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In reply to the discussion: The 8 Biggest Lies Men's Rights Activists Spread About Women [View all]pipi_k
(21,020 posts)for some kind of reply to my hypothetical situation first.
But if you insist on knowing, I think these are not lies:
#2. That feminists are hypocrites (which actually has a lot to do with my question about how far they want to go with regards to complete equality).
3. That there is a court bias with regards to child custody. Although I do have to admit it's not as bad as it used to be.
6. About male depiction in the media. Well, maybe not in magazines and such, but let's just say that lots of people get a huge charge out of seeing the stupid, bumbling man in movies and TV shows.
8. That feminists want to turn everything into rape. Seems like they do, actually. A man can't even look at a woman in an elevator without her thinking he's about to rape her. Guy standing at a bus stop admiring a nice looking woman? RAPE!! A guy in the supermarket winks at a woman in the cereal aisle? RAPE!!
Oh, and if men aren't trying to rape them, then they're inflicting "benevolent sexism" on them by (GASP!!!) holding open a door for them.
It gets a bit tiresome after a while to have men apologizing to me for imagined insults and offenses when I'm not insulted or offended at all, just because at some point they were screeched at by some feminist with an axe to grind.
And while feminists are entitled to their feelings and opinions, they are NOT entitled to speak for all women, and they're NOT entitled to act like we don't know what the hell we're talking about, and to be told that those of us who don't have the same rules are part of the problem.