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In reply to the discussion: How do you get banned from a group without ever subscribing to [View all]BainsBane
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(not your posts in particular, but in general) Westerners have a tendency to target developing nations, and the Muslim World in particular, as transgressors on women's rights. It easily turns into Islamophobia or discussions about how superior Americans are. You'll notice that happens on no other issues here. Not on foreign policy, war, or other aspects of human rights. Only women's issues. The same people who denounce the US for virtually everything insist women here have no problems, face no discrimination, and have no right to talk about issues that confront us. When the yearly gender gap rankings are posted, they insist the less than stellar ranking of the US is a lie.
So, IMO, the issue is not that women abroad are not important. Of course they are enormously important. The issue is what does that discussion become and how is received by the audience. I read such stories with great interest, even if I don't comment on them, but I am also mindful of the notion that some here feel compelled to tell American women we should be content with what we have.
Again, I don't recall a post by you personally, so I am not speaking about you in particular.
I'll also note that I have posted about issues like human trafficking and gotten virtually no response. You aren't alone in that.
When I post about WHO reports about violence against women, I am told it is sexist and invalid because they didn't deal with violence against men.
There is a phenomenon where the longer you post in a group the more attention your posts get. So if you drop an OP In a group and rarely participate, people may wonder what is up. The fact is HOF is the only feminist group that sees much activity. The others post some very interesting things, but there is far less participation there. When I post in those groups, no one responds to me either, so you aren't alone there. I don't post OPs there, however, I just comment on an existing thread.