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redqueen

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9. It's way more than that.

Tue Dec 17, 2013, 11:26 AM

Dec 2013

As detailed in that Salon piece, these people are determined and organized. And it goes further than the mainstream efforts to prevent battered women from keeping their children, or fighting for laws like the VAWA.

Consider the very public responses to women like Anita Sarkeesian and Caroline Criado-Perez. The hate directed privately at feminist bloggers is no less jarring. Even women (and men) who don't declare themselves feminists are subjected to it, if they dare publish feminist-leaning commentary.

We are seeing a growing backlash. As awareness of rape culture and resistance to it increases, so will the backlash.

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‘Men’s Rights’ and ‘Revenge Porn’ Sites Seethe With Anger Over Women’s Autonomy [View all] ismnotwasm Dec 2013 OP

I've never seen any estimates of how prevalent this attitude is, have you? I kind if always assume Squinch Dec 2013 #1

A voice for men has over 10,000 alone ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #2

Oh, shit! Squinch Dec 2013 #13

It's growing BainsBane Dec 2013 #4

I hope to God you are right. I am trying to think of times when Squinch Dec 2013 #14

Hell it's happened here as a result of TRAP laws. redqueen Dec 2013 #17

Yes, it is happening here, but as Bains Bane said, in the larger scheme, over the longer term, Squinch Dec 2013 #18

Well Savannah Dietrich was enraged enough at the gag order imposed on her to act. redqueen Dec 2013 #19

But even with her acting, the revised sentences were still bullshit. Squinch Dec 2013 #20

It's way more than that. redqueen Dec 2013 #9

A woman I know was doxxed by AVfM xulamaude Dec 2013 #10

And that's the goal of the bullying and harassment. redqueen Dec 2013 #11

Have you heard about the book "Angry White Men" by Michael Kimmel? Squinch Dec 2013 #16

I think we are seeing them in their death throes. smirkymonkey Dec 2013 #31

they did a misstep and finally getting negative attention. also meet the needs of a lot of pathetic seabeyond Dec 2013 #34

A light burns brightest before it goes out! smirkymonkey Dec 2013 #36

there is always hope. hence why women continue to speak out day after day after day. regardless seabeyond Dec 2013 #37

k and r--bookmarking for later, because I don't feel like throwing things right now. niyad Dec 2013 #3

She summed up the whole MRA in this one paragraph gollygee Dec 2013 #5

What adult man thinks this way? CrispyQ Dec 2013 #6

They make friends with each other gollygee Dec 2013 #7

"These men must be emotionally stunted - stuck at age 11 or thereabouts." MadrasT Dec 2013 #8

on levels, different degrees. i was in a thread, you too. all about women doing what it takes to seabeyond Dec 2013 #12

Sea, taking a moment to say happy banishment, and I'm looking forward to when you come back! Squinch Dec 2013 #15

Good point about the contradiction. redqueen Dec 2013 #21

they mope and say stuff like "women just don't like nice guys, they only geek tragedy Dec 2013 #28

They just need to grow up. smirkymonkey Dec 2013 #32

Some point out common sense measures as some sort of panacea ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #22

Uh oh, this article just got posted in GD. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #23

Heh! ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #24

Aside from a few dumb posts, that thread actually didn't go too badly. nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #25

Well the GD thread justified some guesses I had made ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #26

See also: the men who can rattle off at least 5-6 cases geek tragedy Dec 2013 #27

exactly. it is not liek we are stupid and do not notice. and ignored when making the point. seabeyond Dec 2013 #29

to some men, the worst thing about rape is that it causes star athletes to miss games. geek tragedy Dec 2013 #30

The lack of empathy among so called liberal men is astounding. smirkymonkey Dec 2013 #33

for the life of me, hitting different direction and angle, i could not get good men, democrats, seabeyond Dec 2013 #35