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Feminism Friday - "Feminists Look for Stuff to Get Mad About"2 comments

shakesville wrote 2 months ago: originally posted on Shakesville by Melissa McEwan | Monday, February 25, 2008 as Feminism 101: … more »

Tags: 101, clarifying-concepts, Debunking Myths, Feminism, Feminism Friday, Gender, issues, sexism, cyberbullies

FAQ: Don't women have "female privilege"?28 comments

tekanji wrote 5 months ago: Short answer: No, what is commonly called “female privilege” is better described as bene … more »

Tags: clarifying-concepts, faq, Privilege, sexism

FAQ: But doesn't evidence show that women are just as likely to batter their partners as men?22 comments

tigtog wrote 5 months ago: A: No. This is an often repeated claim based on either faulty understanding or outright misrepresent … more »

Tags: Gender, clarifying-concepts, Violence, family work, Oppression!, battering, Domestic Violence, Factoids, Violence Against Women

FAQ: But don't all these DNA exonerations mean that women lie about being raped?13 comments

tigtog wrote 6 months ago: A: No, what it means is that some prosecutors in the past proceeded to court solely on the basis of … more »

Tags: clarifying-concepts, faq, Violence, acquaintance rape, Date Rape, DNA, DNA-exonerations, false allegations, mistaken identification

In which the moderator apologises for dropping the ball5 comments

tigtog wrote 6 months ago: I have been distracted over the holiday break, and this has meant that over the last month or so I h … more »

Tags: Announcements, FF101-admin, Social Justice, netiquette, Comments Policy, constructive debate, disemvowel, disruptive commentors, Feminisms

FAQ: What's wrong with saying that things happen to men, too?81 comments

tekanji wrote 9 months ago: Short answer: Nothing in and of itself. The problem occurs when conversations about women can’ … more »

Tags: clarifying-concepts, faq, masculinity, netiquette, Privilege

Feminism Friday: SotBO (Statements of the bleedin' obvious)26 comments

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: Rational people often assume that some opinions and judgements are so obviously part of their worldv … more »

Tags: clarifying-concepts, Feminism Friday, spot the strawfeminist, Cruelty, denunciations, Exploitation, FGM, Harm, Hivemind

Frequently Whimpered Whines: The Nice Guys™ theme song45 comments

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: From the FF101 Jargon File (edited to add, for the benefit of those who can’t/won’t find … more »

Tags: clarifying-concepts, masculinity, Objectification, Privilege, sexism

FAQ: Aren't feminists just sexists towards men?30 comments

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: AKA Aren’t feminists just “reverse sexists”? Short answer: Neither feminists as a group, nor f … more »

Tags: faq, Gender, man hating, masculinity, sexism, spot the strawfeminist, Feminism, reverse-sexism, strawfeminist

FAQ: But men and women are born different! Isn't that obvious?51 comments

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: That idea is known as “essentialism”: the belief that there are uniquely feminine and un … more »

Tags: clarifying-concepts, faq, Gender, identity, Oppression!, Privilege, sexism, spot the strawfeminist, Biological Determinism

Frequently Whimpered Whine: "Feminists have no sense of humour"1 comment

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: glumbert - Women: Know your limits On a more serious note: Feminism Friday: Humour as a tool for sha … more »

Tags: no-sense-of-humour, spot the strawfeminist, humourless feminists, strawfeminist

FAQ: Why are you concentrating on X when Y is so much more important?9 comments

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: Short answer: People talk about subjects that interest them and that they are passionate about becau … more »

Tags: faq, netiquette, spot the strawfeminist, Frivolity, Myth, Real Issues, strawfeminist

FAQ: Why "feminism" and not just "humanism"? Or "equalism"? Isn't saying you're a feminist exclusionary?6 comments

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: This question implies that one must be either one or the other. People and philosophies are far more … more »

Tags: faq, introductory, Privilege, sexism, spot the strawfeminist, Equalism, Feminism, humanism, strawfeminist

FAQ: Isn't "the Patriarchy" just some conspiracy theory that blames all men, even decent men, for women's woes?52 comments

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: Patriarchy: one of the most misunderstood critical-theory concepts ever, often wilfully misunderstoo … more »

Tags: clarifying-concepts, faq, man hating, Social Justice

FAQ: Aren't you all just a bunch of "feminazis"?4 comments

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: The word “feminazi” is a false construction, a strawfeminist, created to scare people aw … more »

Tags: faq, spot the strawfeminist, sexism, sleazebags, strawfeminist, feminazi, Myths

FAQ: I asked some feminists a question, and instead of answering they sent me here. Why?

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: Updated 03May07 Your question probably covered ground they have gone over many times before, and th … more »

Tags: faq, introductory

FAQ: Isn't feminism just "victim" politics?2 comments

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: updated 01May07 No. Women as a class are subjected to real hardship and oppression just because the … more »

Tags: clarifying-concepts, faq, Oppression!, Sexuality & Health, Victimhood, Violence

FAQ: Why do you feminists hate men?45 comments

tigtog wrote 1 year ago: Feminists hate misogyny, not men. Kinda like that “hate the sin, not the sinner” thing, … more »

Tags: 101, faq, man hating, spot the strawfeminist, manhating, misogyny-hating, Myths, strawfeminist


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