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In reply to the discussion: Male Privilege, helpfully explained by a white dude [View all]racaulk
(11,550 posts)4. Hey, you got some fine balls! Yeah, why don't you jiggle those sweet balls over this way?
This is pretty damn fantastic and fairly easy to understand to anyone who isn't, as this guy says, a dick.
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Yeah, I didn't post it to start another fight, I posted it because maybe people will listen to a guy
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#3
There's a big difference between teenagers saying their friend likes you and grown men shouting
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#145
it is not like this has not been told, repeatedly, by TOO many women. what is the need
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#150
I know, I know, and I should start to recognize which usernames show good faith
KitSileya
Dec 2013
#153
Your stories didn't show crimes that happened to those persons simply because they were men.
KitSileya
Dec 2013
#180
yes, you might try changing your think. not about compliment. to embarrass. harass, humiliate.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#176
what that old man was doing was absolutely about a control, totally about making you uncomfortable
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#199
Eh. 75+ recs, dozens of positive responses, and half a dozen pissed off MRAs.
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#265
The fact that these threads are so incendiary, especially on a liberal forum, is very telling...
PoliticalPothead
Dec 2013
#276
"Misogyny is the last acceptable bigotry of the Left"...Katha Pollitt, The Nation
whathehell
Dec 2013
#108
Hey, you got some fine balls! Yeah, why don't you jiggle those sweet balls over this way?
racaulk
Dec 2013
#4
Did you read the part about walking to the car with keys clenched as a weapon?
BainsBane
Dec 2013
#16
even a white middle class woman will still experience sexism. is her life more privileged
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#46
still experiences racism.... check. does she still experience racism and sexism... check
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#57
And poor men are discriminated against due to their lack of wealth. You seem to be ok with that one.
Romulox
Dec 2013
#118
you bring it out of the blue and conclude i am ok. liberal!! fight for the poor!!
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#123
Statistics demonstrate that you are much more likely to be assaulted...
Gravitycollapse
Dec 2013
#75
Somebody was going to be too thick to get it. Congrats on being the first to admit it.
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#18
Depends on your generation and the local culture and family in which you grew up.
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#22
Playing Devil's Advocate with the lived experiences of half the human race is a shitty thing to do.
KitSileya
Dec 2013
#105
Which is something that Jamie and his wife stress repeatedly on their podcast.
NuclearDem
Dec 2013
#68
I think when it's put like "women are more likely to get catcalled than men" most will agree.
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#306
The problem is that this sort of approach reduces oppression to a Pokemon-card style trading system
shaayecanaan
Dec 2013
#194
Got it, including new minorities and orientations is too much work for you.
NuclearDem
Dec 2013
#279
Right because men have to endure sex trafficking, genital mutilation, and being spouse's property
Hippo_Tron
Jan 2014
#287
But fourth-world men do have to endure being press-ganged into armed conflicts
shaayecanaan
Jan 2014
#290
Why do you feel the need to dismiss one kind of privilege in order to point out another
Hippo_Tron
Jan 2014
#288
"So why do some around here treat me as if I am a dick" cause every post you diss us?
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#34
"Diss?" This poster somehow...disses (who says that anymore?) "us" with every post?
flvegan
Dec 2013
#52
you could always do a post search and clue yourself in, or continue on with you rant, unobstructed.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#55
This post is not about internicine wars on DU. I think the role of women in society is important,
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#36
This group I was talking about, colors the whole of DU, whether anyone thinks so or not
RC
Dec 2013
#37
That poster does an excellent job of attacking a phenomenon that does not exist.
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#61
Did you even listen to that video? Asking for tolerance is being a bully? Oh.
uppityperson
Dec 2013
#41
That's a blog about the World of Warcraft, apparently. It's not a scholarly piece. nt
Romulox
Dec 2013
#120
Aren't you the one who couldn't answer why wealth shouldn't "count" when defining "easy mode"?
Romulox
Dec 2013
#119
i was the one that asked you why.... you concluded i did not care about poor people,
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#151
Not odd at all, actually...When trying to refute an argument, people will check everything
whathehell
Dec 2013
#113
There's an ongoing issue in secular organizations about safe space policies and excluding predators.
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#84
The poster who referred to women as "cum receptacles/toilets" still posts here.
demmiblue
Dec 2013
#155
My mind is still blown by the numbers I discovered yesterday about violent crimes.
KitSileya
Dec 2013
#135
Exactly. A punch in the face, while not okay and not defensible, is not the same as a rape.
NuclearDem
Dec 2013
#136
read this story, of this cop, that was raped. THEN come back and chat with us
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#162
you absolutely were comparing. it is a mans experience. and excellent story for insight and
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#183
raped, gang raped, tortured and murdered. are we really to the point where we are in competition
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#190
two different animals. you want to make them comparable and really has nothing to
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#200
like the kid that sticks fingers in ear, keep saying strawman, ignore what is posted, then add
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#209
There are far more factors than just what the legal system says about severity.
NuclearDem
Dec 2013
#167
who in the fuck would say "severe violent crimes like aggravated assault and homicide" is not bad.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#207
you obviously did not read my post either, did you. the point. who is not appalled by
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#247
again. you totally ignored the point of my post. if you cannot even address the
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#257
I've been the victim of rape and attempted murder (separate incidents, same perpetrator)
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#156
Arguing with women who have been raped about how traumatic rape is? That's anti-woman.
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#170
+1000, arguing MRA stats on a thread like this is extremely disrespectful.
boston bean
Dec 2013
#181
Were there or were there not stats mentioned at the beginning of this sub thread
boston bean
Dec 2013
#255
You were using the stats and the difference between assault, rape and aggravated assault.
boston bean
Dec 2013
#263
You're disrespecting women, downplaying their experiences, and attempting to derail the discussion.
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#185
throwing up a strawman picture, dismissing what is being posted IS disrespectful and
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#186
Have you considered that the laws might not have caught up to the changing views on rape?
KitSileya
Dec 2013
#195
Right so it isn't always dependent upon a weapon, it is the severity of the assault, that is key.
boston bean
Dec 2013
#225
I didn't mention a punch in the face, although that can be aggravated assault, as you now know.
boston bean
Dec 2013
#253
Yeah, and even though I picture aggravated assault as something more violent
KitSileya
Dec 2013
#140
It's almost verbatim. People just don't understand what it is we are dealing with here.
boston bean
Dec 2013
#144
they have a small little group to blame. the problem, most of the OPs are not made by the small
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#161
The owners of the site have the ability to understand the pattern and act to correct it.
Gormy Cuss
Dec 2013
#187
I think that as long as the site is adequately monitized, there will continue to be
Sheldon Cooper
Dec 2013
#210
You are right. More page hits = more $, and big flame wars lead to way more page hits.
Sheldon Cooper
Dec 2013
#233
K&R - Thanks for posting. It's too bad this needs to be posted here, but I'm
myrna minx
Dec 2013
#116
LOL at this being right under the Laura Dimon thread! Even that women has white male privilege! nt
Romulox
Dec 2013
#117
exactly. a duh. and still it is argued thru out the thread. but, ya, i have seen this
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#214
i gotta say, my rw knuckledgraggin fox watching brother would say this is a duh.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#212