aknightofdoom: afternoonsnoozebutton: mr-cappadocia: You didn’t think too deeply about this did you? Of course not. If you were prone to thinking deeply about things… you probably wouldn’t be a Feminist, now would you? I’m screaming “THAT’S THE POINT THAT’S LITERALLY THE POINT YOU JUST MADE THE EXACT POINT” at my computer screen right now. Lewis’s law in action! ~~~ h o w m a j e s t i c ~~~
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aknightofdoom:

afternoonsnoozebutton:

mr-cappadocia:

You didn’t think too deeply about this did you? Of course not. If you were prone to thinking deeply about things… you probably wouldn’t be a Feminist, now would you?

I’m screaming “THAT’S THE POINT THAT’S LITERALLY THE POINT YOU JUST MADE THE EXACT POINT” at my computer screen right now.

Lewis’s law in action!
~~~ h o w m a j e s t i c ~~~

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commiekinkshamer:

i have no problem with pointing out that anyone of any gender can be an abuser, rapist, pedophile etc because that’s absolutely true.

but the problem with always emphasizing “yes but it happens to everyone, not just women (or people of colour, or trans* people, etc)!” is that it depoliticizes the issue.

violence is not an accident, it is reflective of social power relations that permeate society at every level

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ihaveabsolutelynoidea:

here’s the thing about sex, sexualization, rape culture and the phrase “sex sells”

sex does not sell. at all.

the objectification of women’s bodies is not sex. focusing on breasts or gentials or ass in order to sell a product or an idea is not the same thing as sex. it’s a process that turns people into objects, without agency, and therefor, not human. 

this is rape culture. it’s promoting the idea that women are not people, they are parts to be used and consumed. rape culture sells. 

ads that feature or focus on breasts or genitals or asses or legs or mouths without maintaining a human is sexualization. this is not the same thing as sex. 

sex is more than a body. sex is more than genitals. sex is a process. 

sex is a consensual act. rape is not. there is a difference. 

this why the consent panties and the save the boobies campaign are wrong. they do not focus on people, on lives, on safety, but on the idea that women only exist to be fucked. it focuses on our parts as sexual objects, not on our experiences. 

if you equate objectification with sex, keep your creepy ass indoors and as far away from other people as possible. 

and shrugging off the objectification of women’s bodies in order to sell something as simple “sex sells” is fucking gross.

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mediamattersforamerica: poynterinstitute: kyleykim: Everything-ceiling. futurejournalismproject: White Men, Everyone Else: Gender and Ethnic Diversity on Cable News Media Matters spent the month of April reviewing evening guests on cable news. The results, unfortunately, don’t surprise: CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC “overwhelmingly host male and white guests.” Read through for the details as the watchdog group breaks down the numbers for each network. We learn, for instance, that “Out of 1,677 total guests, CNN had the largest proportion of men — 76 percent — during the month of April;” and “Fox News had the largest proportion of white guests — 83 percent.” Hat tip to Chris Hayes, whose show is the most diverse in cable evening news. And getting there isn’t very difficult. “We just would look at the board and say, ‘We already have too many white men. We can’t have more,’” Hayes told Ann Friedman at the Columbia Journalism Review back in March. “Really, that was it.” Images: Diversity On Evening Cable News, via Media Matters. Select to embiggen. Diversity in the news is important. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’s actually happening.  The breakdown hasn’t changed much either. MSNBC is the only network whose guest pool has gotten more diverse, while Fox and CNN have actually hosted even more white men. 
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mediamattersforamerica: poynterinstitute: kyleykim: Everything-ceiling. futurejournalismproject: White Men, Everyone Else: Gender and Ethnic Diversity on Cable News Media Matters spent the month of April reviewing evening guests on cable news. The results, unfortunately, don’t surprise: CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC “overwhelmingly host male and white guests.” Read through for the details as the watchdog group breaks down the numbers for each network. We learn, for instance, that “Out of 1,677 total guests, CNN had the largest proportion of men — 76 percent — during the month of April;” and “Fox News had the largest proportion of white guests — 83 percent.” Hat tip to Chris Hayes, whose show is the most diverse in cable evening news. And getting there isn’t very difficult. “We just would look at the board and say, ‘We already have too many white men. We can’t have more,’” Hayes told Ann Friedman at the Columbia Journalism Review back in March. “Really, that was it.” Images: Diversity On Evening Cable News, via Media Matters. Select to embiggen. Diversity in the news is important. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’s actually happening.  The breakdown hasn’t changed much either. MSNBC is the only network whose guest pool has gotten more diverse, while Fox and CNN have actually hosted even more white men. 
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mediamattersforamerica: poynterinstitute: kyleykim: Everything-ceiling. futurejournalismproject: White Men, Everyone Else: Gender and Ethnic Diversity on Cable News Media Matters spent the month of April reviewing evening guests on cable news. The results, unfortunately, don’t surprise: CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC “overwhelmingly host male and white guests.” Read through for the details as the watchdog group breaks down the numbers for each network. We learn, for instance, that “Out of 1,677 total guests, CNN had the largest proportion of men — 76 percent — during the month of April;” and “Fox News had the largest proportion of white guests — 83 percent.” Hat tip to Chris Hayes, whose show is the most diverse in cable evening news. And getting there isn’t very difficult. “We just would look at the board and say, ‘We already have too many white men. We can’t have more,’” Hayes told Ann Friedman at the Columbia Journalism Review back in March. “Really, that was it.” Images: Diversity On Evening Cable News, via Media Matters. Select to embiggen. Diversity in the news is important. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’s actually happening.  The breakdown hasn’t changed much either. MSNBC is the only network whose guest pool has gotten more diverse, while Fox and CNN have actually hosted even more white men. 
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mediamattersforamerica:

poynterinstitute:

kyleykim:

Everything-ceiling.

futurejournalismproject:

White Men, Everyone Else: Gender and Ethnic Diversity on Cable News

Media Matters spent the month of April reviewing evening guests on cable news. The results, unfortunately, don’t surprise: CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC “overwhelmingly host male and white guests.”

Read through for the details as the watchdog group breaks down the numbers for each network. We learn, for instance, that “Out of 1,677 total guests, CNN had the largest proportion of men — 76 percent — during the month of April;” and “Fox News had the largest proportion of white guests — 83 percent.”

Hat tip to Chris Hayes, whose show is the most diverse in cable evening news. And getting there isn’t very difficult. “We just would look at the board and say, ‘We already have too many white men. We can’t have more,’” Hayes told Ann Friedman at the Columbia Journalism Review back in March. “Really, that was it.”

Images: Diversity On Evening Cable News, via Media Matters. Select to embiggen.

Diversity in the news is important. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’s actually happening. 

The breakdown hasn’t changed much either. MSNBC is the only network whose guest pool has gotten more diverse, while Fox and CNN have actually hosted even more white men. 

Source: futurejournalismproject

because it seems necessary to say this:

gingerhaze:

Men’s Rights Activists, why do you think people are laughing at you?

It’s not because we think you shouldn’t have rights or that your problems don’t matter. I want men to be able to wear pink and drink fruity drinks and wear makeup and engage in other perhaps unfairly stereotypical “feminine” activities without getting harassed. Custody battles should be decided fairly without defaulting to the mother because she’s stereotyped, because of her gender, as a better caregiver. I hate that men are raped and don’t report it because it makes them feel emasculated. I think that the concept of masculinity that’s being pushed by our society is really messed up and extremely harmful to men.

The thing is, instead of spending five minutes researching what feminism is actually about and realizing that it actually would help ALL of the above issues, that we’d actually be on the same side here considering you give a crap about women (which is, well, in question), you’d rather start your own counter-movement (often IN OPPOSITION to feminism) about how your own problems matter more. “Why are we not talking specifically, exclusively about ME, right now?” 

Feminism IS NOT and NEVER HAS BEEN about hating men. It’s not about women taking over the world and stripping men of all their rights. If you believe that, you’re operating under a faulty understanding of the issue and should do some research. 

When you force your way into this discussion with an intense focus on men’s rights (or rights, as society would call them), you misunderstand the issue at best and belittle the systematic oppression of women around the world. When the issue you bring up is, “But I’M always expected to pay for dates!” then yes, people will laugh at you.