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Who's your favourite (celeb) non-sexist man?

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grimbletart · 29/01/2015 13:05

Mine is Andy Murray. He was coached by his mother first and had to defend her against criticism. Now he has Amelie Mauresmo and was criticised by some male players for choosing a woman coach. Now he is through to the Australian Open Final and openly praised her in his post match interview.

“A lot of people have criticised me for working with her but we’ve showed this week that women can be very good coaches as well.

“Madison Keys, who also made the semi-finals here, is also coached by Lindsay Davenport. Hopeful that can keep going."

It was noticeable that when he was presented with his SPOTY trophy in 2013 by Martina Navratilova he called her "the best player in the world" - not the best woman player.

He may be grumpy sometimes on court, but he's put those who denigrate women's tennis in their place.

Kudos Andy Smile

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messyisthenewtidy · 30/01/2015 19:43

Bloody hell invisiblecrown what are you trying to do to me?! That Patrick Stewart video had me in tears...

....when he hugs the questioner and is genuinely concerned that she's ok now...

.....when he links the issue of hyper masculinity with the harm that it does to men AND women.....

I mean there is a man that GETS it!

OFrabjousDay · 30/01/2015 19:12

I'd also like to hear more about Richard Ayoade. I used to like him until I saw him do some kind of gadgetty programme (which I thought was a bit rubbish anyway) and he referred to two women as 'non-males' and seemed to think he was being cute and geeky for saying it.

BoysiesBack · 30/01/2015 18:48

I was also going to say Adam Hills, love him!

Impressed by Andy Murray, I didn't know that about him.

Enormouse · 30/01/2015 18:32

Daniel craig for doing this

TravelinColour · 30/01/2015 17:38

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Lottapianos · 30/01/2015 17:33

Would love to hear more about Richard Ayoade's feminist creds - don't know much about him other than his work on the IT crowd

TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 29/01/2015 22:32

I agree with Marshmallow's point on Graham Linehan. I love his work and he often makes very strong points on Gamergate but some of his comments lack an understanding of his own privilege. He also doesn't have a great track record on female characters - ie including many in the first place.

But he is fucking hilarious.

YonicScrewdriver · 29/01/2015 22:10

Ooh, nice one DR.

Just dripping this Joss link here...

m.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a624908/joss-whedon-criticises-comic-book-movie-industry-for-intractible-sexism.html#~p2NtHYWTWcSV1p

CuttedUpPear · 29/01/2015 21:00

Richard Ayoade again from me!

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 29/01/2015 20:19

On Daniel Radcliffe, he vetoed his last rom com being called The Friend Zone because he correctly identified the term as being laden with a whole ton of entitled misogynist crap.

thatstoast · 29/01/2015 20:17

I haven't background checked them to confirm their feminst credentials or anything but I'd add Richard Osman and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Buffythereasonablefeminst do you ever worry you'll get cancelled by Fox?

PuffinsAreFictitious · 29/01/2015 20:14
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ShipwreckedAndComatose · 29/01/2015 20:13

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ShipwreckedAndComatose · 29/01/2015 20:13

That's a great qute Puffin

PuffinsAreFictitious · 29/01/2015 20:11

Daniel Radcliffe seems to get it:

In an interview with the Associated Press, he said: “Around the time of rom com What If coming out, a lot of people were saying: ‘You’re really an unconventional romantic lead.' And so eventually I got bored of hearing that and kind of picked someone up on it, so I was like ‘What about me is unconventional, exactly? Like, tell me.’

“And she said, ‘well, I think it’s probably the fact that you know, we associated you with playing Harry, the young boy wizard.’

My immediate response to that was: ‘Well, the male population had no problem sexualising Emma Watson immediately.'"

Well, quite.

ShipwreckedAndComatose · 29/01/2015 20:07

Joss Whedon for this quote.

Who's your favourite (celeb) non-sexist man?
LumpySpacedPrincess · 29/01/2015 20:06

Daniel Radcliffe as well.

I know Puffins, when you read what he was actually saying it's just crazy.

PuffinsAreFictitious · 29/01/2015 20:04

I know lumpy Smile

However, it seems he is to be marked down as fuckhead for a mistake, for which he apologised.....

God help us all when apologising for a mistake isn't enough.

stretch · 29/01/2015 20:03

Matt Damon. Ive come across comments from him before. And how! How gorgeous is that Benedict picture!

LumpySpacedPrincess · 29/01/2015 19:57

He wore the shirt Puffins. Smile

Who's your favourite (celeb) non-sexist man?
sisterbrute · 29/01/2015 19:56

I've seen Rufus Hound calling people out on sexism at least twice on panel shows

AWholeLottaNosy · 29/01/2015 19:49

Puffins, well if his view on women is as enlightened as his views on 'coloured' people, I kinda doubt it...

PuffinsAreFictitious · 29/01/2015 19:47

I really really want Benedict Cumberbatch to be a huge feminist ally. I cannot express how much I want that to be true.

No words big enough.

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 29/01/2015 19:33

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FuckOffGroundhog · 29/01/2015 19:29

Joseph Gordon Levitt is a good one and I used to fancy him loads when I was a teenager