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History of Feminism

seabeyond

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3. "Russian bride weirdness". what is that. i am hearing this way too often.

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 07:58 PM

Jul 2012

ya. it is all weird. and i think something growing. but, what i really appreciate, that we do not hear "that is great" is:

Usually what annoys them stems not from feminism, but from sexism, especially when it comes to inflexible gender roles. Ironically, then, the solution to the problems they manage to correctly identify is … more feminism.

that is so fuckin true

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The Solution to MRA Problems? More Feminism [View all] boston bean Jul 2012 OP

The comments on that article are great. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #1

Yeah. Great. MadrasT Jul 2012 #2

Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #7

"Most violence in the home is initiated by women, and the main victims are the children." JTFrog Jul 2012 #13

. seabeyond Jul 2012 #14

The idea that women are responsible for most domestic violence redqueen Jul 2012 #15

good mens project is interesting seabeyond Jul 2012 #16

Most men don't recognize the reality of male privege or the patriarchy. redqueen Jul 2012 #19

This particular piece in the OP was written by Amanda Marcotte. boston bean Jul 2012 #17

This is a decent summary. redqueen Jul 2012 #18

That does explain a lot. Thank you. boston bean Jul 2012 #20

I'm sure there's still good stuff there... redqueen Jul 2012 #21

I have seen MRA's claim that domestic violence is frequenty women's fault MadrasT Jul 2012 #22

did you forget this, perchance? mzteris Jul 2012 #38

"Russian bride weirdness". what is that. i am hearing this way too often. seabeyond Jul 2012 #3

That is the idea MadrasT Jul 2012 #4

i dont know about russian women, i have an idea, but the asian women i know seabeyond Jul 2012 #5

Sheeeit MadrasT Jul 2012 #6

princesses..... is what i hear. seabeyond Jul 2012 #9

Not sure how it is in most Asian countries, redqueen Jul 2012 #8

i know decades ago, in the 70's seabeyond Jul 2012 #10

*snort* MadrasT Jul 2012 #11

"Target market FAIL." bah hahaha seabeyond Jul 2012 #12

Now I have MadrasT Jul 2012 #23

Explore TOP Latin singles! MadrasT Jul 2012 #24

Thanks, DU. Nice to have my objectification delivered to me right here seabeyond Jul 2012 #25

Reading one of the comments has me wondering Broderick Jul 2012 #26

absolutely. good point. i wish women would stop. like, all the accusations hurled seabeyond Jul 2012 #27

Yes. We do get distracted by those derailments sometimes. MadrasT Jul 2012 #28

I think you've touched on a huge part of the problem. redqueen Jul 2012 #29

I understand what you are saying completely Broderick Jul 2012 #30

Oh I agree completely. redqueen Jul 2012 #31

i love that. but, it also goes along witht he discussion of strippin and prostitutin seabeyond Jul 2012 #33

Another one of those things Broderick Jul 2012 #35

No, we shouldn't have to. redqueen Jul 2012 #37

If that was your deconstruction post Broderick Jul 2012 #34

Oh no, it wasn't mine. redqueen Jul 2012 #36

one side has to "win" and one side has to "lose" that taints so many discussions. seabeyond Jul 2012 #32