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In reply to the discussion: "Man-bashing." My favorite DU pule. [View all]jobycom
(49,038 posts)61. Well done, you! nt
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I noticed you didn't get a response from the other side on this in at least two different requests
Major Nikon
Jan 2013
#311
yep... every man who resists the idea cites a personal exception. refuses to measure it apples to
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#5
Do people think they should be more wealthy than every single woman and African-American
gollygee
Jan 2013
#72
Eggsactly The comparisons are outrageously stupid. One said that his two sons were making less money
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#78
Beyonce and the Kardashians rule with money AND the ability to incite hormonal reactions in men, LOL
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#115
his example was that white men are the only group who earn less than their parents
BainsBane
Jan 2013
#138
you have been given so many examples you ignore. you dont believe in patriarchy, we get that. but,
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#195
i like tom brady. idd wonderful things for my fantasy team last year. lost him this year.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#8
Then it's weird that you stepped back to it only being an "opinion" a few posts ago. Do you think
GOTV
Jan 2013
#285
it cost some of us a whole lot. do you know, on this board of progressives, women that speak out
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#101
No, any more than white people can be abolitionists as they are neither black nor slaves.
DRoseDARs
Jan 2013
#65
You know. The skirts have it made. I don't know what all the nagging is about.
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#17
The idea of "White Male Privilege" is difficult to understand when you pick one specific (if
Brickbat
Jan 2013
#30
I'd put it this way ... all else being equal ... there is White Male Privilage.
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#37
studies have shown that white sounding names get up to 50% more chance of call back than black
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#40
And studies have shown that applicants for ditch digger and similar unskilled labor
eridani
Jan 2013
#182
yes, you repeatedly make your point. racism? address. sexism? wha? no such thing.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#274
really.... you haev made your position clear. i live in a state of men like you. i get it.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#277
and, chances are that many non-white-male-straight people who wanted that job weren't considered
spooky3
Jan 2013
#243
I don't think anyone here is denying that economic class divides the "haves" and "have nots"...
YoungDemCA
Jan 2013
#225
Well said. A lot of people have difficulty thinking in terms of distributions, degree/extent, etc.
spooky3
Jan 2013
#242
I grew up knowing that to be born white was to be privileged and that to be born black...
freshwest
Jan 2013
#31
"25 year old straight white male who still works a crappy, close to minimum wage retail job"
Scout
Jan 2013
#69
Even if I didn't like the content of your post I'd have rec'd it for the use of "pule"
Lone_Star_Dem
Jan 2013
#46
I'm grateful you said this Will but many of us saying the same thing get slammed every time.
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#64
It strikes me that this is yet another excuse to argue futilly over a term instead of ...
planetc
Jan 2013
#128
the only thing i pulled out from your post, though interesting read, is when there is a physical
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#193
But this "complementary" stuff is used as a facile excuse for any and all gender inequalities.
nomorenomore08
Jan 2013
#181
"...favorite DU pule." It's hard to pick one. Kudos to those who can, especially with all the
retread
Jan 2013
#81
This belongs in Meta next to the puling OPs, but I'm giving it a kick and a rec anyway.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#106
many white female acknowledge and discuss white female privilege thru out these threads. nt
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#125
"but a man claiming to be a feminist is the equivalent of a hammer claiming to be a nail"
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#127
it is only how you choose to interpret. many many men, whites, understand the concept
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#142
Being rhetorically kicked in the head is not subject to interpretation. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#152
not long ago i had to deal with an issue with something in the house. i forget. but, male domain.
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#200
Thank you for your understanding re: men claiming to be feminists. As you are obviously aware, many
redqueen
Jan 2013
#146
Thanks, redqueen. Maybe someone will successfully go about the process of redefining the word to
Zorra
Jan 2013
#287
Eons of patriarchy and internalized misogyny are enormously difficult to dislodge.
redqueen
Jan 2013
#295
Sure, one datapoint isn't useful. How about if we use ALL the datapoints?
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#170
If you don't want your opinions challenged, there are several solutions.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#174
To edify once meant to put up a building. From the Latin ĉdificare, "to build, construct."
WilliamPitt
Jan 2013
#265
EXACTLY the existance of white male privilege and female chauvanism are not mutually exclusive
JAbuchan08
Jan 2013
#186
201 demonstrates you have your own definition which is not the mainstream definition
Major Nikon
Jan 2013
#206
You'd probably be understood better if you didn't attempt to pass off your opinions as fact
Major Nikon
Jan 2013
#214
except, you would have to give at least one example of the desire to "bring white males down"
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#211
one example of the desire to "bring white males down". i ask you have an example
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#226
you make an argument with a falsehood to derail. i called you on it. you cannot answer. nt
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#232
+++1! & Not differentiating the two does NO good service to social/economic justice. It, in fact,
patrice
Jan 2013
#262
+1 I don't get it either. I'm not a father; that doesn't mean that I don't understand fathering, nor
patrice
Jan 2013
#257
A lot of this I agree with but call bs on men not being able to be feminists.
uppityperson
Jan 2013
#296