Equal right - Losing it's balance in favour of women?

B0jangles wrote: »

Do you have anything whatsoever to say about Thinkprogress's appalling posts or are you siding with most of the one-sided bigoted asses as most 'egalitarians'?

Pot meet kettle.

B0jangles wrote: »

Do you have anything whatsoever to say about Thinkprogress's appalling posts or are you siding with most of the one-sided bigoted asses as most 'egalitarians'?

They're completely moronic, and I can never understand why discussions about equal rights always have to descend into that kind of bullsh!t. It's rather like how any discussion of modern day reunification vs independence of Northern Ireland turns into a ridiculous debate about ancient tribes.

I can only hope they are not sincerely held beliefs.

You are again missing the point though - that's some random post on a forum. The article I linked to is mainstream. You don't find publications like The Journal publishing openly misogynistic articles, but an article which opens with "It’s time for all men to get a little bit uncomfortable about the culture we all operate in" is perfectly acceptable? F*ck that.

bluewolf wrote: »

How awful, fetch my smelling salts


Terrible!
Hideous!

The article opens with "It’s time for all men to get a little bit uncomfortable about the culture we all operate in". That's what I object to. The article presumes guilt by association - that the fact that some men are w@nkers is my problem just because I'm also a man.
Is the fact that some women cheat on their husbands your problem just because you're also a woman? Personally I don't think so and I wouldn't insinuate that because I believe it'd make me a sexist asshole...

B0jangles wrote: »

Anything to say about Thinkprogress's vile opinions or are you going to just double-down like hatrickpatrick?

You people just keep on making my point for me...

One poster made vile comments and because every male poster doesn't condemn them (I actually didn't see them) you come out with classy comments like "most egalitarians" and "you people".

Not everyone is out to get you.

bluewolf wrote: »

The whole article said exactly otherwise.
If you stop insisting everyone is out to get you and read it a bit better??

I did read it. Doesn't change the fact that a sexist headline is a sexist headline.

bluewolf wrote: »

"I'm really upset because my wife cheated on me"
"right but I didn't cheat on you"
"I didn't say you did"
"I don't see why you're telling me this. Is it because I'm female? Are you blaming me? I didn't cheat on you"
"Listen I'm just saying I'm really upset because my wife cheated on me. And nobody is being supportive or giving a damn"
"Are you saying I'm to blame for your wife cheating? Stop judging all women like this. You're hurting MY feelings you know."

Every fcukin time, this is how it goes.

If that's your rebuttal to the article I posted, perhaps the first line should be "I'm really upset because my wife cheated on me - it's time for all women to feel uncomfortable about it"

bluewolf wrote: »

You're having a whinge about your feelings being hurt because someone posted an article about wanting support after being raped.
There are literally no words to describe how insane that is.
Oh those evil feminazis why don't they just shut up


I'm outta here

I'm having a whinge because the article said, in these exact words, "It’s time for all men to get a little bit uncomfortable about the culture we all operate in". That's exactly why I'm pissed. Are you going to address that blatantly sexist headline or are you not?

Ice Maiden wrote: »

On TheJournal.ie - now I know I should not have read the vile comments but I made the mistake of doing so - people were blaming feminism for the Hulk Hogan tape. THAT is the calibre of commenter on TheJournal.ie Boards is far better quality in fairness.

Does the fact that the Hulk Hogan tape didn't result in the same widespread condemnation in the mainstream media as the celebrity iCloud leak not deserve comment?

Feminists didn't do it, but the fact that they didn't get as pissed off about it as they did about celebgate proves hypocrisy.

Ice Maiden wrote: »

No it is a sexist headline - I hate that kinda crap, it makes it all the more understandable when men get pissed off about feminist ideology. The body of the article does not reflect the headline though, but the headline writer dropped the ball for sure.
Men should not have to feel uncomfortable because of other men - and "rape culture" is a term that is very demonising of men I think.

Right. And it's sh!t like this which is why I'm anti-feminist. And as you can see, I've been attacked consistently for that over the last two pages, by people who have refused to directly address the headline itself.

I tend to stay out of these threads lately because they're just so f*cking depressing, but these are exactly the battles men face when trying to call out examples of sexism. Object to that article because of the headline? You're attacking some poor woman writing about her rape experience. Anything we post gets twisted so that it can mean something different instead of simply taken at face value, as it was intended.

For the sake of clarity and egalitarianism, let me just spell out exactly why that article pissed me off:

ANY, and I mean ANY article which makes a statement along the lines of "All women X" or "All men X", or even just "Women X" or "Men X" (without the "some" prefix) is a sexist piece of sh!t. The difference is, the mainstream media will not publish such articles about women, and if they did, they'd probably get a citation from the BAI. Men? Well men are fair game, you can generalise and collectively accuse all you like.

Bear in mind I said mainstream. Trashy magazines and tabloids don't count. The Journal is a respected mainstream news outlet.

That's the double standard I'm calling out. That's the double standard I see every single day. That's the double standard which blows feminism's "you can't be sexist against men, because privilege" argument out of the water.