Feminism Thread

[NynJa]

Found this on my facebook feed, with a lot of hateful comments from women. Based on the hosting news site, i think feminists be mad at this:

http://jezebel.com/uk-bans-facesitti...ium=socialflow

[Priran]

Curious how I can't find this story being discussed on that site anywhere, you'd think they'd take someone definitively trivializing rape pretty seriously. They probably just didn't hear about it, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that the person doing it is a SJW.

[Lyall]

Student activist Vincente Perez told the school’s newspaper, the Chicago Maroon: “Someone felt they had to show something extreme to get people to care. Think about that. This is not a justification. But think about what the weight of apathy can force people to do.”

Totally not a justification, but think about how society has driven them to this.

Regarding the Transformers kid thing, the article states the person in question hauled ass from the premises once they got caught. Further, anyone saying it doesn't count as rape because it's performance art is... Well, imagine if someone just straight-up tried to murder him instead. Would the attitude still be "it's performance art, it's not real murder?"

[Rhinox]

Found this on my facebook feed, with a lot of hateful comments from women. Based on the hosting news site, i think feminists be mad at this:

http://jezebel.com/uk-bans-facesitti...ium=socialflow

Hahahahaha those broads are so pissed.

[Blubbartron]

Hahahahaha those broads are so pissed.

Not anymore, they aren't. That's been banned.

[NynJa]

Not anymore, they aren't. That's been banned.

Depends how you consider Video on Demand. If its strictly streaming, then you could still download and watch it offline? Or they can still do it in their own bedrooms if they wanted to.

[Lyall]

Just read a Cracked article (I know, I know.) that explained how "SJW" is a controversial term we've drained of all meaning. It derides how people using it blanket anyone standing out against sexism or racism is just a "SJW" and then the author proceeds to claim anyone using it is a misogynist.

The utter lack of self-awareness present is hilarious. "The people trying to use the term want you to believe there are two sides, and you're on the wrong one." Then proceeds to explain how everyone using the term is on the wrong side and probably a "fairly nasty one" regarding misogyny and racism.

Ugh.

[GoggleHead]

So we're all in agreement that SJWs are actually very adamant supporters of sexism and racism then?

[archibaldcrane]

Wat

[GoggleHead]

Oh sorry, I forgot my opinions don't count and aren't welcome because I happen to be White, male and heterosexual.

[Charismatic]

So we're all in agreement that SJWs are actually very adamant supporters of sexism and racism then?

The average, everyday SJW is not. They just blindly support people who are and give them the ability to actually make change.
The road to hell and all that.

[Andalusian girls]

Oh sorry, I forgot my opinions don't count and aren't welcome because I happen to be White, male and heterosexual.

don't forget again

[NynJa]

Oh sorry, I forgot my opinions don't count and aren't welcome because I happen to be White, male and heterosexual.

Such an abuse of priviledge

[Galkaeater]

[Charismatic]

I like it.

[NynJa]

Like the comparison or you like shitty cupcakes?

[Mazmaz]

So, you remember that weird self-flagellating art thing Shia LeBeouf was doing where he sat in a room with a bunch of people who chose from a range of tools of punishment and didn't move or acknowledge them as they hit him, screamed at him, etc.? Well, during one recent performance a woman actually got on top of him and had sex with him until security pulled her off him, and he's been quoted as saying he believes he was raped. Or, as a sizeable portion of the news media and general public opinion puts it, he's just blowing it out of proportion for publicity.

So with all this talk about how Yes Means Yes and nobody's ever asking for it and we should support victims instead of blaming them and getting in front of the UN to declare that feminism is about gender equality and helps men as much as it helps women, I'd like to express how touched I am by how feminists have banded together to react to this situation, and share probably the most poignant feminist response to this whole situation, which I feel frames exactly what I think it is that makes feminism as relevant as it is these days.

Spoiler: show

Cause you're very active in feminist spaces to see the reactions right? From my feminist Facebook group. I don't wanna have to do this shit every time some new injustice happens and you claim that feminists don't care about it. I assure it, I can get screenshots of same reactions for most of them:

[NynJa]

Your argument is based on facebook responses that are atleast 48 hours old (based on how its saying November 30 in some of the comments, if it were the day of, it would just have the amount of hours that have passed)...the article has 6 likes, and the top comment has 8 likes.

I get more likes on my profile pics, your argument fails horribly.

[Mazmaz]

lol are you being serious right now?

[Priran]

Cause you're very active in feminist spaces to see the reactions right?

"Active in" is probably the wrong way to put it but yes. Plus feminists have a proven track record of a rather dim view of male rape victims.

From that article:

Men have privileges that prevent them from being able to empathize with the struggles of women, even when they are survivors of sexual crimes

...

When men insist upon participating in feminist conversations about sexual violence, they make women feel uncomfortable by taking up much-needed space in their community. While it is undeniable and incredibly unfortunate that anyone falls victim, the fact that women are the primary targets of sexually charged crimes, and men carry them out most often, demonstrates a systemic problem that the feminist community is trying to address

...

When men want a space in this feminist conversation, it indicates the already prevalent patriarchal desire to control how oppressed groups fight their own battles

(tangentially related but probably my favorite sentence in that whole article:

Regardless of what the above data demonstrate, it seems as though facts are often ignored by men’s rights activists, who accuse feminists of not caring about the male survivors of sexual crimes.

yes how could anybody reasonable have gotten the impression you don't care about male rape victims)