Comments on: Truly sad and disgusting

By: Schala

Schala — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:34:21 +0000

I’m pretty disgusted by the above attitude, and the worse thing is that this only reinforces the already-present societal bias towards denying the existence of male victims. Feminism is supposed to work against such currents, and for the greater good (in theory anyway), I find it more reproachable when the police commits infractions knowingly than when a common thief steals bread.

By: TS

TS — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:16:27 +0000

John, I would not advise that. People who prefer to associate mostly or only with those who agree with their positions are not likely to respond well to having their space invaded. Also, to do so would be akin to walking into a lion’s den. Very little good will come out of it and one would not be in any position to assure that one’s opinions would bot be barred, blocked, deleted or edited.

That said, I am co-blogger on Feminist Critics, a site dedicated to having critical discussions about feminism with feminists. To date, we have had much trouble getting feminists to engage us in open discussion despite a moderation policy that favors feminists. There are a few feminist who frequent the site, but most mainstream feminists like McEwan will not post there and the few that have either made drive-by posts or left when their views were criticized. It should be noted none of the bloggers have been uncivil or disrespectful.

By: John Dias

John Dias — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:23:58 +0000

This is just an example of how one particular feminist seeks to have an ideological cocoon where she is never challenged. She expresses dismay at having such a space defiled by opposing viewpoints. That makes me think that MRAs ought to get out of their own forums once in a while, and invade such feminist cocoons, and do a little housecleaning.