Reply To: This is why guys like us are so damn screwed up…

[MrAntiquity]

@Lee–

Yeah–I understand what the writer is saying (who’s male incidentally–I can’t remember if that came through in the original post but there is a set of guys on that site that seem to be out to prove their feminist credentials as much as possible) and I recognize that the annoyances and the occasional threatening postures are absolutely real. I don’t dispute that.

But I think the “men, keep your head down and shut up. Always” mentality that pervades a lot of those comments is extremely unhealthy. There were a few posters (some women too) pushing back–but the majority on those kinds of threats seem to be “fourth-wave feminism” type women–(the movement lost me at the third wave, I think). I’m a feminist in that I believe in equality and respect for both sexes–but I don’t believe in the sexual double standards I sometimes see from the movement (e.g. women displaying sexuality is to be applauded, men displaying sexuality is to be condemned–or women can smile and say hi, but men can’t)