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In reply to the discussion: HOW did a generation of young men's brains get f-ed up enough to produce this bigotry about Jolie? [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)7. hey...
i read your whole post to my boys. it was excellent. and ya, we all appreciate your voice. they stand with you. and ya, i get the son thing.
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HOW did a generation of young men's brains get f-ed up enough to produce this bigotry about Jolie? [View all]
alp227
May 2013
OP
pornified society of women. this is how the men and boys today see women and girls.
seabeyond
May 2013
#1
The OP and the post defending it both suggest that this behavior is the "normal".
EOTE
May 2013
#234
The problem is that the internet lets every moron broadcast to the planet in 120 characters.
Warren DeMontague
May 2013
#124
Agree to a certain degree. I also think the internet has caused more young men to objectify women.
cui bono
May 2013
#157
I disagree. I think using the lowest common denominator ugliness on twitter, or, say the comments
Warren DeMontague
May 2013
#186
wouldn't surprise me ... men who admired her ... beauty and body were upset or disturbed by the news
seabeyond
May 2013
#235
I don't know if it's smaller or larger. Either way, I doubt it is much different from years gone by.
Common Sense Party
May 2013
#121
Would you care to answer? How widespread do you think this attitude is?
Common Sense Party
May 2013
#149
there have been OP after OP of this mentality toward women and girls, on the net, in RL to the point
seabeyond
May 2013
#151
The contempt has always been there the difference is that the misogynists can gather in large
Luminous Animal
May 2013
#9
+1 the more power women gain the worse the hatred for women. It is not going to
LiberalLoner
May 2013
#27
thank you very much. i will self delete. i think i have been doing it for YEARS with these two.
seabeyond
May 2013
#174
Eh. It's the Anonymous Internet. People say insulting things when they can't be held to account.
randome
May 2013
#11
I think your generalization of young men is way to broad, based on these twitter comments...
yawnmaster
May 2013
#13
I have a very good idea of what beliefs young men hold...you apparently did not read that...
yawnmaster
May 2013
#220
35% anonymously admitted that, under certain circumstances, they would commit rape
seabeyond
May 2013
#236
Exactly! That is nowhere near "most" man as alp states above...also those surveys are...
yawnmaster
May 2013
#242
What it does show, to me, is that people/men are pretty fucked up, and always have been.
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#245
LOL I would agree some people are pretty fucked up...people in general, don't think so. eom
yawnmaster
May 2013
#246
there you go, cause it is better, not parity, it is the womans fault. there are always the asian
seabeyond
May 2013
#17
you think it is all the mens fault, yet only blame the wimmins. that is a realist?
seabeyond
May 2013
#19
warpy, this is not just about jolie. we hear it all the time. and to suggest it is broadbrush is
seabeyond
May 2013
#68
'Cuz wimmiz luv assholes!' Yup, that's how it read. You made me ROFLMAO. Thanks.
freshwest
May 2013
#227
of either gender. really has nothing to do with the Op or the person being replied to.
seabeyond
May 2013
#89
"Wel", I am a woman. I know lots of women very well and not one of them conforms to your
Starry Messenger
May 2013
#87
'won't date nice girls... thinks he deserves someone in his imagined higher bracket'
freshwest
May 2013
#228
We have a winner! And just 'getting laid' doesn't promise long-term happiness.
freshwest
May 2013
#230
How old are you? There is a grain of truth to what you said, but the world isn't that simple.
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#190
Your main point is the offensive nature of these posts. Agreed! But, for the love of God,
Buzz Clik
May 2013
#20
Yes. that is why I've never had a twitter account. I don't need to see hate and ugliness spewed 24/7
hlthe2b
May 2013
#32
+1. Both are ways of saying, I don't carea about you, I'm in it for myself alone.
freshwest
May 2013
#232
What it really does is enable us to see the garbage. I suspect it has always been there...
yawnmaster
May 2013
#225
This is so depressing these guys don't know the courage it takes for her to have done this.
Arcanetrance
May 2013
#31
Her career will not suffer, she's a huge star and producer and a powerful person
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#41
I was just thinking, who is the Millenial Bob Dylan, and "R Jeezy" immediately sprang to mind.
Warren DeMontague
May 2013
#131
Boomer privilege means that you get to listen to musicians who wrote songs like...
JVS
May 2013
#217
Thinking about this as a 68 yr old person who grew up at a time when there was no TV in the house:
enough
May 2013
#67
my teens do not do facebook and twitter, yea. i was thinking about this just yesterday.
seabeyond
May 2013
#72
Thanks. I've seen it, and unfortunately it has made me distrust people more. Although I see few of
freshwest
May 2013
#231
What is REALLY funny is when these guys act like they WOULD have slept with her,...but not anymore.
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2013
#90
And 30 years ago, the tough guy misogynist twerp didn't have a way to publish his bile so that
Common Sense Party
May 2013
#122
Yeah, the thing is, I see this as connected to the pandemic of male violence against women.
redqueen
May 2013
#173
Thing is, you don't *know* (based on one comment) whether someone's just trying to be "edgy"
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#197
As a more mature woman...aged beyond being sexually exploited in the same manner.....
Sheepshank
May 2013
#156
There's plenty of fucked-up bigotry, posted by both sexes and all ages, all over the net.
Nye Bevan
May 2013
#167
Even when asked, however, the poster refuses to clarify or better articulate.
Common Sense Party
May 2013
#194
Maybe she means "some men are like that, others have the potential to be (or not be)."
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#196
I don't think it dilutes the argument at all. On the contrary, I think an honest
Common Sense Party
May 2013
#203
Who says you have to "ignore it"? The first step to problem solving is to accurately
Common Sense Party
May 2013
#211
"But how do you begin to solve it without first being aware of how widespread it is?"
nomorenomore08
May 2013
#212
HOW did a generation of young women's brains get f-ed up enough to produce this bigotry about Jolie
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
May 2013
#187
I agree. I think the people who are rude and hateful on anonymous sites like Twitter
Common Sense Party
May 2013
#201
Sorry but a lot of creeps have been screwed up for a long time, not just now
still_one
May 2013
#205
You are completely correct...With today's technology they are able to be more visible...
yawnmaster
May 2013
#222
alp227, thank you so much for being what you are, right now, and enlightening us all on the problem.
freshwest
May 2013
#207
I wouldn't call anecdotal information that is meant to represent an entire generation very good...
yawnmaster
May 2013
#221
It is just easier for the assholes to become visible and communicate to a wider audience than...
yawnmaster
May 2013
#243