Feminism
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Any feminists on digital spy?
Personally I feel that patriarchal structures still viciously protrude out of the fabric of our modern society. Much more work needs to be done, we need a 50/50 gender split in parliament in order to represent society more equally, in order to achieve this aim parties need to continue with all gender shortlists which have been so successful in getting women into parliament.
Furthermore we need the government to ban page 3, the sexual objectification in page 3 breeds rape culture and only serves the white male establishment. White males need to realize that they are not entitled to a daily dose of objectifying woman with their breakfast. Also what are we teaching children if we just allow them to see females breasts from such a young age? It makes women look like sexual objects and makes rape more acceptable in the eyes of young men.
Overall I think there needs to be much stricter government control in order to further the march towards gender equality, I may be a white male myself, but I am aware of my privilege, are you aware of yours?
Personally I feel that patriarchal structures still viciously protrude out of the fabric of our modern society. Much more work needs to be done, we need a 50/50 gender split in parliament in order to represent society more equally, in order to achieve this aim parties need to continue with all gender shortlists which have been so successful in getting women into parliament.
Furthermore we need the government to ban page 3, the sexual objectification in page 3 breeds rape culture and only serves the white male establishment. White males need to realize that they are not entitled to a daily dose of objectifying woman with their breakfast. Also what are we teaching children if we just allow them to see females breasts from such a young age? It makes women look like sexual objects and makes rape more acceptable in the eyes of young men.
Overall I think there needs to be much stricter government control in order to further the march towards gender equality, I may be a white male myself, but I am aware of my privilege, are you aware of yours?
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First off i actually disagree with these all women shortlists, surely these are actually counterproductive to the feminist movement. I mean surely women should be picked for high roles because they are the best, not because of their sex.
We need all women shortlists as otherwise the white men will not pick the women to be in parliament. This is due to patriarchal doctrine which has infected the bedrock of British society.
There are a few, but.... (in my opinion) the recent threads about Feminism in GD have all been unsatisfactory, and have all ended the same way:
After an early, promising discussion, a group of Cave Men pull up in a car and start shouting random abuse through the windows. And then vanish.
If that were true how did Margaret Thatcher get elected to parliament, how did she get elected Conservative leader, how did she get returned as Prime Minister three times ?
Sorry but your thinking on this is lazy and wrong IMHO
Neanderthals such wogunthum, gosh. Disgraceful, should be banned IMO
AKA being exploited by the capitalist system, money is not everything you know
it is necessary for survival
You mentioned page 3 and how it sexulised women but what about
Music videos and lyrics
adverts
tv and films
games
Lads mags
Even some toys
Not even to mention things on the net
what sort of toys :eek:
according the OP profile, she is actually a he
Just filling up the word count of my obviously very witty post.
It obv had its heyday in the 70's, it kinda went a bit weird in the 80's with the "Overly-serious student" feminist becoming a stereotypical figure. In the 90's feminism couldnt decide whether it was all "ladette" or a new kinda girly feminism as portrayed by the Spice Girls or Beyonce. In the noughties feminism seemed to disappear, we were back to seeing "hotties" writhing all over pop vids & now, at last, that is being challenged.
So in 2013 feminism is back, back, BACk- a more bold, confrontational feminism than the fluffy 90's version. Its kinda like the 70's incarnation, except this time with a kinda weary cynicism about society than the more positive movement of the 70's. Social media has helped to bolster this Eg: @everydaysexism
In many ways 2013 reminds me of the 70's, & this is a v obvious similarity.
I don't properly understand your post trumpeter but the responses to your pposs just show how sexist conservatives are
Same happens on Twitter and other social sites, to an embarrassing level, hopefully the cave men will, albeit slowly, be driven away.
The Margaret Thatcher argument is the equivalent of Godwin's Law in these type of discussions.
What work have you done in order that you determine our society can only be effectively represented by a parliament that is gender reflective.
of all the things i look for in an MP their gender is the last thing that is of interest to me. much more important to me is that they share my values, ideology and view of the world. it seems very un-feminist to say that women can not represent a male electorate which would appear to be a consequence of saying male MPs can't represent a female electorate.
honestly the nature of someone's genitals is not that important in determining their ability to to a job.
I know an MP from an all female shortlist. she contends that she would have been an MP anyway. but the fact that she was originally selected from an all female list is something constantly used to undermine her. because everyone, including me thinks that there was someone else better suited to the job.
I think we should select the best person for the job. period. and that all discrimination on the ground of gender, sexuality, race is wrong and must be searched out and destroyed.
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Furthermore we need the government to ban page 3, the sexual objectification in page 3 breeds rape culture[/QUOTE]
Do we have a rape culture? I thought our society was one of the least rapey in the world? This is just overt racism Well like i say i don't think rape is considered acceptable in our society. But i would imagine what we are teaching children is boobs aren't that special and don't lose your shit over them.[/QUOTE]
Overall I think there needs to be much stricter government control in order to further the march towards gender equality, I may be a white male myself, but I am aware of my privilege, are you aware of yours?[/QUOTE]
Oh i'm aware of yours.
Its also seen in the technology sector, where the free and open source software (FOSS) sector are trying to encourage more women to use FOSS and code, particularly as men far outnumber men in FOSS, far more so than for properitary software made by Microsoft and Apple. One forum for a Linux distribution I use had a woman join and the number of responses from men either shocked at seeing a woman as if women never existed before or asking her out because you'd think these men had never had a girlfriend before or despising her for being a woman was sickening.
Why the obsession about 50/50 splits? I wouldn't care if parliament comprised 90% of one gender or the other so long as they were the best person for the gig. And where does that logic end? A cap on privately educated MPs? Only 15% of them to have come from higher income backgrounds to reflect reality? What about religious and non religious proportions? Skin colour? Disability?
Utter cods.
You don't want to be called Loretta and have babies by any chance do you?
has anyone ever head of the Dead or Alive series fighting games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_or_Alive_(series)
although this entry was controversial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_or_Alive_Xtreme_Beach_Volleyball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM6lxmFGvB8&lc=SKwEMl0b5vwj_ioQxZ2Zahry3fy1sxWmOFsSBhFlUug
i havent played any of them
Is 'Dead or Alive' sexist? Is it wrong to give a female character sex appeal?
http://www.examiner.com/article/is-dead-or-alive-sexist-is-it-wrong-to-give-a-female-character-sex-appeal
Then you need to go to Specsavers. OP is male.
From that would I be correct in assuming you believe men can not be feminists ?
What is a feminist?
A person, male or female advocating the rights of women in relation to men.