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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)Funny, I don't see these groups anywhere on DU, and there's no way on earth that either the people of DU would accept them or that the Admins would allow one, yet we DO have a "Men's" group that is dedicated itself to trashing women, and the collective DU doesn't give a shit. The Admins hesitated for a very long time in allowing such a group for fear of what it would turn into, it DID turn into that yet there it remains.
No trashing of racial minorities or LGBT people would ever be acceptable in the Lounge, yet the Lounge is full of threads crapping on women regularly. Hell, people right here have been believing they are sticking up for women on DU by objecting to such discussions in GD but don't have any problem with it in the Men's group or in the Lounge when they would NEVER accept any similar filth about racial minorities or LGBT people anywhere on DU.
Certainly there is the occasional racial or homophobic post here and there on DU, but people are quick to alert on such posts, quick to hide them, MIRT is quick to ban newer people that post them, and there's a mad rush of chastising DUer's responding to them. But when it comes to women suddenly it's a war, the posts almost never get hidden, and gits like HopeHoops who was absolutely disgusting in his perpetual masturbatory foul treatment of women took forever to be finally banned and a legion of his pals cried foul and begged him to be allowed back. He even said some ugly creepy sexist shit to another DUer, refused to even apologize for it and still his legion of buddies cried the blues that his sick ass FINALLY got kicked to the curb.
The extensive trashing of women on DU is so incredibly more frequent and accepted than any other subjugated group here, and there is no way to try to deny it.