this guy pulled out his dick in front of like 5 billion feminist protestors holy shit
Some context for the idiots claiming the women are overreacting:
This occurred at a Slut Walk. For those not familiar with it, the Slut Walk is basically a peaceful protest seeking to eliminate the rape apologism so prevalent in society. The basis is that no woman is “asking for it,” with “it” being rape. It’s not a feminist protest; it’s a human rights protest.
Many of the protesters, as you can probably imagine, have dealt with sexual harassment or rape in their own lives. Many of them have structured their daily activities to avoid being raped. The gathering is supposed to be a place for them to feel empowered and able to recover in the company of those who understand what they’ve been through or who will not blame them.
Nobody at a Slut Walk will tell a survivor that it’s her fault. They will not ask what she was wearing to provoke her attacker. Nobody will say she had too much to drink. Nobody will tell the men in the group that they are inherently rapists themselves, and nobody will tell a male survivor that his experience “wasn’t really rape.”
Then, this fellow comes along. He sees this gathering of survivors and their supporters, and to him, it’s a joke. He sees feminazis. He sees girls who are taking “a bit of fun” too seriously. And what does he do? He exposes himself to this group of survivors and supporters - some of whom are, in fact, underage.
He sexually harasses literally hundreds of women in one act. Aside from public indecency, there was cruel intent in his actions. He wanted to make them uncomfortable. He wanted to “put them in their place.” Other photos from this event show him flipping the protesters off and laughing at their anger.
And there are still people defending his actions. There are those who still feel like these women were asking for itand that they deserved to be harassed for trying to claim they weren’t. There are those who feel that women should be taught a lesson this way, and they applaud this man’s actions.
So no, he didn’t pull out his dick in front of feminist protesters. He harassed dozens - if not hundreds - of rape survivors. The reaction to his actions alone outline the purpose of the Slut Walk.
For those of you still doubting whether what he did was wrong (and I do wonder if there’s something wrong with you, if you have doubts), let me give you an analogous situation. Imagine a gathering of black civil rights activists. Imagine Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and all their colleagues gathered together to demonstrate that being black did not make them lesser people. That being black and living in the South did not mean they were “asking” to be the target of hate crimes.
And at this gathering, a white man decides he should teach them a lesson by pointedly hanging a noose from the nearest tree and laughing at their anger. And other white men, laughing along with him, commend him for taking these activists down a peg.
That’s what happened here. It’s not an “OMG, I can’t believe he did that!” moment. It’s an “OMG, there are people who think this is okay” moment. And the fact is, it’s not. It never will be. And that’s the take home message of this ridiculous rant I’ve written up.
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Tina Fey speaks at the Center for Reproductive Rights Inaugural Gala.
Reblogging because I have tried to watch this clip about a dozen times today, and the video keeps crapping out. I’ll try again (and again and again) later.
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preach
See also: Pennsylvania Republicans want to cut food stamp benefits for families that have new babies unless the mom proves she was raped. SERIOUSLY.
People who say they are “pro-life” usually care more about controlling women’s bodies than they do about life.
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A Guide to Terminology as used by Western Males of the Species
Prude - a woman who won’t fuck you
Dyke - a woman who won’t fuck you because you have a penis
Slut - a woman who fucks other people and not you
Tease - a woman who won’t fuck you even though she smiled at you
Feminist - a woman who won’t fuck you because she has, like, thoughts and stuff
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In the movie Baby Boom, a woman is a business executive at the kind of firm where the conference tables are the size of stretch limos. She is the only female executive, and she is ruthless. A phone call in the night concerning a distant cousin’s Last Will leaves her with an unexpected inheritance: a baby. Despite considerable efforts to balance work and child, she is invited to fewer meetings, asked for fewer reports, and her boss tries to replace her slowly before eventually demoting her to such a shameful level that she quits. She and the baby move to Vermont where she starts her own gourmet baby food company. Her business blossoms and her old firm offers to buy her out. She tells them to fuck off. Never mind that it’s a movie and she also tells them she fell in love with the local veterinarian, but let’s pretend the speech just ended with, “I built this business from scratch while being a good mom, on my own, so you can suck it.”
This movie was produced in 1987. And just so we’re all clear, 1987 is actually 25 years ago. It’s a quarter of a century ago. Diane Keaton was the lead. The baby in that movie is now approximately 26 years old, and I bet you when she watches that film, she thinks, “not a fucking thing has changed.”
The Women’s Rights movement has stagnated. Feminism was characterized as bullish and unnecessary. With women comprising 46.7% of the labor force in 2010, and more women than men attending college, it’s easy to see why feminism seems outdated. We’d made it, baby!
But wait a minute… men still outnumber women six to one in top corporate jobs. Women make up 16.8% of Congress, but more than 50% of the US population. Only 2% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women and only three of nine Supreme Court Justices. According to the latest census statistics, in 2008 women earned 77 cents on the male dollar, with those numbers falling to 68 cents for African-American women and 58 cents for Latinas. Turns out, we have not made it.
The storyline of Baby Boom is still pertinent today. Women I have worked with have hidden their plans to get pregnant. I have seen several women have a child only to be “rearranged” when returning to the company. A high-level executive even told one of my coworkers to her face that she needed to pick career or family. If the social and political challenges of women in the ‘80s still exist today, why aren’t more women feminists?
Once a growing sisterhood, some women are now dog-eat-dog, trying to get to the top. That’s how guys do it, right? Wrong. It’s a boys’ club and many of them are eager to keep it that way. Gloria Steinem said there are two stages to fighting for equality. The first stage is the initial backlash to people breaking out against the norm. The second comes when you reach “critical mass” and the dominant group realizes they may be in jeopardy, causing them to react with an iron fist. According to Leslie Bennetts’ report for The Daily Beast, “Women and the Leadership Gap,” we’re now at that second stage.
One million women might argue that we reached that second stage nearly ten years ago at the March for Women’s Lives held on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on April 25, 2004. The march was organized to protest the recent Partial- Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. I was a senior in high school and I was there. It is reported 1.15 million people marched for women’s rights that day making it the largest march in American history. Did you catch that? The largest march in American history and I guarantee most people reading this post didn’t even know it happened. But that is what you get when media giants are run by money and men, or more accurately, men with money. It is disheartening to see such a brave act of citizenry ignored, but we’re a puritan nation – that march was never going to be a headline. My mom, watching from Cleveland, said they mentioned it in passing.
If you’re wondering why you’ve never heard of the largest march in our history, think about it like this: it happened months before Facebook expanded past the Ivy League, it was a full year before the creation of YouTube and The Huffington Post, two years before Twitter and Google Talk and three years before Tumblr. It happened before we had a voice.
In early 2004, we were coming to election time. Bush was up for his second term. War was the topic of the day. It was only two years prior that the nation was turning into a comic book, chasing down the Axis of Evil. Who cared about women’s rights? We had jobs, we were going to college, and it seemed we were making strides. We didn’t need to ban together because we were racing to the top. Had the GOP’s main focus remained war and big business, it might have stayed that way.
During George W. Bush’s terms in office, the GOP started falling apart. Once a party led by fiscally conservative small government types, its recruitment plan of middle America led to the party being represented by enthusiastic religious mouthpieces, gun nuts, and in some cases, both. The GOP’s first misstep was promoting women like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. There are brilliant Republican women, none of whom were recruited to represent the GOP. The women selected to endorse that party embarrassed us. The second misstep was the direct attack on our reproductive rights. Now they were really pissing us off. What the draft is to war, contraception has become for women’s rights. Mandatory ultra- sounds, banning abortion, insurance companies refusing to pay for birth control, the attempted destruction of Planned Parenthood… these positions are not new to the GOP, but they now had to fight and defend them in the arena of social media.
The voices representing women in the past decade were few and divisive. Everyone was either criticized for being a bitch, a ditz, or a madwoman. We couldn’t win. But now, our congresswomen are learning. They’re not begging for their male counterparts to hear them, they’re retaliating. Female lawmakers across the nation have stepped up with bills introducing policies countering the attack on women’s rights by introducing policies regulating Viagra, demanding that men see a sex therapist if seeking a prescription. Fight fire with fire. Women cannot naturally impregnate themselves – there is typically a second party involved, and female lawmakers are gunning for him. The rates at which social media users have been posting articles, sharing, reblogging, writing, recruiting, drafting petitions, and disseminating those petitions has been astounding. Third-wave Feminism allowed for the idea that a woman could wear a dress and heels, and still be a feminist. Feminism has always been about choice – about being able to choose your destiny so that you can fully realize your potential. This requires equal rights. Feminism on the Internet allows for every woman, and every man, to support those rights with the click of a button. People are speaking out, and this time, we don’t need the national news for our voices to be heard.
Many women my age have well-paying jobs and college educations, and when you’re young and without dependants, everything looks equal. It looks equal until a superior calls you princess, until office coworkers call you sexy, until another superior comments on your breasts. It looks equal until you’re told to your face that if you’re going to be realistic, you need to choose career or family. It looks pretty equal while you’re young, attractive, and unattached. But I’m worried about what it will look like in five years. I’m worried what it will look like when I lose access to birth control. I’m worried what it will look like when I need an abortion because I can’t afford to care for my child with a lower salary. I’m worried what it will look like when I ask for my job back after maternity leave. I’m worried what it will look like for my daughter when she’s entering the workplace. I’m worried for her because my mom thought I would have it so much better, and I don’t.
But let’s send a big ole thank you to Idaho State Senator Chuck Winder for suggesting women are using rape as an excuse for abortions. Another thank you to Sarah Palin for not encouraging the use of birth control. Another to Rush Limbaugh for asking to see videos of us having sex. A big thank you to all the states trying to make transvaginal ultrasounds mandatory for all women seeking to terminate their pregnancy. As the GOP’s continued ignorant and inhumane missteps get spread over the World Wide Web, it’s important to remind them that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. For every F word they send to us, for every bill they propose that denies us control of our bodies and our lives, they are helping to bring to life the very movement they campaigned to dissolve, a movement that seeks to bring true equality to this nation and to this world, a more potent and powerful F word: Feminism.
whenever i see posts like this i makeup backstories for the slutty girls
YES
LOOK AT THAT COMMENTARY
excellent commentary, well done
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I am sure every girl can recall, at least once as a child, coming home and telling their parents, uncle, aunt or grandparent about a boy who had pulled her hair, hit her, teased her, pushed her or committed some other playground crime. I will bet money that most of those, if not all, will tell you that they were told “Oh, that just means he likes you”. I never really thought much about it before having a daughter of my own. I find it appalling that this line of bullshit is still being fed to young children. Look, if you want to tell your child that being verbally and/or physically abused is an acceptable sign of affection, i urge you to rethink your parenting strategy. If you try and feed MY daughter that crap, you better bring protective gear because I am going to shower you with the brand of “affection” you are endorsing.
When the fuck was it decided that we should start teaching our daughters to accept being belittled, disrespected and abused as endearing treatment? And we have the audacity to wonder why women stay in abusive relationships? How did society become so oblivious to the fact that we were conditioning our daughters to endure abusive treatment, much less view it as romantic overtures? Is this where the phrase “hitting on girls” comes from? Well, here is a tip: Save the “it’s so cute when he gets hateful/physical with her because it means he loves her” asshattery for your own kids, not mine. While you’re at it, keep them away from my kids until you decide to teach them respect and boundaries.
My daughter is 10 years old and has come home on more than one occasion recounting an incident at school in which she was teased or harassed by a male classmate. There has been several times when someone that she was retelling the story to responded with the old, “that just means he likes you” line. Wrong. I want my daughter to know that being disrespected is NEVER acceptable. I want my daughter to know that if someone likes her and respects her, much less LOVES her, they don’t hurt her and they don’t put her down. I want my daughter to know that the boy called her ugly or pushed her or pulled her hair didn’t do it because he admires her, it is because he is a little asshole and assholes are an occurrence of society that will have to be dealt with for the rest of her life. I want my daughter to know how to deal with assholes she will encounter throughout her life. For now, I want my daughter to know that if someone is verbally harassing her, she should tell the teacher and if the teacher does nothing, she should tell me. If someone physically touches her, tell the teacher then, if it continues, to yell, “STOP TOUCHING/PUNCHING/PUSHING ME” in the middle of class or the hallway, then tell me. Last year, one little boy stole her silly bandz from her. He just grabbed her and yanked a handful of them off of her wrist. When I went to the school to address the incident, the teacher smiled and explained it away to her, in front of me, “he probably has a crush on you”. Okay, the boy walked up to my daughter, grabbed and held her by the arm and forcibly removed her bracelets from her as she struggled and you want to convince her that she should be flattered? Fuck off. I am going to punch you in the face but I hope you realize it is just my way of thanking you for the great advice you gave my daughter. If these same advice givers’ sons came home crying because another male classmate was pushing them, pulling their hair, hitting them or calling them names, I would bet dollars to donuts they would tell him to defend themselves and kick the kid’s ass, if necessary. They sure as shit wouldn’t say, “he probably just wants a play date”.
I will teach my daughter to accept nothing less than respect. Anyone who hurts her physically or emotionally doesn’t deserve her respect, friendship or love. I will teach my boys the same thing as well as the fact that hitting on girls doesn’t involve hitting girls. I can’t teach my daughter to respect herself if I am teaching her that no one else has to respect her. I can’t raise sons that respect women, if I teach them that bullying is a valid expression of affection.
The next time that someone offers up that little “secret” to my daughter, I am going to slap the person across the face and yell, “I LOVE YOU”.
— You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via b1eedingsnow)(via gumballriot)
Apparently to some people 32000 = 0
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“Some ladies are making fun of you on the TV? Well, at least they’re not legislating your genitals, and talking to you like you’re a baby, and passing you over for promotions, and treating you like sexy livestock, and taking you less seriously by default without even thinking about it. Men have regarded women (uppity women, anyway) with contempt for generations. Dishing it out, meet taking it.”
Seriously, folks. As an apparently uppity woman — a woman who was told by a colleague that I should stop knowing so much because it made him feel bad — I found myself nodding so hard as I read this, I thought my head was going to fall off.
Also, dudes: If I’m staring at you with contempt, it’s probably for using Fifty Shades Of I Won’t Be Reading That Poorly Written Bullshit as some sort of cultural sexual standard bearer. Disappointing.
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When talking about this movie, people frequently bring up the fact that the message boils down to the fact that, in the end, it really does matter what you look like, and that the ugly guy won’t ever get the girl no matter how nice he is.
Well. Those people are wrong.
Think harder. There are three contenders for Esmeralda’s affections - Frollo, Quasimodo, and Phoebus. Frollo has zero affection for Esmeralda. No affection, no respect, no good feelings at all. All he feels is lust. And when he looks at her, all he sees are her faults (or what he believes are faults). He sees her a sexy gypsy who has spent her whole life in sin. And that causes him to feel lust. Because of this, he is incapable of seeing her good heart and truly decent soul. He sees a problem in need of fixing.
The audience wants Quasimodo to get the girl because he’s nice and she treats him well, and he deserves to catch a break for once in his life. And those things are all true. However. That line of thought essentially equates Esmeralda to his prize, to an object rather than a person. The problem with a Quasimodo-Esmeralda pairing is the exact opposite of Frollo. Frollo sees no good qualities in her, Quasimodo sees no bad qualities. He puts her on a pedestal and blinds himself to any mistakes she may make or flaws in her personality. He idolizes her in a way that is not healthy.
But Phoebus… Phoebus sits between the two: he sees her good, he sees her bad, and he can see the whole picture. He sees Esmeralda as she actually is - a person. She is not a sinful creature in need of reform and she is not a perfect specimen of humanity. Phoebus is the only one who can see that, and the only one who respects her as a person instead of a prize.
And that’s why the pretty guy gets the girl.
THANK YOU.
I adore this movie and I get so tired of that argument.
Amen.
It bothers me when people say that Quasimodo ultimately deserves to have her because that turns her into a object that can be picked and chosen by the ‘right’ guy. Yes, Frollo viewed her as a sexual object but saying that Quasimodo is simply deserving of a woman is equally objectifying Esmeralda. it says that she is owed to the most ‘worthy’ man around her, and by making her choices in who to pursue that she’s now a horrible person.
The nicest guy is no more deserving of a woman then the villain is. Women aren’t a prize or reward for niceness.
Damn. I never realized this. New OTP.
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Last week, Paul Ryan gave an interview in which, defending his position that there should be no excuses for abortion, he referred to rape as a “method of conception.”
The Raging Grannies sing a sweet little song. About “legitimate rape.”
A snake that keeps on getting caught in snake traps is a dumbass snake. — Redditor ToxtethOGrady showing how absurd the slut-shaming “master key vs shitty lock” metaphor is.
