@ Lyn Farel: Given your answer to the 4th question I'd point out something regarding Anita Sarkeesian, but I already did that in the tread about equality so if you want to respond re. A. Sarkeesian that's the place to do so.
Can be summarised thus: "I disagree with the message. I
must shoot the messenger."
On the topic of importance, there has been some absolute horse crap spouted about misandry from both side, but the absolute king of all bullshit points is claiming so unilaterally that feminists care nothing about men's troubles.
Well firstly, most people who make that assertion have almost always never gone to the effort of talking about the topic to a feminist. I spend a great deal of time with feminists, I live with one who herself heads up a feminist group and participates in others. Whenever I bring up, and I do, the subject of how men are affected by gender stereotyping, I am never rebuffed, derided or dismissed, or at least not yet. But bringing up the topic of women and gender stereotyping with so-called men's advocates, the exact opposite. I am rebuffed, called everything from "effete Jessie" to "f***ing faggot" and generally attacked for holding a different view.
On a side-note, one of my favourite little quasi-historical applause buttons to look at in that regard is the old "women get the vote but didn't fight in wars! Unfair!" Well putting aside the fact that the statement is a wholesale lie, some people clearly missed the memo that women weren't allowed to fight in the same capacity as men. Legally forbidden. In fact pretty much until recent times, having women on the frontline in conventional warfare was rare in the extreme, and most nations will not allow them into frontline combat units. But aside from that, taking an example from this country and the war that is most used as reference, WW2, women contributed an incredible amount to the victory. I mean, for starters they kept industry going, and kept food growing and administered the huge war machine in action. And even though they were forbidden from even joining the regular services, a great number volunteered to be dropped behind enemy lines on some of the most dangerous missions of the war. More than one died in appalling conditions having been captured by the enemy. As I said, it's only recently that women are being allowed into the proper frontline units of conventional warfare, so for someone to say that women want to have their cake and eat it, have power and no responsibility re. Not fighting in war, that's as stupid as sitting down to play chess, making no moves and declaring checkmate.
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