correct me if I'm wrong, but the feminist stance seems to focus essentially on men being the perpetrators and women being the victims. So how then, can a woman committing rape be included in talks about gender norms, societal influence ? Are women also educated in a society where females are just as likely to harass, objectify, and rape men then ? If you believe so, then the whole feminist movement should really acknowledge that, which doesn't seem to be the case. If you believe the above, really the whole narrative changes, as women and men are equally likely to be victims and perpetrators, and the movement is not so much a "feminist" movement, as a "societal" movement. As in, denouncing behaviours in society, acceptance of certain norms and education which you believe are wrong, without any reference to gender/sex whatsoever. It is not about equality anymore, equality is not relevant to the discussion. It's about how we go about life, and our moral compass, whether man or woman. But I can't reconcile that to what I see from feminists, for example this blogger who was under scrutiny here on boards recently, and who implied that commenting about JTrudeau's bum as a woman was not objectification in the same sense as a man like McGregor commenting on the Kardashian's bums. Maybe I'm completely misunderstanding here. I'm only half following this discussion tbh.
Tigger wrote: » Why is there a study where they raise boys as girls ? Raise children as gender neutral I could understand it as a girl is nasty
mzungu wrote: » After the way O'Doherty behaved, I don't blame her in the slightest. He was a disgrace.
johnnyskeleton wrote: » What did he do, by the way?
Wibbs wrote: » After she cancelled her appearance, he could have said "ah well" or better yet nothing, but instead he threw a major hissy fit on social media. Real aggressive stamping feet temper tantrum stuff. Totally uncalled for and it made him look like petulant boy child. It seems a lot of these meeeja types are by their own admission in therapy and it further seems those that aren't should be*. It can be an issue with the breed in my experience. The more of a notice box they are, the more of a child they can act like.*though it would be my humble that self involved narcissists might be served better by not thinking and talking about themselves more.
jameorahiely wrote: » So this happened after cancellation but is being used as the reason for the cancellation?
darkdubh wrote: » He's a professional troll. An nasty individual with an over fondness for drink.
fullstop wrote: » Hi there, have you had the time to adress Omackerel's questions to you a couple of pages back that you said you were too busy to at the time :rolleyes:
midlandsmissus wrote: » So we've had a thread dissecting and hating LON's character. We've had a thread dissecting and trashing Rosemary McCabes character. Both female. LON has invariably been called narcissistic, crazy, a lunatic, unbalanced just because she speaks about women's issues. She is an award winning author- more than many of you might have done. Is there a male in the media you might like to pick apart? Why just women on AH? To the people telling me to answer other people's posts. Leave me alone. You do not control me and stop acting like you think you have the right.
jameorahiely wrote: » midlandsmissus wrote: » So we've had a thread dissecting and hating LON's character. We've had a thread dissecting and trashing Rosemary McCabes character. Both female. LON has invariably been called narcissistic, crazy, a lunatic, unbalanced just because she speaks about women's issues. She is an award winning author- more than many of you might have done. Is there a male in the media you might like to pick apart? Why just women on AH? To the people telling me to answer other people's posts. Leave me alone. You do not control me and stop acting like you think you have the right. There's nothing stopping you from starting a thread...
midlandsmissus wrote: » I dont, unlike others, feel the new need to trash men advocating men's rights. I would sit and listen to what they were suffering from eg. Child access, and work with them to make better changes in this area. I feel secure enough in myself to know that granting a bit of power to the other gender, does not render me powerless.
tomwaterford wrote: » midlandsmissus wrote: » So we've had a thread dissecting and hating LON's character. We've had a thread dissecting and trashing Rosemary McCabes character. Both female. LON has invariably been called narcissistic, crazy, a lunatic, unbalanced just because she speaks about women's issues. She is an award winning author- more than many of you might have done. Is there a male in the media you might like to pick apart? Why just women on AH? To the people telling me to answer other people's posts. Leave me alone. You do not control me and stop acting like you think you have the right. Have you read some of the horsesht she comes out with Shes the katie hopkins of womens rights?? Alot of what she writes is pure trolling.....it is no way applicible to anyone i know
midlandsmissus wrote: » Is there a male in the media you might like to pick apart? Why just women on AH?.
midlandsmissus wrote: » Every feminist in Ireland/anywhere has been called crazy/unbalanced/mentally unstable. You do not see this the other way round from women, when men talk about men's rights. Isn't this an indicator of men feeling diminished by speaking up for themselves. Can you name a feminist you do like? To all- should we all, women, never have a dissenting opinion in order for you to feel happy? Do you see how controlling this is?