Sure it is. Theres no burden on men to have to show the world they're not a bad person because some women have an irrational fear. The very nature of requiring such a thing is sexist in itself. I'm sorry you feel the way you feel, and I'm sorry there are terrible people out there, but its not my job to make other people that I dont know feel comfortable when I'm not doing anything to make them feel uncomfortable other than my existence.
I'd rather Nynja getting self conscious about people not responding fast enough to your "I'll post this, maybe ask questions... and then never respond when people answer me!" it's like you come here to comment instead of discuss I keep getting ignored by you in threads and all I wanted for christmas is to debate with you and hey. Fuck these other fairweather opinions
feels bad man
Its not a matter of responding fast enough. I dont expect people to sit at their pc/tablets all day f5ing. Its when people are actually posting shit, and refuse to answer the good questions, because they know they cant.
Unless you're dressed in a fucking outfit worthy of a halloween costume or you're at a place where you know you're not welcomed (ie: going to a party because you know your ex is there), just being somewhere is not "knowingly frightening people". Existing is not a fucking crime.
How do you know your presence will make someone irrationally afraid for their safety? Is there a minimum "safety distance" that people should respect when walking in the same direction?
Just tell me how far away I must stay from people to be a good person, please. Because you are rapidly sounding like the logical ending of that slippery slope I described a page and a half ago.
With respect to Nynja, I proved 3 or so pages back that he either has no reading comprehension, or doesn't read 75% of a post. So he can expect more of the same in the future.
As for yourself and others, you've repeatedly stated that you'd like feminism to be "moderate and considerate" in the arguments it makes. I find this ironic in juxtaposition to all the posts in the last few pages essentially saying how little these men care about whether they make someone uncomfortable and how it's on them to handle it. Basically men don't have to be considerate about anything they do or say, but women and other minorities have to tailor their arguments to be moderate and considerate of men and make sure they don't make them uncomfortable with the solutions they propose. Why should they expect any different though when our societal view is that women are just an extension of men?
You can see why that might get exhausting sometimes to debate against. Have a good weekend, I probably won't be around until Sunday.
Hey, Maz, I'm about to quote myself, so dont get your manties in a bunch:
This is inconsiderate and fucking rude and reason for being uncomfortable.
http://ak4.picdn.net/shutterstock/vi...a-at-night.jpg
This is not
Are men allowed to give people shit for "following" them late at night too, or is this strictly a female thing? If I'm freaked out by some person I don't know walking along the same sidewalk 50 ft behind me at 2 in the morning should I expect them to cross to the other side of the street for me?
Also I just realized how relevant this article that I read recently is to the fact that the men in this thread are SO ADAMANT about women being afraid of them is the MOST IRRATIONAL WOMANLY THING EVER. Lose your shit cause I'm about to drop some Jezebel.
http://jezebel.com/5903883/why-guys-...-called-creepy
And speaking of creeps: http://www.themarysue.com/vagina-peach-tech/
ban creepy
Can I post this?
I'm gonna post this.
Kay I posted it, as long as you're going to throw "creepy" around.
I got through half of it before I laughed aloud at how ridiculous it is. Has anyone here ever called a guy an asshole when he was acting feminine, or to insinuate he was feminine? Because this article is claiming that calling someone an asshole is literally the equivalent (on a sexist level) of calling someone gay or a pussy (it's supposed to be emasculating apparently). I should know better than to give Jezebel half a chance at being not-crazy.
No, it expands on "asshole" further down.