Sexism against guys... (1 Viewer)

[marcquelle]

Feminism is good. BUT some take it too far, take something Germaine Greer said a few years ago, a man had breast cancer (which happens) and started a charity to raise awareness of male breast cancer, she got on the TV and said he has done this to try and oppress females and show that they are not important. I think that she took that too far, he was just increasing awareness of male-breast cancer which is not publicised. I feel (and so do many of my female friends) that to say your a feminist in our contemporary society comes with a lot of stigmas that off puts people from socialising with them.

Now laws such as EEO do work both ways but we still see this double-standard in occupations*, i know many guys who want to be pediatricians they went to some doctors and they we're saying (the doctors) that many women now do not feel comfortable letting male doctors examine thier children in case of molestation so they go to see female pediatricans YET most of these women would feel comfortable with a male gynocologist?

I feel that feminism IS A GOOD THING but some women take it too far, some of my experience is I have seen a woman walking towards a door with a pram a load of shopping i opened the door for her and she went off at me for treating her like a second hand citizen, and her and another woman got in an arguement cause of my gesture, this as a male made me very confused as i would do it for anyone as it a gesture of kindness and helpfullness with no hidden messages.

Now as i've have stated many times FEMINISM IS GOOD but some feminists take things too far and are making some small gestures of kindness (eg me opening the door cause she had her hands literally full) into symbols and gestures of oppression.

Thats my 2c.

*I also wanna be a nurse and there is a lot of stigma attached to being a male nurse, or primary school teacher or childcare worker

 

[Jeee]

Germaine Greer is an idiot.
She was opposed to the word c!@t, but now she has 'embraced' it.
At first it was demeaning to women, but now it somehow 'celebrates' women. I do not know what is up with that strumpet.

 

[marcquelle]

there is definitely sexism against men. Likewise, there is still sexism against women. As long as there are differences, there will be judgement to some degree. Humans are flawed and susceptable to bias, thus, we cannot remove it as a society, we can only minimise its impacts and occurances.

+1

 

[marcquelle]

Germaine Greer is an idiot.
She was opposed to the word c!@t, but now she has 'embraced' it.
At first it was demeaning to women, but now it somehow 'celebrates' women. I do not know what is up with that strumpet.

what the hell is wrong with Germaine Greer she has a superiority complex imo (just putting it out there)

P.S. i have read the female enuch

 

[Jeee]

She's a feminist fundamentalist.
Blowing small things out of proportion and complicating life for all. Of course I agree with her in some aspects, but there is a lot, according to her that are 'attacks on women.' If you bought a pet turtle or some shit, it'd be an 'attack on women' somehow. She'll find a way.

 

[chelsea girl]

Germaine Greer is an idiot.
She was opposed to the word c!@t, but now she has 'embraced' it.
At first it was demeaning to women, but now it somehow 'celebrates' women. I do not know what is up with that strumpet.

A woman who changes her opinion! Dear God!
Strumpet! Harlot! Whore! SLUT!


Don't you think it's actually a rather positive thing that she is adapting and changing her views as she gets older and the world changes? It shows that she remains a very forward-thinking individual on a variety of issues.
Contrary to what many would like to believe, Germaine Greer is not a bitter old hag with nothing new to say, basking in the glory of a book she wrote almost forty years ago. She is an intellectual and academic who speaks and writes about subjects she is well-versed in.

 

[Arsey-Darcy]

Obviously, in this regard, both have failed.

Scenario: I know a girl who's about 5'8 and 100 kilos. Her boyfriend is the same height, weighs around 70. They both hit each other: she's always the first to throw a punch. And she's the one who comes to school crying "OMG MY BOYFRIEND HIT ME HOW COULD HE I'M A GIRL".

This never happened.

the majority of the girls in our class believed Men deserve less rights than Women, for one reason, because the oppression on them (Women) that they have suffered over the many hundreds of years....

This never happened.

 

[WithWings]

you are a fool if you think sexism against males will ever become prevalent
i dont understand why women want power
this would have never happened if they stayed in the kitchens
i have a question for women
why do you even want power? us men will always be stronger than you and you know it
100 years ago you would have been slaving away in the kitchen
suffrage was the worst thing to happen in human history

 

[HumanDichotomy]

She's a feminist fundamentalist.
Blowing small things out of proportion and complicating life for all. Of course I agree with her in some aspects, but there is a lot, according to her that are 'attacks on women.' If you bought a pet turtle or some shit, it'd be an 'attack on women' somehow. She'll find a way.

Lol. Totally agreed with this.

 

[ay0_x]

This never happened.

I assure you, it did.

 

[Sprangler]

This never happened.

Well she's Arab so it probably did.

 

[ay0_x]

Well she's Arab so it probably did.

fuck off, that couple's Anglo.

 

[hugh2112]

All disaffected men read this plz:

The Masculist Trinity

All men unite!!!!!!

lol, i reckon that is the result of a macho guy gone loopy...

 

[kr73114]

there are laws about sexism equally set out for men and women.

 

[Iron]

There is no 'us and them', there is only 'we'. Such stupid and artificial divisions we weave!
For the most part, arent these policies just seeking to compensate the natural disadvantage women experience in the workplace when they decide to mek bubby? Seems more than fair to me that things are slightly tilted to chicks and i'd probably want some workplace protections for my wife too if she were working while laying my children. Even the single homo should understand that the nation needs new blood to sustain itself. I mean, you either support the idea of women in public and working, or you dont.

 

[loquasagacious]

All else held equal the woman who takes a couple of years off on maternity leave contributes less to an organisation than the woman who doesn't. Thats years less experience, outdated knowledge, reduced networks, etc. The woman who stayed may even have been promoted while the other was on leave.

How is it fair to expect (let alone require) an organisation to pay the same amount to two workers who are not contributing the same value to the organisation.

From the perspective of the organisation how is it any different to a man taking a couple of years off to discover himself/the world?

Sure organisations should (not that that it should be required) invest in reintegrating employees returning from extended leave (maternity or otherwise). This is smart business because the employee has likely been invested in heavily in terms of training/development and in the experience/knowledge/network stakes while they will behind employees who stayed they will be way ahead of new hires.

 

[Iron]

All else held equal the woman who takes a couple of years off on maternity leave contributes less to an organisation than the woman who doesn't. Thats years less experience, outdated knowledge, reduced networks, etc. The woman who stayed may even have been promoted while the other was on leave.

How is it fair to expect (let alone require) an organisation to pay the same amount to two workers who are not contributing the same value to the organisation.

From the perspective of the organisation how is it any different to a man taking a couple of years off to discover himself/the world?

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The world needs babies? I refer to the film Children of Men. Also business needs consumers? Government needs taxpayers? Do we really need to spell this out?
I get this dark feeling that you would suggest outsourcing 'birth' to the third world m8

 

[yoddle]

feminism means equality, people have hijacked the word and now everyone is terrified of admitting they're a feminist...

Even though, as vegetarians, we love each other, I must say I don't think I agree.

I don't think feminism means 'equality', I think feminsim means the liberation of women and the acknowledgment that the dynamics of society are oppressive for women.

A lot of modern feminists are all like 'woo bra burning and breaking the glass ceiling' but it goes much deeper than that, and a lot of young women who would today label themselves feminists would actually disagree or find unworthy, the views and practices of more traditional feminists.

If anything, the concept of feminism began boldly and has been hijacked by mainstream society and made less radical.

 

[danal353]

even though, as vegetarians, we love each other, i must say i don't think i agree.

I don't think feminism means 'equality', i think feminsim means the liberation of women and the acknowledgment that the dynamics of society are oppressive for women.

A lot of modern feminists are all like 'woo bra burning and breaking the glass ceiling' but it goes much deeper than that, and a lot of young women who would today label themselves feminists would actually disagree or find unworthy, the views and practices of more traditional feminists.

If anything, the concept of feminism began boldly and has been hijacked by mainstream society and made less radical.

:d

 

[yoddle]

From the perspective of the organisation how is it any different to a man taking a couple of years off to discover himself/the world?

Because she has a human being growing inside of her. Just the same difference they would see if someone took extended leave because their Dad had died, and i took leave because my big finger was sore. It just is different, and organisations are made of people, and people can tell this difference.

She's a feminist fundamentalist.
Blowing small things out of proportion and complicating life for all. Of course I agree with her in some aspects, but there is a lot, according to her that are 'attacks on women.' If you bought a pet turtle or some shit, it'd be an 'attack on women' somehow. She'll find a way.

'Complicating life for all'. Yes, because without her life would be simple and easy. How dare she speak her opinion and raise controversial questions which make people think.
Also, she's an extremely dry and sarcastic person, which a lot of people don't appreciate, and thus immediately get on their high horses and ride off into politically correct sunset every time she says something half-contro.
Also, she doesn't say these things and think that people should accept it as the truth, or even her accepting it as the truth, they're mostly just views she's formed which stir debate and intellectual discussion.