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History of Feminism

LiberalLoner

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15. Thank you!

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #14)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 10:25 AM

Mar 2013

I needed the encouragement. The woman-hate has been overwhelming the past few years, with the war on women, with even progressive men on a progressive board joining in....it feels like we have lost. Worldwide.

It feels like men are angry about the overpopulated, competitive world, and they blame us women for that....and boy are they gonna make us pay and pay and pay and pay...

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Thinking about rape, misogyny, domestic violence... [View all] LiberalLoner Mar 2013 OP

The backlash against women - is it getting worse? CrispyQ Mar 2013 #1

i have thought of that. without the nets, i think it was more pocket. but with the net, there are seabeyond Mar 2013 #7

Yes. I think it is similar to how racism has become more mainstream than ever, more open. I LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #12

+++ Whisp Mar 2013 #2

Arthur Koestler's concept of the "ghost in the machine" - IIRC - was something like that. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #21

I hope you don't mind me putting this song here: Whisp Mar 2013 #3

Thank you so much for this song.... LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #4

thank you. love the song. love the singer. nt seabeyond Mar 2013 #11

Portishead is never a bad idea... nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #22

My eyes were opened to just how many men like kiddy porn... LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #5

yes. the thing about it is, people say consenting... so all is ok. a person wants it, and that seabeyond Mar 2013 #9

I had no idea it was so rampant. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #16

Yes, I think you are 100% correct! LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #17

Passed from Generation to Generation One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #18

With great care Liberal Loner. Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #19

Very very true, I have scars from the DU battles... LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #20

yes. little groups that feel the can go around and call women names with impunity. seabeyond Mar 2013 #6

To say the least. Disheartening is a word I'd use to describe it. LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #8

for protective measures, i tend to turn things into a sociological question with issues seabeyond Mar 2013 #10

Thank you. But it's hard not to take it personally when f rom a very young age I basically LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #13

"...a fart in a hurricane." CrispyQ Mar 2013 #14

Thank you! LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #15

I've also had that "doomed" sort of feeling for a while. More generalized, but comparable. nomorenomore08 Mar 2013 #23