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Spider Jerusalem

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24. I'm sorry...
Wed May 28, 2014, 03:55 AM
May 2014

but you know, if you don't think that "misogynist" is an appropriate label for a culture where more often than not the most commonly accepted indicator of a woman's value is her sexual attractiveness? Where commentary on sexism in video games, or pretty much anything else, on Youtube, on Twitter, on blogs, et cetera, by women, is met with death threats, threats of rape, sexual comments, and the like? See also here, here, here...there's a lot more, it's basically everywhere, it's pretty much every woman who speaks up in a broadly accessible public forum...if you can tell me that's not a sign of a misogynist culture? Then I'm sorry, but I have no idea what it would take to make you think that it exists.

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There is a LOT of hate and people [View all] ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 OP
I don't really see a lot of people hating each other. Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #1
+1 n/t jaysunb May 2014 #2
This DURHAM D May 2014 #3
+1 n/t Gormy Cuss May 2014 #4
"reactionaries" nalils it... SidDithers May 2014 #5
Damned true ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #6
How do you know to what the OP was referring to? Puzzledtraveller May 2014 #12
I can read. eom. 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #13
exactly. perfect post. m-lekktor May 2014 #7
... nomorenomore08 May 2014 #9
Oh, there's been reactionaries, alright.....but not the kind *you're* thinking of. See post 15...... AverageJoe90 May 2014 #16
SPIDER JERUSALEM NAILS IT Skittles May 2014 #17
Not really. nt AverageJoe90 May 2014 #18
YES REALLY Skittles May 2014 #19
Interesting. Because what I see is (a lot of) . . . MrModerate May 2014 #20
All of this is denying the influence of culture, though. Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #22
At the risk of being called a "distractor," I'd point out . . . MrModerate May 2014 #23
I'm sorry... Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #24
It's been that way for awhile ... oldhippie May 2014 #8
I actually think ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author johnp3907 May 2014 #10
K&R Puzzledtraveller May 2014 #11
I've noticed some issues, too. AverageJoe90 May 2014 #15
Chaos is required for the veils to fall down. n/t DeSwiss May 2014 #21
Locking, sorry about that. ucrdem May 2014 #25
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