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Give young men a sporting chance : Comments

By Nina Funnell, published 7/1/2010

Sports editors and editors of 'lads mags' have a reputation for provoking feminists through outlandish stunts.

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Us blokes have been given a huge collection of rules to follow, most of which looked unimportant to most people of both genders. Therefore, it takes little deliberate effort to get in trouble with these particular feminists. It may also explain the why these stunts appeal to people. I thought the racehorse article was hilarious.

We have created an atmosphere where most young blokes think that the rules about sex and relationships with women are for suckers and that it is ok to break the rules. This is alright to a point, but many blokes seem to have trouble knowing where that point lies. We are told not to harass random women in nightclubs, but many women like (some) men who flirt with them. We are told to leave women alone when they act disinterested, but many women like (some) blokes who work hard to win them over. When we are told about important rules, like those about rape, there is a culture of cynicism. Creating rules that were meant to be broken has created a climate where sexual assault is still too prevalent.
Posted by benk, Thursday, 7 January 2010 9:48:06 AM
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Hilarious that even feminist don't really believe in evolution (that we came from monkeys) when the practical outworking of such a myth threatens their dignity.
Posted by runner, Thursday, 7 January 2010 10:55:15 AM
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Good article, I will support Benk points here as well.
Posted by Kenny, Thursday, 7 January 2010 11:05:27 AM
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Women's magazines publish airbrushed photos of objectified women. Men's magazines publish airbrushed photos of objectified women. Yes, there is a problem here. And the answer is not objectifying men.
Posted by floatinglili, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:07:42 PM
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floatinglili: I agree absolutely.

Feminism's general intent has been to change the systems and structures whereby power and authority were/are gained and maintained at the expense of others, especially women and children, not to buy a controlling share in the idiocracy.

Our intent must be to value all people; not just swap roles as oppressor and oppressed.
Posted by Pynchme, Thursday, 7 January 2010 1:22:39 PM
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<As a young woman I know how difficult it is to make a complaint and have it properly considered. If feminists want to be taken seriously, they must come up with ways to make others, particularly young men, more receptive to their views.>

For starters, stop the male bashing.

<Feminism still has a long way to go, and feminists can only do so much. But if attitudes towards women are really to improve then young men need to be part of the solution. And sports editors need to grow up.>

I'll let this article do the talking.

<commentator Nancy Levant came out with a book titled “THE CULTURAL DEVASTATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN: The Strange and Frightening Decline of The American Female (and Her Dreadful Timing).“ In it she said many things that American men had been saying for decades, against very pervasive and systematized resistance to, and denial of, their message. Men’s criticisms had long been dismissed with accusations of “misogyny” or “backlashing” or claims that the men were just “angry” or “bitter” or “threatened by losing their power.”>

http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/12/the-cultural-devastation-of-and-by-feminist-women-tell-your-stories/
Posted by JamesH, Thursday, 7 January 2010 2:37:17 PM
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