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#YesAllWomen
« on: June 01, 2014, 10:48:09 am »
Because I think we need a thread for this.

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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2014, 11:24:30 am »
#notallmen
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Re: #YesAllWomen
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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2014, 12:51:32 pm »
Actually the tag should be #EachEveryWoman now.

Because the woman who started the #YesAllWomen tag has been receiving death threats from the men who are trying to prove that not all men are like that, so she asked people to stop using it.
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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2014, 12:51:43 pm »
What is #YesAllWomen anyway? I think I've only heard of it from a few posts on this site.

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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2014, 12:56:26 pm »
What is #YesAllWomen anyway? I think I've only heard of it from a few posts on this site.
It's a tag and the Idea behind it is suppose to be
Not all men are harrasers, but yes all women will get harassed.
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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2014, 01:00:22 pm »
#YesAllCats
I can't tell, is this tag suppose to mock #YESALLWOMEN, function as an affectionate parody, or serve as some kind of analogy.

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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2014, 01:05:31 pm »
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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2014, 05:59:52 pm »
I think it should be noted that 40% of domestic violence victims are male.  It's an issue, certainly, just not a female-only issue.

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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2014, 06:04:07 pm »
I think it should be noted that 40% of domestic violence victims are male.  It's an issue, certainly, just not a female-only issue.
That's true, but I think at the moment the focus is more on women specific issues, it's sort of like how after a gay kid kills himself we tend to focus on suicide among gay teens.


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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2014, 06:06:32 pm »
I think it should be noted that 40% of domestic violence victims are male.  It's an issue, certainly, just not a female-only issue.
That's true, but I think at the moment the focus is more on women specific issues, it's sort of like how after a gay kid kills himself we tend to focus on suicide among gay teens.
Duly noted.

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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2014, 08:06:01 pm »
What is #YesAllWomen anyway? I think I've only heard of it from a few posts on this site.
It's a tag and the Idea behind it is suppose to be
Not all men are harrasers, but yes all women will get harassed.

I can sympathize with men that get defensive when a blanket description like "could be a rapist" is applied to them. Perhaps a not-so-hypothetical analogy would help illustrate the point:

"Not all mentally ill people are violent, but yes all neurotypicals must assume otherwise for our safety."

It's not a productive way to include them in the conversation.
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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2014, 08:12:55 pm »
#YesAllCats
I can't tell, is this tag suppose to mock #YESALLWOMEN, function as an affectionate parody, or serve as some kind of analogy.
Of course, most of us still remember Social Justice Wario, once upon a time something several of us considered funny until we realized that the term "Social Justice Warrior" was intended to demonize rational minded people, not just mock some thin-skinned people who go apeshit over pictures of meat.

Of course, the origin of this parody hashtag stems from 4Chan, and a majority of that site's populace are openly misogynistic, sexually frustrated loonies. So...

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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2014, 08:13:53 pm »
A good rule of thumb, hashtag spam masquerading as actual political activism is about as meaningful and generally worthy of your time as the average fart.

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Re: #YesAllWomen
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2014, 09:44:04 pm »
I think it should be noted that 40% of domestic violence victims are male.  It's an issue, certainly, just not a female-only issue.
That's true, but I think at the moment the focus is more on women specific issues, it's sort of like how after a gay kid kills himself we tend to focus on suicide among gay teens.

Is it really true that 40% of domestic violence victims are men?