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Joss Whedon's ex wife exposes him as a fake feminist.

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ProofBy1nduction · 22/08/2017 09:37

www.avclub.com/article/joss-whedons-ex-wife-kai-cole-says-hes-hypocrite-p-259690

I am so disappointed. I always thought he did 'get it' but apparently not.

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PricklyBall · 22/08/2017 11:37

There's a good thread about this in AIBU, here.

It's not so much the affairs per se (as lacking says feminists can have affairs - that's about being a "dick"), but more about the fact that he had those affairs with women he had power over (shades of the casting couch), treated some of his female actors really shittily, and, when one looks carefully at his writing, turns out to be not so much feminist as "fun-fem-for-ulterior-motives" (prostitution as a woman's highest calling, more than a touch of the madonna/whore complex in his writing, rape as a plot device...)

lackingimagination · 22/08/2017 11:29

Both male and female feminists can still be feminists that have/have had affairs. He's obviously a dick, but that's almost a separate issue and I'm not convinced the title 'fake feminist' is particularly fitting.

DelphiniumBlue · 22/08/2017 11:20

Complex PTSD? After finding out about affairs that she had always suspected him of? Does she think this will make her more credible?

Not saying that she's wrong about him being a hypocrite, although still better to be a lip-service feminist than not to be feminist at all. But then lots of people espouse ideals which they don't fully put in to practice, doesn't mean they are dreadful people, just imperfect.

MephistophelesApprentice · 22/08/2017 10:58

Every man who claims to be a feminist is only saying it to get laid.

VestalVirgin · 22/08/2017 10:54

I already had my suspicions. Think I may already have read some evidence of him not "getting it". Confirmed now.

Always be wary of so called male feminists.

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