International Woman's Day- School Assembly

Apoc', self declared feminists who talk easily unravelled nonsense give feminism a bad name. It should be quite clear that is not the same as saying feminism has a bad name.

For example implying I believe the reputation of feminism in its entirety rests upon the exchanges within this thread, is nonsense; BTL refers to me using strawmen, which is ironic given that this forum has at any point a small army of them in it.

That statement includes your last post..

Feminism has a bad name? Because of something someone on an obscure thread on a little visited corner of the internet? Women's equality is a fragile bloom indeed.

We'll how of we right this wrong, I wonder?

keep em coming

BuffytheThunderLizard Sun 08-Feb-15 12:54:07

"Well if you want to make a constructive point in a constructive way on a constructive thread, why not simply do that? Instead of posting sarcastically, your words dripping with scorn for the straw feminists that haunt your insecurities? And then backpedal furiously, fine tuning your outrage at being subjected to a comparison to someone you perceive as slightly more misogynistic than you? Oh, I do apologise. You are merely a 7 on the misogyny scale, how could I possibly have compared you to Osborne, who is clearly at least an 8."

Sarcasm or not, comparing me to a rape apologist is the kind of hysterical gibberish that gives feminism a bad name.

It's International Women's Day

How about global take up of education? Access to clean water without having to walk miles?

I remember last year hearing Hillary Clinton talking passionately about such things, and being rather embarrassed at how flimsy the 'I want there to be no difference in how people look at men pushing buggies compared to reactions to women'

Maybe he could mention that a thread about his IWD assembly was derailed by whataboutery less than 10 posts in. You don't get this with other campaigns. Nobody asks LGBT activists what they are doing for straight people or tells them that their issues are trivial. Nobody berates the British Heart Foundation for not doing enough for cancer research.

Because they don't literally want the ladies stoned to death or anything, but the idea that society will have to change how women are viewed means that they will also have to change how they view women. They're far more comfortable with women being there for their entertainment and comfort.

just caught up with this thread. Am left wondering why posters like Magnetic don't seem to have the imagination to join the dots……

It's really bizarre. Is it stupidity, denial, if not, what?

"BuffytheThunderLizard Sun 08-Feb-15 12:31:57

Which is the odd statement out here:

a) Feminists want to make all male gatherings illegal

b) The world is being taken over by Msssss"

So merely being sarcastic warrants a comparison with someone who allegedly claims "women shouldn't serve on juries and shouldn't go outside their homes if they don't want to be raped"?

No overreaction here, then.

"c) T-Rex females stayed home to sit on eggs, QED

Unless there was some clever satire I missed? "

No satire, you were probably just to busy gnawing at your at keyboard to read what I'd said - that children who's views need to be challenged won't be challenged just by making a blanket statement, as such a statement will be interpreted to fit their existing world view, i.e. '50% of T Rex's are female - but they only look after the eggs'.

Similar to the way that you have twisted what I've said to fit your worldview.

Bollocks, broke another irony meter on that "wears the trousers" comment.

BuffytheThunderLizard Sun 08-Feb-15 10:59:14

"I think the assembly should feature Magnetic and Dothey expounding their views. Maybe with a visit from the barrister who thinks women shouldn't serve on juries and shouldn't go outside their homes if they don't want to be raped. Maybe there could be podcast interviews with all three.

I think this would make feminism's point rather nicely to anyone with a modicum of intellect."

I think anyone with a modicum of intellect would quickly see that conflating what I've said in this thread with that of "the barrister" is preposterous. The only way you could sound more ridiculous is if you claimed I was sharing the same mental platform as the author(s) of The ISIS handbook for women.

Sadly I suspect you'll find a way to trump even that comparison.

Yes he is a 'man' but, judging by this post, his feminist wife is calling the shots on the assembly and wears the trousers in the relationship. He wants to make her happy so is going along with it.

Are you maybe a bit jealous that he has someone to play with his peepee besides himself a wife?

Posted to soon.

The questions asked were very on topic.

Australian journo Clementine Ford had an article which led to a Twitter thingy (I don't tweet so don't know the lingo) called #questionsformen. It was really interesting.

Thanks Petula

I think you have to save the pic to upload it, it won't show them from a link

LOL at Buffy. Though your new name is reminding me of "Graduation Day"

www.nerdyfeminist.com/2013/08/shes-someone-vs-narcissistic-fatherhood.html?m=1

Oh, why didn't it make the picture?

Like this?

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