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To think this is just wrong?

26 replies

Biancadelriosback · 27/09/2018 05:52

A woman in Russia has gone around pouring bleach mixed with water on the crotches of the men she thinks are showing dominance while "manspreading".

Surely this can't be okay? I get it's annoying when they take things way too far but surely there are better ways to deal with that?

www.theladbible.com/news/news-student-pours-bleach-cocktail-on-mens-crotches-to-stop-manspreading-20180926?c=1537983925877

OP posts:
Catastic · 27/09/2018 06:13

Of course it's wrong. I don't think anyone will say otherwise.

It is also of course very rare. Unlike the many, many women who will be assaulted by a man today.

StealthPolarBear · 27/09/2018 06:18

You really have to ask?

Jozen · 27/09/2018 06:19

Of course it's not ok. It's assault.

BertrandRussell · 27/09/2018 06:20

What are you expecting people to say?

Thesmallthings · 27/09/2018 06:22

catastic you almost sound like you are defending her.

Yeah... but .. men attack every day....

It wrong .. period...

StealthPolarBear · 27/09/2018 06:23

I think she's just making the point that men attacking women is barely newsworthy

Catastic · 27/09/2018 06:32

Exactly Stealth. Thank you.

Not defending her at all Thesmallthings. Read it again. I'm just very tired of the piling on from commentators when a woman commits a crime, using it for their inane #somewomen and #notallmen arguments, willfully ignoring the statistics showing violence against women is an enormous, horrific and largely ignored issue. Also under-reported.
But as always it's far too common to be newsworthy.

BertrandRussell · 27/09/2018 06:43

Yes- there are always "fishing" posts expecting women to come on and defe

BertrandRussell · 27/09/2018 06:45

Oops-defend any act of violence by a woman so they can say "See? Feminists hate men and women are just as violent as men". It's pathetic.

Thesmallthings · 27/09/2018 07:11

But it had nothing to do with this post

I wasn't a do woman attack men more. Or is it rare for woman to attack.

BertrandRussell · 27/09/2018 07:20

Thesmallthings- don't be conned. Posts like this are never innocent.

AckleAckencacker · 27/09/2018 08:00

When it's a thread about women being assaulted and someone says oh men get assaulted too people pile on saying don't detail the thread. A thread about a man being assaulted and catastic completely belittles that a woman is spilling a chemical over many men's sensitive areas to say it's rare and many, many women will be assaulted.
Don't derail the thread and don't ignore that men are attacked too.

BertrandRussell · 27/09/2018 08:08

Oh do shut up. Nobody is "belittling" this. You just want people to do you can say "See? Women are just as violent as men"

Catastic · 27/09/2018 08:48

“Completely belittles” might be an ever so slight exaggeration wouldn’t you say Ackle?

Biancadelriosback · 27/09/2018 08:49

Okay, I posted this because I genuinely couldn't believe it. She is doing this publicly and filming it to prove a point. I think she is fucking tapped!

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Catastic · 27/09/2018 08:50

“Don’t ignore that men are being ignored too”.

Sigh. And there we have it.

RedPandaFluff · 27/09/2018 08:53

Why has no-one picked up on the "the bleach is stronger than the bleach housewives use to do laundry" comment . . . ? Doesn't this strike anyone as being a little ironic? Or am I missing something . . . Blush

C8H10N4O2 · 27/09/2018 08:55

It probably gets more news coverage on the grounds that dog bites man is so commonplace but man bites dog is exceptional.

WasabiSpring · 27/09/2018 09:36

The 'super concentrated' bleach is clearly going on their hands as well. Nice. Hmm

Haahhpy · 27/09/2018 12:09

Definitely a pathetic stunt by some attention hungry twit giving women a bad name.

Spaghettijumper · 27/09/2018 12:50

'Definitely a pathetic stunt by some attention hungry twit giving women a bad name'

I agree it's a pathetic stunt but I have a question to ask about the 'giving women a bad name' bit - do men have a bad name, given that they murder two women a week and rape millions more?

Sparklesocks · 27/09/2018 12:54

Of course it’s shocking and terrible, I don’t think anyone will say otherwise?
Manspreading is a right pain but of course people wouldn’t advocate violence in retaliation.

Haahhpy · 27/09/2018 13:56

Spaghetti, well yeah... Of course

DayManChampionOfTheSun · 27/09/2018 14:07

I dont get this issue with manspreading. I woman spread all the time. All the men she does it too in the video are not sat next to anyone, if the space is free, take it 🤷‍♀️

BertrandRussell · 27/09/2018 15:26

"do men have a bad name, given that they murder two women a week and rape millions more?"

No. Each individual woman is an ambassador for her sex. Each individual man is an individual.

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