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Rustyeye77

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Reply to Squinch (Reply #26)

Wed Mar 27, 2019, 11:07 AM

Mar 2019

Forget it... I don't feel like being alerted on.

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Teen boys rated their female classmates based on looks. The girls fought back. [View all] lindysalsagal Mar 2019 OP

This makes me happy. I had a severe eating disorder from dewsgirl Mar 2019 #1

paywall site - can you summarize the happy part? nt Locrian Mar 2019 #2

The young women got together and went to administration, phylny Mar 2019 #4

thanks! Locrian Mar 2019 #5

Oh, good! Iggo Mar 2019 #19

Same here caraher Mar 2019 #62

First time they went, they only gave the boy one day suspension. 40 went back lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #72

here Celerity Mar 2019 #7

Thanks for the link. I ran out of the alloted Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #12

clear your cookies mercuryblues Mar 2019 #22

Thank you so much!!! Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #23

numbers -- Shel Silverstein retread Mar 2019 #3

Ha! Good one. Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #15

Many closed groups do things like this unfortunately dustyscamp Mar 2019 #6

That's how Facebook got started. No one seems to remember or care. defacto7 Mar 2019 #31

It's disgusting when teenage boys... Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #8

Yes, shame on those girls for standing up for themselves. DLevine Mar 2019 #9

no, it is well and good tiredtoo Mar 2019 #13

No. What you imagined the girls did doesn't justify what you actually did. Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #35

It's so tiresome having to explain this over and over again. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #37

So much this. irisblue Mar 2019 #38

yep eom tiredtoo Mar 2019 #11

It's toxic masculinity, and not hormones, that makes them weaponize their interest. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #18

A list from teenage boys is now "Toxic Masculinity " ? Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #20

A list that assigns and ranks value of girls based only on their appearance? Sure. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #21

Teenage boys ? Entitled interest in the female body ? Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #24

It's okay! Sitting quietly with a new perspective is something many people won't do, especially WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #28

That's all you see here? ismnotwasm Mar 2019 #42

You appear the only one arguing this particular tact LanternWaste Mar 2019 #25

Yeah well , any perceived defense of men... Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #29

You certainly could; I'm interested in how you would define it. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #34

Wow... Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #39

Hmmmm. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #40

YOU labeled what they did as Toxic Masculinity . Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #45

I did, because more likely than not it's an expression thereof. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #46

Thank you for your posts in this subthread. Habibi Mar 2019 #54

Thank you! WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #57

Male "developing sexuality" requires cruelty toward girls? That cruelty is just "innocent Squinch Mar 2019 #52

How dare you disagree with what those young women did! They have HORMONES! Therefore Squinch Mar 2019 #55

Ok...show me where I said I disagree with what they did ? Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #59

You called the calling out of those boys "toxic femininity." Hold your breath for that apology. Squinch Mar 2019 #60

Again I never said anything about what the girls did. Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #63

How dare you accuse me of toxic femininity! My hormones absolve me of everything and Squinch Mar 2019 #64

How dare those girls demand that they be treated like humans and not Squinch Mar 2019 #36

Methinks thou dost protest too much tiredtoo Mar 2019 #67

That doesn't actually make any sense in this context, but ... you be you! Squinch Mar 2019 #68

Does that mean rape and assault are OK, too? athena Mar 2019 #43

Read my other posts. Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #47

Be better than to excuse shitty behavior toward other people on the basis of hormones. Squinch Mar 2019 #53

This MrsCheaplaugh Mar 2019 #75

Sure you're in the right forum, bro? This isn't the "just boys in the locker room" Tarc Mar 2019 #82

Hmmm, wasn't this what Fuckerberg intended when he started Facebook at Harvard? FailureToCommunicate Mar 2019 #10

We had something similar way back in the 70s gratuitous Mar 2019 #14

I remember slam books from the mid '60s. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #76

Was kinda hoping they countered with a boys rankings list of their own aeromanKC Mar 2019 #16

I wish I were the editor of the school newspaper. Mister Ed Mar 2019 #17

Tons of entitled women-hating men in the comments. Squinch Mar 2019 #26

You know... Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #32

Poor dear. Did I say something upsetting to you? Want to get really upset? Squinch Mar 2019 #33

Did you finally realize that you might be in the wrong forum, son? Tarc Mar 2019 #83

My high school..... Pachamama Mar 2019 #27

Here's the truest thing in the article. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #30

I work with someone in his mid-40's who does this Polybius Mar 2019 #41

When I was junior high school many years ago djg21 Mar 2019 #44

You mean like something you would see in "Tiger Beat" misanthrope Mar 2019 #61

I just stopped in for the "GIRLS DO IT TOO!!!!" posts. tenderfoot Mar 2019 #48

I was prepared for a similar list from the girls as payback. MicaelS Mar 2019 #49

KnR ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #50

Absolutely Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #51

What you are labeling "normal developing teenage sexuality" made teen girls feel uncomfortable, WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #56

It's cruel, and it's meant to be cruel. But hey, apparently cruelty is just a part of innocent Squinch Mar 2019 #65

$50 says chemical castration will lead to a dramatic rise in academic performance ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #70

That's not normal treestar Mar 2019 #74

This is amazing Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #77

There's a big difference between the girls on the list in the article and the boys and men on the WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #78

Yes there is a difference Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #80

That is certainly a difference. Not the one I was getting at, though. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #81

Tiger Beat is boys they don't see and know treestar Mar 2019 #79

These young ladies are amazing Gothmog Mar 2019 #58

pfft. i would list boys w/ their numbers. see how they like being a 3.9. pansypoo53219 Mar 2019 #66

Why haven't these boys been charged with sexual harassment and assault? clementine613 Mar 2019 #69

Absolutely Rustyeye77 Mar 2019 #71

If the boys -- some of whom were technically adults, at 18? -- were in the workplace and creating a WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #73