A crash course in Feminism (or, why everyone should be a feminist)

[Psychosplodge]

Oh....Freddie is still with us in spirit. If you can tune in, he has amusing things to say about the quality of todays music!

This explains a lot...

[eldargal]

Mass Effect 2 and 3 each had around 18% of characters being FemSheps and something like 40-50% just being DefaultShep if I recall correctly.

[DrLove42]

I rememeber it being a bit like that.

Maybe Korean MMO's get more female players. Or maybe more guys wants to be girls in a game where they can get their virtual knackers out

[Mr Mystery]

Korean? Female? Knackers?

No no no dude. You're thinking of Thailand.

[eldargal]

From [URL="http://thumbcramps.tumblr.com/post/48976513908/hi-guys-this-is-a-comic-i-made-for-a-final-in-my"]here[/URL].

[eldargal]

They say I have a sweet ***, nice tits, a real pretty dress. They say I’m their future wife, or I’d look good with their dick in my mouth. They try (and probably succeed at times) to take pictures down my shirt. They ask if they can get my number, they ask where I live, why I’m not smiling, why my boyfriend lets me walk around by myself. Then they ask why I’m such a b!tch, if my va gina is made of ice. They say that they never do this, as though I’ve somehow driven them to inappropriate behavior and deserve it. They say they’re just having fun, trying to pay me a compliment. Pretty frequently they get mean, slipping into a loud tourettes-like chant of b!tch-whore-cu nt-slut.

Before you try to tell me that it’s because I take my clothes off for a living, let me tell you that this started way before I was 18. Let me tell you that every single woman I know has at least one truly terrifying story of street harassment and a whole bunch of other stories that are merely insulting or annoying. Let me remind you that in a room of pornography fans, who have actually seen me with a dick in my mouth and who can buy a replica of my vagina in a can or box, I am treated with far more respect than I am walking down the street.

Stoya is a pornstar. Who gets treated better by a room full of porn fans than she does on the street. I've not been in a room full of porn fans (does BoLs count? hurhurhur) but I can't say I'm surprised.

Double post, take that patriarchy!

[Psychosplodge]

It's hardly surprising that fans who pay to be at a convention of any sort treat their guest with respect, but it does say a lot about people in the street...

[eldargal]

Yup, but the stereotype of the hardcore porn fan who would to to conventions is not one that would imply they would be respectful to these women. It's the contrast between that and the behaviour of regular people on the street that is so compelling about the story.

[Godless Zealot]

From [URL="http://thumbcramps.tumblr.com/post/48976513908/hi-guys-this-is-a-comic-i-made-for-a-final-in-my"]here[/URL].

Ugh, that's deeply unsettling.

[Kirsten]

the separation of the notions of size and beauty, and the resulting abuse that comes from the association, is very important. It is rapidly becoming a very different problem though. It is something people don't want to hear about, and I have been insulted for pointing it out. Whilst size zero models are really bad, plus size models are equally bad. The western world has a growing (pun intended) obesity problem, rising at a rapid rate and costing billions in health issues. Definitely lets end the size/beauty prejudice, but we really must not pretend that being plus sized is a good thing. On radio two a couple of months ago they had a female doctor in the studio discussing the health problems that obesity is causing and how it is very important that people exercise. A woman phoned in to say that she was 18 stone and how dare the doctor suggest she wasn't beautiful. the doctor tried to very calmly and patiently explain that that was not what anyone was saying, and the issue was about health. that seemed to make the caller even more annoyed and she started banging on about how she was perfectly healthy and there was nothing at all wrong with her, and outright calling the doctor a liar when the doctor informed her of the increased risk of heart problems, diabetes etc. Big might still be beautiful, but it is not good or healthy.