Sexism/Feminism/Womanism Discussion Thread Social • Page 79

so much bullshit responses too. not just bullshit, just like... what? "I'm still learning every day from my mistakes to become a better tennis player and a better person."

What? What does this have to do with tennis. What do you mean you're still learning...you're 21. When are you going to be done 'learning'?

 

Had to deal with some r/badwomensanatomy last night when two guys started talking about when women have many partners their vaginas get looser. It started with the phrase "hot dog in a hallway" and they were referring to women in a particular country. I had never even heard that phrase, so when they explained I was like



and then one started using "sluts" and I am so glad my friend was there too. Like damn, I never thought I'd have to ask someone that if a woman is monogamous, does that mean she's loose too?

Then later on I overhear the same two having a conversation and one says "when I heard Keri is dating boyfriend" then something I couldn't hear and "that's what happens when you start dating women." EXCUSE ME WHAT. Then when I called them out that I heard they wouldn't say anything. Just completely annoyed at the way those two fed off of each other. And I gave them some beers too. FUCK.

On a positive note, I am so so grateful for my friendship with woman mentioned above. We both moved to this new place for university and a few weeks ago she had to deal with a third friend of the two guys who didn't believe white privilege exists. She told me about that conversation and I had the pleasure of calling him "white privilege Name" at a party last week in which he looked so uncomfortable.

 

Guess this goes here

 

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaawd have mercy..

 

glad she won but this is still terrifying
Mischa Barton’s Lawyer Declares ‘Victory’ in ‘Revenge Porn’ Case

 

We talked to the Palestinian vlogger smashing the patriarchy

 

Why a taxi service by and for women drives some men to criticize it
I'm really glad they started this company, it's definitely needed.

 

Hopefully it works out better than when Todd and PB did it

 

He is vile

 

Karrueche Tran Granted Permanent Restraining Order Against Chris Brown

 

i know this feel lol

 

to continue the conversation that was never had but:

I don't know if people really consider these guys "alt right", I know Chris is just a stereotypical anti-SJW and ignorant, but I don't know. I'm still holding out judgement for until after the video is actually released. If she starts doing what Dave Rubin is doing (bringing on the worst kinds of people...over and over...and never challenging them), then that's a problem. But if she brings some random anti-SJW people on, not actual extreme alt-right figures, and has reasonable debate with them and actually challenges them, then it could be worth listening to see what happens (if anything). Again, we'll see.

 

So, what I get from this is... "anti-fems" basically act like "science" is the only intelligence that matters.
as long as that science agrees with their outdated preconceptions of society.
as if emotional intelligence, the subjectivity of the stories of people's experiences, is insignificant.

Look, if a bunch of people say they experience gender differently from the binary, then that's enough for me, gender is a spectrum. Or it's a social construct, ultimately nonexistent. I don't know. But it's definitely not a binary.

There are two different kinds of studies in academia, qualitative and quantitative. It's close-minded to only accept one, the latter, as legitimate. You can look at as many numbers as you want, all the statistics in the world, but the more subjective ethnographic studies of different experiences are still out there. Who are you to say those are any less significant? Things aren't as simple as "gender = sex/biology," sorry the world is more complicated than you're willing to comprehend.

I'm a little less skeptical about what Laci is doing now, showing the different (wrong) perspectives on the subject and where she falls in the conversation, but judging from the comments, I don't think she's actually going to be changing anyone's minds.