Should Internet Misogyny Be Taken Seriously?

[ancianita]

It's not surprising that Professor Mary Beard is told by Rod Little, an internet provocateur, to get over it, saying "why would it be worse for a woman than a man?"

My view is that a violent language climate leads to violent actions. Psychological assault is the warmup to physical assault. That women have to continue to walk psychological minefields is a psyop that saps their energy that costs this society and weakens our identity as civilized.

What Jon Stewart says about living with racism holds true of women living with misogyny: "If you are tired of hearing about it, imagine how fucking exhausting it is living it."

[shenmue]

1. Yes

[chervilant]

2. Internet provocateur?

Product of Patriarchy, I'd say.

[ancianita]

3. His is another way of telling women to just shut up, which Beard brings up in her now famous

"Oh Do Shut Up, Dear" speech, in which she presents men's historical practice of silencing women.

[seabeyond]

4. mans struggle to retain oppressive position. no more. no less that is all this is. nt

[ancianita]

8. Thank you for your post.

[valerief]

5. What's the difference between internet misogyny and non-internet misogyny? nt

[chervilant]

6. Basically,

those who spew their misogyny on the internet are likely to view their relative anonymity as a big green light to flaunt their bigotry.

Also, I've noticed that when I am assertive and/or adamant in my posts, I get 'interpreted' as a male. I guess my nickname is too generic...

[ancianita]

7. Nothing right now. But if it's redefined as free floating depravity that everyone's got to deal

with in either world, which Little blithely insists here, I see a need to point out yet another way that men deny and redefine their orientations toward women. Which can leave every generation of women fighting the same battles over and over.

How you see it now makes sense, but physical, institutional and media power and reach to redefine and eventually deny misogyny's existence is part of how each generation is conditioned to see what they see as 'normal.' In my view, there's the continual fight over "the narrative" in order to screen out what parts of reality that would get people upset about enough to indict them. Laws in the UK seem to give women more recourse than they do here, though I've only passing familiarity with hate and harassment laws of both countries.

"Harmless" words targeting women have been shown to lead beyond the public freedom of speech world and into the personal threat world. That this guy, Little, demeans Beard and other successful women -- Anita Sarkeesian's situation has just come to my attention, since I'm not in the gaming world -- indicates to me the ongoing need for women to vigilantly pre-empt male poisoning of the public realm.

[seabeyond]

9. all the men raping, beating, killing women, merely a precursor to desensitizing and hating. nt

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Power and Control.

That's what it's ALL about.



~littlemissmartypants

[ancianita]

13. Love it! Thanks!

[Quantess]

11. I would have liked to see the whole program

Not just the first 6 min.
I was getting into it.

[ancianita]

12. It's from "Blurred Lines: The New Battle Of The Sexes," a BBC documentary on YouTube.

I think I'm going to watch the whole thing today. I hesitate to post it, even though it doesn't strictly break any VMF rules.

[Quantess]

14. Post the whole video!

This is a relevant video!
I have an issue with music videos clogging up V&M forum, though.

But this isn't a music video and it is VERY interesting!