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Senate Misogyny, Entitlement, and Pop Culture

Discussion in 'Community' started by Heero_Yuy, May 29, 2014.

  1. DantheJedi

    DantheJedi Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    His Encyclopedia Dramatica article is....something to read.
     
  2. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    I started trolling him on YouTube. I mean come on. Racing in his mum's Prius? What a weapon. I basically said he can pick any 4cl, 1.6L Toyota for the race - Yaris, Corolla, Prius - and we'll see who's the best gamer.
     
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  3. Point Given

    Point Given Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    At least he's a good representative of the average Gamergater.
     
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  4. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Because he drives a Prius?

    Agreed.
     
  5. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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    Yeah, according to the Daily Kos article he's straight-up mentally ill. I guess I lost this argument before, but I don't think this movement is driven by people like him. That's too easy.
     
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  6. Adam of Nuchtern

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  8. V-2

    V-2 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    And how do you feel about that now?
     
  9. Penguinator

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    That Jace guy is claiming it's an elaborate Joaquin Phoenix-style satire. Or so I heard.

    Regardless, "it's about ethics in gaming journalism." I guess.
     
  10. dp4m

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    And Juli was about ethics in gender identity...
     
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  11. V-2

    V-2 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I watched a video with him out of character, explaining who was in on the act, who wasn't, where he got his inspiration from, etc.
     
  12. Obi-Zahn Kenobi

    Obi-Zahn Kenobi Force Ghost star 7

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  13. I Are The Internets

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    Wait, is Jace Moviefan?
     
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  14. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Great.

    Yeah, really great.
     
  15. Harpua

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  17. CT-867-5309

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    Those aren't really at all shocking, offensive or even all that misogynistic if you know the context.

    I did a very quick skim (I'm acknowledging the possibility of inaccuracy), and out of 21 posters I think 10 of them had nothing to do with women. So, you know, almost half.

    But some of them are kinda funny in a ridiculous sense, like the one harpua posted. Women, worse than Hitler and Hirohito!
     
  18. anakinfansince1983

    anakinfansince1983 Skywalker Saga/LFL/YJCC Manager star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    On the one hand, given the anti-birth-control messages from some factions of society now, I'm glad to see 1940s-era posters encouraging the use of condoms. Shows how blatantly regressive "abstinence-only" programs really are.

    I could have lived without the "it's all the woman's fault" message in many of the posters though. Sadly, there is still a mindset among many people today that it's OK for men to have several partners but a woman who has had several is a "slut." The only progression there is that the message MAY be a little less prevalent.

    The poster about "pick ups, good time girls and prostitutes," along with the "women are the worst Axis power," was particularly terrible.
     
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  19. Obi-Zahn Kenobi

    Obi-Zahn Kenobi Force Ghost star 7

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    I suspect a lot of these posters were aimed at men in the military, so that may explain the excessive targeting of women as the source of the disease.

    My favorite of those is the "booby trap" one.

    Also this:

     
  20. Harpua

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    They're old, of course... I get that. I guess they illustrate that we have made some progress. The misogyny I see comes from, obviously, the villainization of women. Instead of teaching soldiers to take responsibility for their own actions, they were taught that women would infect them with their horrible diseases, if they weren't careful.
     
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  21. Obi-Zahn Kenobi

    Obi-Zahn Kenobi Force Ghost star 7

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    I don't know, it seems like the intent of the ad campaign was to teach soldiers not to behave in ways that could have poor consequences for them, rather than to villainize women.

    And what I want to know is why the heck did anyone sleep around before the advent of reliable barriers, effective contraception, and antibiotics?

    I mean before antibiotics, syphilis was often a death sentence, like HIV in the 80's.
     
  22. KnightWriter

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    "It won't happen to me" wasn't invented recently.
     
  23. FatBurt

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    "what I want to know is why the heck did anyone sleep around before the advent of reliable barriers, effective contraception, and antibiotics?"



    Because sex is fun and people back then were less educated than we are now


    mainly because sex is fun though
     
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  24. Harpua

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    I never know if Merk's likes are sincere.... the guy just hands them out like Halloween candy. :p
     
  25. Obi-Zahn Kenobi

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    I'm watching the Law and Order SVU episode "Intimidation Game". Oh my goodness this is atrocious.