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In reply to the discussion: It is not about the swimsuit issue it is about basic respect for women [View all]BainsBane
(53,175 posts)When a man calls a woman a b....h, he is literally calling her a female dog, which is not human. When a man calls a woman a c....t, he is reducing her to a vulgar term for a body part, as less than a full human being. The determination and entitlement to use such language indicates a profound lack of respect.
Clearly the series of hostile threads in GD is about marking territory. One host of the men's group called it a form of "civil disobedience" against feminists. It was started to provoke a reaction, and it did, as have the dozens of subsequent threads doubling down. Only that reaction has backfired. The veil has been lifted and many members who did not before see or speak out against misogyny are doing so. You say you do not care what they think. Their views are inconsequential and unworthy of respect. You pretend it is about women as being "weak" and that somehow to treat them with respect would be sexist. I pointed out it is not simply women but DUers generally, as the many hundreds of recommendations for thread denouncing the misogyny and hostile environment prove to anyone who can count.