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This is PART 1 of this thread. It is locked.
PART 2 is here: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/feminism-2017-thread-pt-ii.1159850/
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At the risk of getting myself banned again...
An article from Time by Christina Hoff Summers (also known as The Factual Feminist)
http://time.com/3222543/5-feminist-myths-that-will-not-die/
This is one of the major problems with modern western feminism. Some of the issues discussed are certainly serious problems that need to be addressed, but we need to be honest about the facts first.
As Summers says in her conclusion:
Other examples of this problem include the recent viral videos about catcalling and men taking advantage of drunk women. The former claimed that the woman in the video was sexually harassed over 100 times in 10 hours, but the video actually only shows about 20 men speak to her (count for yourself, the video is below) and the majority of those are just wishing her a good day. There are a handful of men who actually harass her. So while catcalling is something we should be trying to rid from our streets and clearly none of the attention was welcome, the BS way that the issue is presented immediately puts a lot of people offside.
With the drunk girl video, it turned out to be entirely fake. The men in the video were told that they were filming a comedy skit. Imagine their horror when their faces were spread around the world as though they were practically rapists. One guy lost his job because of it.
The acting is pretty terrible and I think most intelligent people could tell it was all staged but that didn't stop it being spread around and articles being written about what pigs men are. The crazy thing is, they probably could have got a hot drunk girl to stagger around and found some creeps that would try to get her into their car. Why not just stick to the truth and discuss the issues on their merit?
Anyway, if my name turns red again, it was nice knowing you all.
PART 2 is here: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/feminism-2017-thread-pt-ii.1159850/
==========
At the risk of getting myself banned again...
An article from Time by Christina Hoff Summers (also known as The Factual Feminist)
http://time.com/3222543/5-feminist-myths-that-will-not-die/
This is one of the major problems with modern western feminism. Some of the issues discussed are certainly serious problems that need to be addressed, but we need to be honest about the facts first.
As Summers says in her conclusion:
Why do these reckless claims have so much appeal and staying power? For one thing, there is a lot of statistical illiteracy among journalists, feminist academics and political leaders. There is also an admirable human tendency to be protective of women—stories of female exploitation are readily believed, and vocal skeptics risk appearing indifferent to women’s suffering. Finally, armies of advocates depend on “killer stats” to galvanize their cause. But killer stats obliterate distinctions between more and less serious problems and send scarce resources in the wrong directions. They also promote bigotry. The idea that American men are annually enslaving more than 100,000 girls, sending millions of women to emergency rooms, sustaining a rape culture and cheating women out of their rightful salary creates rancor in true believers and disdain in those who would otherwise be sympathetic allies
Other examples of this problem include the recent viral videos about catcalling and men taking advantage of drunk women. The former claimed that the woman in the video was sexually harassed over 100 times in 10 hours, but the video actually only shows about 20 men speak to her (count for yourself, the video is below) and the majority of those are just wishing her a good day. There are a handful of men who actually harass her. So while catcalling is something we should be trying to rid from our streets and clearly none of the attention was welcome, the BS way that the issue is presented immediately puts a lot of people offside.
With the drunk girl video, it turned out to be entirely fake. The men in the video were told that they were filming a comedy skit. Imagine their horror when their faces were spread around the world as though they were practically rapists. One guy lost his job because of it.
The acting is pretty terrible and I think most intelligent people could tell it was all staged but that didn't stop it being spread around and articles being written about what pigs men are. The crazy thing is, they probably could have got a hot drunk girl to stagger around and found some creeps that would try to get her into their car. Why not just stick to the truth and discuss the issues on their merit?
Anyway, if my name turns red again, it was nice knowing you all.
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