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In reply to the discussion: Posting T&A threads helps to create a hostile environment for women here. [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)If pressed, I would have to admit that I really couldn't care less about the SI cover or Kate Upton.
I do care about the basic premise of your complaint. If it's a topic of interest to men, and/or meets with the disapproval of a vocal subset of women, it is therefore not permissible.
Someone posted a GI Joe thread earlier. It attracted flames because... well because it isn't "all about meeeeee!" Seriously! fuck! what's not to like about GI Joe? I get that most women didn't spend their childhoods playing with Joe, but is that a reason to determine that it's an inappropriate thing?
In truth, what offends some women on DU about certain topics is the fact that the topic is one of interest to men. It's the core, chronic complaint against the Men's group, and its entire basis is that in order for DU to be welcoming for women, it must necessarily be hostile to men.
Well fuck that.
And further, I'm as likely to "jump off buildings or run through flames" for you as I am for any other DU'er, male or female. Fuck this chivalry-as-kinda-like-equality bullshit.