For strong womyn everywhere: "Internet Plus Equality"

[chavosaur]

 

[Arras]

Not to be annoying, but... why the black bars that are three times the size of the image itself?

 

[Chary]

Not to be annoying, but... why the black bars that are three times the size of the image itself?

Because of those darned straight male gamers. Ruining everything. ;O;

 

[Arras]

Because of those darned straight male gamers. Ruining everything. ;O;

Ah right, let me correct that. Why those afro-american bars?

 

[Gahars]

*snip*

I love how they always forget that, even if a character is designed solely to be "sexualized" or whatever, there's bisexual and lesbian women it would appeal to as well. I guess those women are just inconvenient.

You know, I'd have to wonder why none of them bring up something like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, where despite the fact that many of the characters are near-impossibly chiseled and prone to posing, straight men still make up a good chunk of the fanbase. Shit, if you want a live-action example, take a look at Arrow (this is the show's poster). Who's stepping in to defend us men from the alienating hunkiness permeating from the screen?

 

[chavosaur]

There's something that has really bothered me lately about the feminist frequency twitter (not that it hasn't driven me up a wall in the past but)

Recently in Washington state a mass shooting occurred in which a young Native American Freshman shot and killed 3 students.
Feminist Frequency immediately jumped on board, not to sympathize with the school or those affected, but rather...

https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/525781140943011841

Are we kidding here?

 

[FAST6191]

I love how they always forget that, even if a character is designed solely to be "sexualized" or whatever, there's bisexual and lesbian women it would appeal to as well. I guess those women are just inconvenient.

You know, I'd have to wonder why none of them bring up something like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, where despite the fact that many of the characters are near-impossibly chiseled and prone to posing, straight men still make up a good chunk of the fanbase. Shit, if you want a live-action example, take a look at Arrow (this is the show's poster). Who's stepping in to defend us men from the alienating hunkiness permeating from the screen?

But if a heterosexual man sees a well toned/sexualised woman then that is nice, if they see a well toned/sexualised man then that is aspirational material, a well toned/sexualised man might also be aspirational material for a heterosexual woman but a well toned/sexualised woman is just wrong to them. I fear you need to refine your logic. Those that are not heterocommon (whoo, I can make up words as well) presumably explode or something.

 

[Veho]

*pic*

To be quite fair, "made by" and "made for" are two different things.

 

[Veho]

 

[Lemmy Koopa]

There's something that has really bothered me lately about the feminist frequency twitter (not that it hasn't driven me up a wall in the past but)

Recently in Washington state a mass shooting occurred in which a young Native American Freshman shot and killed 3 students.
Feminist Frequency immediately jumped on board, not to sympathize with the school or those affected, but rather...

https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/525781140943011841

Are we kidding here?

What a c**t.

 

[Lemmy Koopa]

I like how these people talk about being strong, and not being damsels in distress, but when something as benign as this happens they act like they're going to die or something, because honestly, these people are extremely weak, and that's why they rely on trying to get society to adjust to their level of weakness so they don't freak out and get "PTSD" when someone disagrees with them because they're so fragile they'll let anything get to them.

 

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[MTSoph14]

 

[BORTZ]

 

[Gahars]

We're through the looking glass, people.

 

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[Lucifer666]

this whole thread is so politically incorrect I'm dying please tell me this is satire

I'm by no means one of those tumblr SJWs and they make me really uncomfortable, but saying this as a dude myself (not that it should matter), feminism (as in equality, not hating men) IS important because society puts a lot more pressure on women than it does on men and that's wrong

i don't like/care for feminist frequency at all because she's been proven to be a fraud and also makes some outrageous points, and I don't agree with her post against bayonetta because it IS developed by a woman, but what she said about mass shootings is absolutely true

 

[Gahars]

I can't stop typing edition!

this whole thread is so politically incorrect I'm dying please tell me this is satire

This is nothing. Ever try /pol/, goyim?

I'm by no means one of those tumblr SJWs and they make me really uncomfortable, but saying this as a dude myself (not that it should matter), feminism (as in equality, not hating men) IS important because society puts a lot more pressure on women than it does on men and that's wrong

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that no one here has a problem with feminism in the sense that women deserve equal rights and treatment. The big problem is with this modern, radical sect of feminism (3rd Wave) that has run out of meaningful things to say and so has turned to hunting for boogie men to stay relevant. They invent conspiracies of patriarchies and rape cultures, or perpetuate bogus statistics and ideas (the myth of the 77 cent wage gap, for instance). Very often, these activists seem like they're out to avoid any personal responsibility for themselves rather than actually advance anything. There's a reason the term "oppression olympics" has become a common descriptor.

Personally, I object to it because I think it's basically trying to infantilize women by telling them they're nothing but helpless victims. In Western society, women have practically no institutional impediments to their success, and anyone, regardless of gender, can succeed by virtue of merit and hard work (with a healthy amount of luck, too, of course). I have no doubt that there's still individual cases of sexism and discrimination against women, and those should absolutely be addressed, but by and large, we're all equal in the Western world.

If these radical activists really wanted to tackle a patriarchy, they'd focus on Saudi Arabia, where women aren't even allowed to drive. If they wanted to stop a rape culture, they'd be working with Indian women to end the disturbingly high prevalence of rapes there. Unfortunately, these activists seem too obsessed with their cozy, upper-middle class lifestyles to look beyond their own "oppression."

Besides, it's not like men don't also face unique pressures. Men have higher suicide rates, higher on-the-job death rates, are subject to the draft, etc. We have shorter lines for the bathroom, sure, but it's not all sunshine and lollipops.

i don't like/care for feminist frequency at all because she's been proven to be a fraud and also makes some outrageous points, and I don't agree with her post against bayonetta because it IS developed by a woman, but what she said about mass shootings is absolutely true

The idea that mass shooters are shooters by virtue of them being men is a bigoted, sexist statement. That's what people take offense at. To try and turn a very real mental health issue into another one of her talking points, especially on the eve of a horrific tragedy, is what people are so offended by. This is especially true when only a percent of a percent of a percent of a percent of men commit these exceedingly rare crimes (out of around 160 million in the US alone).

 

[FAST6191]

this whole thread is so politically incorrect I'm dying please tell me this is satire

Give or take the times people take things to their "logical" conclusion is there really much in the way of political incorrectness in this thread? If the content, phrasing and attitudes make you uncomfortable then so be it and the previous sentence might be akin to pointing out an improper use of the term irony.

 

[Foxi4]

Feminism by definition is not a philosophy of equality - that's egalitarianism. Feminism is interested strictly in feminine issues, it made total sense in the early 20th century when women fought for equal rights and equal opportunities, in this day and age it's no longer necessary as a movement in western culture. Women are free to vote, free to educate themselves in whatever discipline they want, they have freedom of speech, religion and other personal freedoms they eagerly fought for. Both sexes are treated equally by the law, what's left to fight for, exactly?