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Sexism/Feminism/Womanism Discussion Thread Social • Page 63

Discussion in 'Politics Forum' started by Melody Bot, Mar 13, 2015.

  1. Dominick

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  2. aranea

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    Wtf is going on
     
  3. Dominick

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    Lena Dunham is fucking terrible.
     
  4. St. Nate

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    The Myth of the Well-Behaved Women’s March

     
  5. Jake Gyllenhaal

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  6. BirdPerson Jan 24, 2017
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    BirdPerson

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    my ex-aunt commented on my FB comment to my ex-uncle, saying that when female celebrities dress scantily, what they have to say about "the issues" doesn't matter, because the way they dress demeans all women. she said she'd feel the same way about a male celebrity, but i tend to doubt a banana hammock would truly invalidate a man's opinion in her eyes...

    what's the best way to respond to her (if I do at all)? i don't want to talk over her, even if i think she's totally wrong, heh
     
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  7. iCarly Rae Jepsen

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    the answer is that the patriarchy wants it both ways, it wants women to be scantily clad but it doesn't want them to enjoy it, the male gaze being the only thing that should feel good
     
  8. iCarly Rae Jepsen

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  9. Malatesta

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    thank fuck. his movies remain one of my guiltier enjoyments but i'm very very happy he at least does not get the spotlight and power of that.
     
  10. AelNire

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    RIP Mary


     
  11. iCarly Rae Jepsen

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  12. aranea

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    Men, when you talk to a woman you're not having any kind of romantic or sexual relationship with, please don't tell her to engage in anything sexual to "relieve stress/pain". It's creepy and uncomfortable. It never, ever comes across well to me.
     
  13. AelNire

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    WTf

     
  14. iCarly Rae Jepsen

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  15. iCarly Rae Jepsen

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  16. AelNire

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    If they're young, white, and good looking that's usually how it goes and it's super gross.
     
  17. iCarly Rae Jepsen

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  18. AelNire

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    If you've got a minute.

     
  19. Dominick

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    "Feminist principles are not, ultimately, simply about making things better for women. They are about paying attention to gender in order to think about policies that make things better for everyone. So, for instance, a feminism that is simply about ensuring that women at the top get bathrooms with diaper-changing stations means nothing if the women and men who are cleaning those bathrooms — and presumably wiping baby shit from the walls — get neither time off nor the ability to place their children in care while at work. A policy that ensures that female professors get to take a year off after having their babies is useless if the system continues to simply hire adjuncts of all genders — who get no such benefits, no matter how well paid they are — to fill in for them.

    Rebecca Traister and Bourgeois Feminists like her neither understand nor want any of this. And there is a Special Place In Hell for women who refuse to consider a feminism meant to ensure freedom for all, regardless of gender."

    Bourgeois Feminist Bullshit | Current Affairs
     
  20. AelNire

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    Hmm. I have honestly never thought about that before.
     
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  22. iCarly Rae Jepsen

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  23. skogsraet

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    Obviously it's awesome that a flight attendant was able to help this girl, but with all the interviewing and background checks that it takes to get a US visa and then border patrol on top of that it's incredible that human trafficking victims enter the US as often as they do. The only reason they're able to is because government officials are not trained to look for signs of human trafficking and I would bet that's because there isn't the same outrage over trafficking victims entering the country as there is for refugees.
     
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  24. AelNire

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    Govt officials/people tend to look away for a price. Everything comes back to money in almost all scenarios.
     
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  25. Dominick

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