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Feminists

JustAnotherGen

(34,544 posts)

1. You know . . .

Reply to redqueen (Original post)

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 02:28 PM

Dec 2011

We have men applauding the female heroine of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. She's sexually assaulted, and goes 'postal' in terms of retaliatory violence. It's a real 'feel good' story to these guys. *sigh*

They then got indignant when we responded in disagreement. As a matter of fact, a lot of them panty bunched (can I say that- or is it emasculating and hewts thar wittle feewings?).

They like women standing up for themselves post brutal sexual assault in fiction - but when it's a sustained diatribe as part of the society we live in - and women get pissed off . . . 'we're bad girls for hurting their widdle feelings'.

We can't win.

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Oh, those angry feminists... [View all] redqueen Dec 2011 OP

You know . . . JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #1

On the political forums of DU, there are people who are for President Obama, ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #2

Interestingly... redqueen Dec 2011 #3

Noted redqueen JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #6

as every man in the movie sexualizes this "perfect victim" at every point seabeyond Dec 2011 #4

I admire strong women libodem Dec 2011 #5

And in terms of emotional and verbal abuse JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #7

It is wonderful to be listened to libodem Dec 2011 #8

No problem JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #9