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In reply to the discussion: DU should be collectively ashamed that people here deny that objectification of women is a problem. [View all]TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)Why is it not ok to post objectifying women rubbish in GD but it is ok anywhere else on DU? Are women supposed to be grateful or something that crap like that most people want out of the most popular main forum but not other places on DU? Why should women of DU even have to contend with a group on DU that dedicates itself mostly to trashing women by either treating them as evil or slabs of meat or both? Why should women have to steal themselves for that kind of crap before going into the Lounge for what's supposed to be a fun place for EVERYONE on DU? I'd like to be able to go into the Lounge for personal stories or music threads or funny stories or cute animal stuff without having to even think about having to see any threads crapping on women in there which hardly makes it a welcoming place for everyone.
Why does anyone think that it's acceptable ANYWHERE in DU? Where's the group that gets to treat people of color like evil beings, slabs or meat or both? Where's the group that allows people to treat LGBT people like evil beings, slabs of meat or both? Why is it that crapping on people or color or LGBT people not a regular accepted staple of the Lounge?
Just why the hell is it that anyone with two brain cells to rub together in order to form a thought know intuitively that crapping on people of color or LGBT people isn't acceptable anywhere on DU but when it comes to crapping on women hell, DU has a whole group dedicating itself to that and it's a regular staple in the Lounge that's supposed to be welcoming to everyone. Are the women of DU supposed to be GRATEFUL when people "stick up" for us non-penis wearing folk when they say that shit shouldn't be in GD, but hey, perfectly fine for other places on DU and be happy to join in the objectifying in those places.
Jesus Christ on a cracker. Just how is it that so many many people on DU are so bloody dim when the subject is women yet are clear as a bell when the subjugated group is anyone else.