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In reply to the discussion: Why am I always reminded here on DU that women can be abusive just like men? [View all]Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)on a message board of supposedly enlightened liberals who also all get woman are being exploited and abused, wouldn't it follow that to continually remind us of the reverse is a duh statement, as well?
I think the problem at DU is that people don't genuinely report these stories and raise these issues to solve them but they are only raised in the spirit of one group competing against the other.
The attacks on liberal men on this board just don't span the range of comments of reverse sexism or reverse abuse but liberal men are attacked even when they are in the process of defending feminism.
I'll leave it to you to guess the motives of someone who would not just object but become verbally abusive at liberal men who are offering a defense of feminism. It's not "Let me offer a counter interpretation". It's "You're pathetic for even trying and just another misogynist oppressor trying to keep women down". Now that is a combative stance of a competitor right out of the box on what is supposed to be a discussion board with a capital D.
My own personal feeling is that liberal men, because they are already more compliant toward feminist ideas, are possibly seen as an easy target for some of the junior "feminists" just looking to score an easy conquest or verbal beat down of a man, any man. And certainly targeting apologetic liberal men fearful of being labeled a misogynist would be an easy way to achieve that goal, as you can't make someone dance for you if they don't fear your judgement.