Long-time commenter gwallan posted this list of the reactions he got when he tried to tell about his rape as a child:
I’ve been fairly outspoken about female perpetration since the mid nineties. I wrote the following about two years ago summarising the sorts of responses I’ve experienced personally.…
GENDER EQUALITY – T-shirt and bumper sticker fodder
I have seen some slogans and phrase around that speak to gender equality, and been inspired by them to come with one or two on my own.
Please nominate more. Please feel free to use these in any way that gets the word out.
Workplace equality:
A woman’s place is on a road crew.…
JUST FOR FUN – the Italian “naked man” orchid
Mother Nature is an MRA!
Orchis italica is known as the naked man orchid. Orchidaceae is a gigantic family, one the largest among land plants, with around 25,000 species in 890 genera. It certainly has something for everyone.
The name of this genus and of the family in general is based on the Greek for “testicle.”…
IT’S SHIT LIKE THIS, FEMINISTS: Feminist misandry, Part III
A commenter named WowFallacies drove by with the usual clueless advice on how MRAs could sort out some misunderstandings about feminism and stop being a “prick” about the whole thing. Commenter Eagle 35 responded: WowFallicies, I’m going to give you a list of facts about feminism as a movement just so you’ll understand where the hostility comes from and hopefully should clear up your...
OPEN THREAD – Long time no open thread!
Hey there, it’s been a long, looooong time…so let her rip!
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GENERAL – New Words
Time for some new words and expressions. Those that promote the discussion get taken up and used, the others just fade into obscurity on some server somewhere.
Tit swinging – This is the direct equivalent of “dick swinging”. Dick swinging refers to competitive, macho boasting.…
FEMALE PRIVILEGE – What #Yesallwomen tells us about white female privilege, and the privilege discourse in general
In an open thread over at Feminist Critics*, Commenter AndreaK quotes with disapproval a question she saw somewhere
“The #YesAllWomen thread raises an important question: Why do so many men behave so poorly?”
That question is itself a sly inversion.…
FEMALE PRIVILEGE – And a woman who sees it (and how it’s not always only women who have it)
In a very good article* at the New Republic about being an adjunct professor teaching writing, Sarah Marshall says something very honest and insightful:
“Over the course of a ten-week class, I play the role of therapist, priest, mentor, and friend.…
FEMALE DISPOSABILITY – Yes, it is a thing
There won’t be many posts on female disposability because after all it’s not really a feature of our gender system, but there is such a thing as female disposability and it is worth looking at. Commenter Rebecca mentioned it in passing in reference to my passing mention of it on the most recent post on male disposability and it occurred to me it was time to put all this disposability...
MALE DISPOSABILITY – What is male disposability? And what keeps it going?
What is male disposability and what is behind it? Short answer: 1) Male disposability is the belief that males are disposable for the good of their families and societies, and for women, in a way that females are not and 2) it makes a culture more successful in war and at grabbing resources.…
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