Females, does this bother you?

Question

I've found here in the Women's Studies section, numerous malignant replies from men have surfaced. I've read replies, on questions that specifically ask only for another female's advice, from men, that I find to be sexist in nature. Degrading the female body and mind in a "nicely put" manner has gone unnoticed, and apparently does not call to be flagged.
I am a feminist, and I am a lesbian, but I have nothing against men. Their input is often helpful in this category. But we are sensitive beings, and at times, some opinions may be a little too harsh for us.
Do any women agree?

I'm not an extreme feminist. I simply believe that women shouldn't be constantly criticized for our nature. If you want to ***** to me for posting this question, go right ahead. Personal insults are nothing. But I can't stand when women in general feel poorly about themselves because of the harshness of some negative opinions, coming from those who have not had the experience of being female.
I know that men are often treated unfairly by women. It's unjust and without reason. I don't feel that I'm being offensive or hateful to men right now though; I'm not generalizing and saying all males are mean to women. But in Women's Studies specifically, many male posters are judgmental.

By the way, lesbians don't enjoy being called "dykes". I hope you'll add that to your vault of knowledge for future reference.

Answer 1

You are bang on the money. You know what else? This is a form of sexual harassment too. I was reading something about that only yesterday and will search for it.

EDIT:
Can't find the thing anymore. What these guys are doing, however, is akin to creating a 'hostile work enviroment'. It's a kind of mobbing; bullying...These offensive posts are calculated to intimidate with a view to asserting dominance and control; a 'virtual' version, I think, of the following class of sexual harassers:

'One-of-the-Gang'
"Often motivated by bravado or competition, or because the harasser(s) think it is funny (AAUW 2006), One-of-the-gang harassment occurs when groups of men or women embarrass others with lewd comments, physical evaluations, or other unwanted sexual attention. Harassers may act individually in order to belong or impress the others, or groups may gang up on a particular target. "

The problem with much of the harrassment that happens online is that it hasn't been explored very much yet. In time, however, these loons will be granted their very own classification numbers in the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'....

Answer 2

Most of the time, I'm bored by the sexist attitudes displayed in the Women Studies section. If someone is trying to be insulting, I wish they could at least try to be witty.

On the other hand, some of the ignorance displayed by both women and men about feminism is a bit amazing at times. Obviously women's history is still a missing link in our society...But I shouldn't be surprised at how little some people are capable of thinking for themselves, since it's so much easier to rely on stereotypes that are decades old or older to base attitudes on, instead of actually finding out what is going on in the world themselves. I hear a lot about what feminism is in the Yahoo Women's Studies area from people who haven't mentioned being involved in a single political event in their lives....

Answer 3

Everyone is making great points on this controversial subject. We live a world that has always preferred males, worldwide.
In America women still are paid .90 for every dollar men make. Sexual harassment to women is common still, however, i would argue that sexual harassment to men is equally common.

It is difficult, because feminists want it one way, men want it another way, and most women want it somewhere in between what feminists and men want. I know that men want equality. Sincere and complete equality, for the most part that is our desire. The men on here aren't sexist, they're anti-feminist. They aren't against women, they're against extremists. They have a right to be skeptical. Feminism can be scary to men, because the notion from some feminists isn't just that women are equal, but women are perhaps superior. They fight for more and more rights, and slowly they are gaining more legal preference than men.

By default, child custody is a woman's. Men have to pay child support. Women are trusted over men in the legal system in cases of harassment, abuse, or rape, and more than a hundred men have gone to prison wrongfully in recent history because of this tendency. Men also have no say in abortion, which at its core isn't a feminist debate, but a moral debate. Men are also expected, societally, to supply birth control at the start of a relationship, or during a hook-up. These are just a few examples of things that can scare some men away from accepting feminism. What gains you power, hurts them. Whose side am I on? I believe that women should be considered equal. No chivalry, no special accomodations for women, no legal preferences.

I think there has been a lot of male-bashing going on recently in the world, and its easy to do because men are in power for the most part, so men make all the dumb mistakes. Who is to say women aren't fallible? Maybe feminists can go a little too far sometimes. Feminism shouldn't be tough, it should be kind and gentle, caring and understanding, reasonable and patient, smart and... good at multi-tasking. These are some of women's innate qualities, I think there is no argument.

Someone mentioned even China prefers male babies. First of all, I have to clarify. China is massively overpopulated, as I'm sure you know, having about 4x the number of people in a country less than 2x our size, and the grand majority of that country is uninhabitable. They have something called a "One Child Policy" which has certainly helped to solve this problem. Yes, there is a preference for males because only males can take part in certain family Confucian traditions, and also it is more likely that a male will be able to support his family when they grow old. Many couples raise their girls secretly and try again to have a son, and are brutally treated when they're discovered. The issue is much more complicated than you probably thought.

So thats my view and opinion on this topic. I think it unfair of you to ask this question, because you're asking for answers you know you'll get, that is men chiming in and bitching, and women shouting in agreement with you. This is a pointless topic, and I hope that you realize that when you read all these responses. Thanks.

Answer 4

I agree to a certain extent. I don't get offended at online responses to my questions because these people do not know me. It would be way more offensive to have a smarta** answer from someone who knows me. I guess I am also used to sexist men so I generally let it go in one ear and out the other. I am a feminist to a certain extent. I am not one to go off and try to cause world war III if someone tells an anti-women joke or if they make a sexist remark to me. I think some people take it to the extreme.

Answer 5

It's easy to be a cyberbully. Nobody knows who you really are or where you live. It's easy to take out your hostilities on innocent YA posters. These are guys who probably never had a date (for good reason!) and who are afraid of their own shadows. Ignore them. As far as YA's monitoring, you can't expect them to do everything and everyone knows how to work around the system using slang for curse words, etc. But I agree with you, if a question asks for only male answers (or some other category that does not apply to me) I do not post an answer, although I may read the question just for fun.

Answer 6

The flow is symbolic to Christians because of fact Jesus Christ replaced into CRUCIFIED on a flow for the sins of the international. If Jesus have been positioned to demise in a various way; according to danger the Christian image may be something else. there have been 3 crosses erected that day with 3 adult adult males on them. Are you asserting the different 2 adult adult males have been by some potential copying the Egyptians?

Answer 7

I read what I choose to read. If I don't like it, I ignore it.

I've never been a feminist...that's a tough road to travel, but I don't like bad things said about women - or men either for that matter.

Negative statements by men or women don't really bother me, although I don't like them. I take it with a grain of salt since I have no idea who they are - or they me. If they want to show how ignorant they are on the Internet - let them have at it. We all have their number.

Answer 8

I agree, those people are just trolls who are unhappy or have too much time on their hands. However some of these trolls return and continue spewing misogynistic questions that are disguised as stupid questions...which lead people to question their childhood and their current state of living.

Answer 9

Yes, absolutely.
I wish so much for this to be a place of energetic and mannered debate, but not a forum for bashing and cruelty.I think the men who post cruelly here to get a rise should find another place to play.
Good luck.

Answer 10

I agree with you Hon but I consider the source. Not worth dignifying in my opinion.