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In reply to the discussion: Male Privilege, helpfully explained by a white dude [View all]Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)60. Well said
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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