How to dismiss a feminist argument

[HollyMiamiFLA]

Based on experiences in Chat and AIBU

"In the scheme of things, it doesn't really matter"

"You analyse things too much"

"It's the way it's always been"

"Stop trying to be politically correct"

Any other techniques people have come across?

[curlew]

"How can you talk about cat shit when there's aardvark shit in the world?"

[wordfactory]

'It's gone too far the other way.'

'Feminists have made a bad name for themselves'

'I'm an equalist.'

[Chopsypie]

(First post in FWR here! Inspired but the do you lurk thread!)

Worst I've heard when arguing about sexual assault (with a random in a pub, stupid I know) was that I was a 'typical over emotional woman' and I was 'over dramatising a bit of fun'. This was because I pulled him up on a rape joke.

I hate my arguments being dismissed on the grounds I'm emotionally involved. As a survivor/victim of sexual assault, of course I'm emotionally involved in the issue. That doesn't stop me being right!

[DoctorTwo]

I don't watch CBB but have been following the thread and he has apparently said 'if she was my daughter, I'd still be bathing her', in relation to a 20-something 'glamour' model, regularly tells her to 'come to Daddy', and asks her for blow jobs.

Wow, Waiting, that's fucking disgusting!

[SabrinaMulhollandJjones]

Chopsypie, stop over-dramatising a bit of cat shit

On a more serious note, someone ages ago linked to this, from the Shakesville blog:

There are the occasions that men—intellectual men, clever men, engaged men—insist on playing devil's advocate, desirous of a debate on some aspect of feminist theory or reproductive rights or some other subject generally filed under the heading: Women's Issues. These intellectual, clever, engaged men want to endlessly probe my argument for weaknesses, want to wrestle over details, want to argue just for fun—and they wonder, these intellectual, clever, engaged men, why my voice keeps raising and why my face is flushed and why, after an hour of fighting my corner, hot tears burn the corners of my eyes. Why do you have to take this stuff so personally? ask the intellectual, clever, and engaged men, who have never considered that the content of the abstract exercise that's so much fun for them is the stuff of my life.

Now, your rape joke chap in the pub is unlikely to be one of those intellectual, clever men - but I think it's a similar principle. It is not ok to joke about rape or sexual assault in front of women (who are the victims 90% of the time) and then call them overdramatic when they object is not ok. They have at least a 1 in 4 chance they are talking to a victim.

[SabrinaMulhollandJjones]

On the rather distasteful subject of Jim Davidson, this is funny:

Daily Mash

[IceBeing]

"But I had a baby and it didn't affect MY career."

"there are women in job X so it can't be unfair/biased/discriminatory"

[WillieWaggledagger]

my beloved brother, who genuinely is a well-meaning person, doesn't understand that the fact that there are laws that protect against discrimination doesn't mean that people don't experience it

his idealistic response is 'well that would be against the law so people wouldn't do it / so you could take it to a tribunal'

this also reflects his privilege (i've never encountered this, so it can't possibly happen), the fact that he is a nice person (i wouldn't behave like this / people i know wouldn't behave like this, so it can't possibly happen), as well as the fact that he doesn't have the imagination or insight to see the above

[Chopsypie]

Sabrina, that's exactly what I mean! I don't think I could of worded it quite so well myself though.

In the end I resorted to telling him he was an idiot and I refused to lower myself by talking him any more.

And cat shit is dramatic! I love a good cat shit bun fight

[IceBeing]

My DH refuses to believe that people still gay bash....this is because he never understood why anyone would have a problem / care about anyone elses sexuality...so you know brownie point for that...but how can you not understand that other people still haven't gotten their heads round this stuff?

[Grennie]

Women in Afhanistan have it so much worse, why are you complaing about petty things.

[curlew]

"I am Richard Dawkins............."

[whatdoesittake48]

"have you got your period?"

"Yeah, but I/most people are not like that..."

"its not my fight"

"You are blaming half the population for something just a few men do"

[Starballbunny]

Guilty!
And I don't give a shit (cat or otherwise)
You can be a feminist without agreeing with every single thing every other feminist thinks is important.

I think some of the stuff spouted in the name of feminism is petty, politically correct, left wing twatery!

[curlew]

"I think some of the stuff spouted in the name of feminism is petty, politically correct, left wing twatery!"

A few examples would be good.........

[curlew]

Still waiting for examples.............

[Starballbunny]

Oh go root about in the mud for some worms.

[rosabud]

Why are you getting so hysterical and emotional over this?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SOME MEN ARE RAPISTS/VIOLENT?? HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE US ALL OF THIS, IT'S TERRRIBLE AND OUTRAGEOUS AND VERY SERIOUS!!!!!

[SauceForTheGander]

I think feminists have taken things too far the other way now

Feminists want everyone to be like them

There isn't anything to fight for any more