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That Suzanne Moore article about feminism in the Guardian today

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HerBeatitude · 15/01/2011 18:35

This one here is being debated here

and the comment is that loads of feminist articles in the Guardian are met by a torrent of mysogynist fury from male posters. They are discussing whether there is concerted campaign by anti-feminists to shut feminists up.

So I thought, we should go over to the Guardian and balance up some of those comments...

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HerBeatitude · 16/01/2011 13:55

Nearly every feminist is polite and smiley.

We're women. We're trained to be. The social consequences of not being, are pretty big. It can have career consequences as well as employers prefer polite and smiley women than angry or sceptical ones.

When we're anonymous online, we're free to drop the smiley mask.

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StewieGriffinsMom · 16/01/2011 13:53

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ISNT · 16/01/2011 13:47

I'd love to answer your question but I only know the feminists on here Blush

Of course we are all polite and smiley Grin

David51 · 16/01/2011 13:32

I agree about the comments, however I'm confused about the article. Who are these 'polite and smiley feminists'? What exactly are they doing wrong and what should they be doing instead?

Ms Moore just seems to be lashing out at random targets here.

tethersend · 15/01/2011 22:26

Loving the "This is why I vote Tory" comment Grin

Voting Tory and spending so much time reading The Guardian that you have a user ID? How well-rounded.

dittany · 15/01/2011 22:11

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tethersend · 15/01/2011 22:04

Pssst- lemonmuffin- you're in the feminist section Shock

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 15/01/2011 21:58

oh, there are lots of angry feminists around now LemonMuffin, not just the ones on Mumsnet. We are just the tiny tip of a very large (and fast-growing) iceberg Smile

yama · 15/01/2011 20:38

I don't think it's called being 'cross' Lemonmuffin. I think it's called being a realist.

lemonmuffin · 15/01/2011 20:09

Blimey. Suzanne Moore is cross isn't she, I'd bet my house that she's on here somewhere, probably in the feminist section

ISNT · 15/01/2011 19:26

Blimey those comments.

It is pretty safe here really isn't it! I don't think I could carry on if it was like that all the time here.

StewieGriffinsMom · 15/01/2011 19:10

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yama · 15/01/2011 18:51

Just read the article. Will try to get to the comments in a while (dd is about to hand the phone to me, she is chatting to my Mum).