Feminism today

[Glenzig]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I like that Samus started as a relatively unsexualised space bounty hunter that turned out to be female. It makes me sad that they sexualised her later.

I mean in smash brothers her super special move is literally stripping off.

I agree. The first step should be desexualizing all video game characters. Then after the have that under control they can remove graphic violence from video games. Games that have graphic violent images have been proven to increase societal violence.

[Formshifter]

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God damn autocorrect.

[loramin]

This is the message every little girl in our society learns from an early age. Boys play with action figures, girls play with dolls. Tell me that's not still true for most children in America.

Don't you think that has some effect on both genders as they grow up? Crimes like rape have been shown to correlate with the power inequality between genders (ie. the less power women have than men in your society, the more likely they are to be raped). Similarly, things like pay disparities have also been shown to come from men being more aggressive than women.

Don't you think having toys and video games that teach little girls they too can be aggressive, dominant, and strong would help?

[Tenlaar]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Don't you think having toys and video games that teach little girls they too can be aggressive, dominant, and strong would help?

I don't think we should be teaching any children that being aggressive and trying to dominate people is the best way to go through life.

[loramin]

Boy's Toys: http://www.toysrus.com/category/inde...oryId=13041262
Girl's Toys: http://www.toysrus.com/category/inde...oryId=13041269

[loramin]

Heh, well obviously you don't want to go too far in that direction either. But the point is, there is a huge power imbalance in how we raise our boys vs. our girls, so to counter that imbalance you have to teach girls it's ok to be as dominant as the boys, and likewise boys should learn it's ok to be as submissive as the women. Which isn't to say you should teach either to be too dominant or too submissive.

Look, at the end of the day it's very simple: if toys teach kids about the world, how can you have two genders growing up with equal worldviews when they are segregated in to playing with different (unequal) toys?

[paulgiamatti]

I think I'm just gonna put you on ignore then. Everything you've attempted to contribute to this conversation has been completely ridiculous and delusional, and I'm kinda just done trying to take you seriously or understand you at this point.

It's obvious you're not interested in having an actual conversation anyway. It seems like this is more about trolling and getting people angry than about shedding light on an actual, real issue that exists outside of a message board.

So yeah, I think I'm done with Kagatob.

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think I'm just gonna put you on ignore then. Everything you've attempted to contribute to this conversation has been completely ridiculous and delusional, and I'm kinda just done trying to take you seriously or understand you at this point.

It's obvious you're not interested in having an actual conversation anyway. It seems like this is more about trolling and getting people angry than about shedding light on an actual, real issue that exists outside of a message board.

So yeah, I think I'm done with Kagatob.

You've not presented a single sourced fact throughout the entire discussion (in either thread) your entire argument hinges on feelings and not facts, you even ignore/facts that have been presented multiple times to you while you keep pushing your tired narrative.

The irony is that you are an atheist. You are using the exact same arguments that creationists use, simply substitute "god did it" with "blame the patriarchy" and replace faith with feelings.

[Ahldagor]

Egos clinging to relevance while watching their jobs circle down the drain. Anyone consider why the current feminist movement is academically driven and not widely seen in city streets?

[loramin]

P.S. This is the study I'm referring to:
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/01...e-is-rape.html