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Gender, climate change and natural disasters : Comments
By Kellie Tranter, published 4/2/2008The effects, direct and indirect, of natural disasters are much greater for women compared with men.
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'She wanted to comment on the article. Go back and look through these posts. Not one engages with the topic'
I think she wanted to castigate the men for daring to question the motives of the article, and get on her high horse to show how much more compassionate she is.
We have engaged with the topic (James came up with some good questions about the data in fact) but are just suspicious to the motivations of the article and research. As I said, read the first paragraph for the transparent attempt to justify the research.
' intellectually, the conversation is going nowhere.'
Fair enough. But be thankful you at least have threads about women to comment on. Classic example Bra Boys article. Out of a whole movie about men and gang culture, the topic was contorted to a discussion about why Men's affect on women wasn't discussed in the movie. It's comical really. Out of all the themes in the movie that could have been discussed.
This is how I see feminism; Enough about men, let’s talk about women. It’s an all pervasive one track record, and I have responded I suppose as an alternate one track record in an attempt to even out the propaganda. I apologise to all for the repetition.
'suggested my grandfathers were "abusers and rapists"'.
To be fair I think he was characterising and regurgitating well known extreme feminist arguments. I can see how you found it offensive though, as he attributed those thoughts to you unfairly. But maybe that's a reaction to a lifetime of having feminist women/articles attributing negative attitudes to women to all men. I think this is probably where my problem with feminism comes from. The message I’ve heard is men are bad, women are good, women are always the victim with men as the perpetrator.
' promoting and strengthening masculinity, rather than complaining.'
Fair enough. I realise I have been a whiny, and exactly like the feminists I loathe so much. I realise these pages aren't the place for me to take out my frustrations. Where to now?