February 13, 2010
What a week. One shooting at Fort Hood, then a second shooting in Orlando…a bit closer to home (Portland, OR), the 3rd shooting of the week…because she filed for divorce?? And a fourth shooting and a fifth shooting in the Portland-metro area. In all five cases the perpetrators are men.
UPDATE (11/18): A sixth shooting…
UPDATE (11/30): Seventh shooting and eighth shooting
UPDATE (12/03): Ninth shooting
UPDATE (02/11): Tenth shooting
In the last three four SIX SEVEN EIGHT local murders in a matter of weeks, it is the same old story…
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Posted by ozob
December 31, 2009
Data source: Stokley gets ejected for slapping the ref
sample size: 1622 comments (as of 01:30 12/31/09)
A keyword search of comments reveals the following:
Pussy (and variants) x 72
Sissy x 4
Bitch (and variants) x 63
Fag (and variants) x 32
Gay x 30
blowjob jokes x 18
Nigger (and variants) x 36
Coons x 2
Assuming 1 keyword per comment, ~15.5% of comments are sexist or racist
CAVEATS: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by ozob
December 2, 2009
Thomas over at Feministing posed a great question in response to the movie trailer for the new film, An Emasculating Truth:
So I’ve been thinking about this, and I keep coming back to a question that I can’t answer:
What positive qualities do I want to see in a son that I don’t want to see in a daughter?
I can’t think of any.
Great question. Hopefully, it stumps most everyone. Hardcore sexists, maybe not so much. But in the least, it’s a great conversation starter.
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Posted by ozob
November 19, 2009
UPDATE: Alex Dibranco is a woman. And I still love her question. Thank you to Alex for the correction.
Courtney over at Feministing have put together a compilation of various men’s thoughts in response to her previous post, which discusses alternatives to “toxic masculinity” (e.g., Tucker Max). My personal favorite (either by Courtney or David Pitcher — I can’t tell) echoes sentiments I expressed in response to a local outbreak of domestic violence murder-suicides:
Boys are so paranoid about appearing feminine that they adapt a “culture of cruelty” and retreat into the common male role. How can we raise our boys to break this pattern?
To answer this question, a little further up, Alex Dibranco ventures:
What if Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by ozob
Football Fans: Racism, Sexism, Masculinity
December 31, 2009Data source: Stokley gets ejected for slapping the ref
sample size: 1622 comments (as of 01:30 12/31/09)
A keyword search of comments reveals the following:
Pussy (and variants) x 72
Sissy x 4
Bitch (and variants) x 63
Fag (and variants) x 32
Gay x 30
blowjob jokes x 18
Nigger (and variants) x 36
Coons x 2
Assuming 1 keyword per comment, ~15.5% of comments are sexist or racist
CAVEATS: Read the rest of this entry »