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LynneSin

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38. You didn't need a study to figure that one out

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 01:56 PM

Jul 2015

Real men do not need to belittle women. They are confident enough in who they are that they do not need to go slut-shaming women.

I will admit that I do like to do online gaming, mainly World of Warcraft in the wintertime. From time to time I'll see some a-hole in general chat with some form of slut-shaming of women. You can pretty much assume that guy hasn't had a date in ages. Why else would he make such general rants about women in such horrible ways? I meet many men who I will chat with hang out with gaming and none of them treat me poorly. They know I'm there for gaming and not interested in online-sex or hooking up, I'm just a cool chick that likes to game. None of them are disrespectful to women and chatting with them I know they are respectful men who probably have decent, balanced lives and probably take good care of the women in their lives. Some of them I know their wives/girlfriends and I even game with them too.

If someone has to slut shame anonymously I question their values in real life. It makes no sense.

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Study Finds That Men Who Attack Women Online Are, Literally, Losers [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 OP

And I'm thinking it's an analogy that holds up beyond gaming. bettyellen Jul 2015 #1

it probably applies to most scenarios where men used to dominate and now don't have monopoly La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #4

Yeah, and I don't think most are conscious of it. We can see their shock and discomfort and pretty bettyellen Jul 2015 #9

No doubt applies to a lot of those guys in Men's Rights blogs too. Rozlee Jul 2015 #30

i think some people have a very fragile sense of self and a huge sense of entitlement to resources La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #42

LOL ... rude, as described as ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #45

so true. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #48

I'm certain it applies to discussion forums too. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2015 #25

Yes, a couple of DU names spring to mind here. HOF stalkers. bettyellen Jul 2015 #26

Visit an imageboard sometime. Rod Beauvex Jul 2015 #43

THen there must not be hardly any skilled video game players who are rightwingers, because one of randys1 Jul 2015 #2

i dont think this is entirely correct. i think sometimes we liberals give ourselves a huge pass La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #5

Agreed, completely. Sexism and racism is abundant in liberal circles randys1 Jul 2015 #8

a while ago i got into some disagreements on DU, which were mostly of a personal nature La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #10

Would love to read those exchanges, I can pm you about it. randys1 Jul 2015 #12

Absolutely. cwydro Jul 2015 #46

Yes, funny that, huh? And I agree with Lionness that closeupready Jul 2015 #15

They love the old school concept of women as chattel and playthings- bettyellen Jul 2015 #27

Exactly. THAT, and in the worst cases, they think, closeupready Jul 2015 #35

And then they wonder why women don't like them. nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #3

It's called a death spiral, LOL. bettyellen Jul 2015 #11

Yes indeed ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #6

Some how I Knew that yuiyoshida Jul 2015 #7

Kicking the asses of those alien scum offworlders makes us all equals as defenders of our planets Baclava Jul 2015 #13

Zoiks shenmue Jul 2015 #14

No real surprise there! NT Left coast liberal Jul 2015 #16

In other news scientists have determined water is indeed wet. iandhr Jul 2015 #17

Breaking news: Getting a research grant is a cool and profitable gig. n/t sarge43 Jul 2015 #20

not really. without systematic observation we cannot conclude causality. if we depended only La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #21

No argument. Science is our silver bullet. sarge43 Jul 2015 #23

Breaking News Part II: Trivializing Science is Way Cool Among the Under-Educated and Sub-Literate. LanternWaste Jul 2015 #22

The intent of my post was not to trivialize science iandhr Jul 2015 #34

But you are trivializing science when you equate mythology Jul 2015 #40

There are plenty of losers on DU, then ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2015 #18

did you bother to read the description of the study or its conclusions? La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #19

I found that out one when I commented on a blog post by a troll kimbutgar Jul 2015 #24

Soo...fat, ugly, and single makes him cwydro Jul 2015 #47

No I am fat and ugly but not single and I don't think that makes me less kimbutgar Jul 2015 #61

Well, it's just another video game to them, isn't it? rocktivity Jul 2015 #28

Well, they are here CreekDog Jul 2015 #29

Wow, that's a surprise Jack Rabbit Jul 2015 #31

My wife's a gamer. I have certainly observed this effect. AtheistCrusader Jul 2015 #32

I am not surprised that the study found this. n/t geardaddy Jul 2015 #33

I wonder what they might say about women who attack women online. MADem Jul 2015 #36

i think they would first have to demonstrate that women attack women based on gender La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #49

I don't want to derail from the principal thesis of this thread--which speaks to the MADem Jul 2015 #53

Super thoughtful post Nevernose Jul 2015 #60

Yes, they're insecure, infantile men who fear any woman with skill or strength. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #37

You didn't need a study to figure that one out LynneSin Jul 2015 #38

it's not a question about figuring it out per se. it's a question of confirming a hypothesis La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #41

point taken LynneSin Jul 2015 #62

The left side of DU is covering up the left side of this box JonLP24 Jul 2015 #39

Whoa ... This ought to be good! 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #44

Reminds me of an AOL chat room a long time ago. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2015 #50

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #51

Extrapolating this theory from gamers to the larger interwebs (as I'm sure is happening as we speak) tularetom Jul 2015 #52

i am not sure where you are getting your generalization, but it was not in the articles La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #54

What I was reacting to was your post title tularetom Jul 2015 #55

also, attacking women generally is not the same thing as criticizing a specific woman. La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #56

Again, you are correct tularetom Jul 2015 #59

What about women who Attack men? grahamhgreen Jul 2015 #57

there has to be some demonstration that women selectively attack one gender La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2015 #58

Obvioulsy, the men are not attracting the right mates under this plan Baclava Jul 2015 #63

NSSNSS niyad Jul 2015 #64