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In reply to the discussion: It is not about the swimsuit issue it is about basic respect for women [View all]BainsBane
(53,031 posts)Yes, I would agree with the term you use to describe the rift between your criticisms of others and what you yourself do. In fact, some members have insisted that I and some others couldn't really be women because evidently real women don't concern themselves with equal rights and know their place is to defer to men at all times.
The OP is about objectification and respect for women, something hundreds of DUers have said they find offensive. That is the point of this thread. I realize you think this and many others threads are about who you like vs. who you don't like, but most DUers are more concerned with broader issues, like the content of the OP: objectification, equal rights, and respect for women.
You complained that whoever posted a picture of naked men wasn't pilloried to your satisfaction, as you insist--absent any evidence whatsoever--that Riff has been for posting the SI thread. I have seen no one shaming or blaming her for that post other than herself and the men who seek to justify it by saying "a woman posted it." In fact, I have seen few people even mention her. The OP is far more concerned about the subsequent reaction to the posting by people who so hostilely dismiss the views of hundreds of women and men on this site who have said they find such posts hostile and misogynistic. So if you are concerned about how Riff has been treated over this incident, I suggest you take it up with the guys who so quickly threw her under the bus.
Your insistence that this is about attacking one woman is clearly without any evidentiary basis. Reading the OPs might help you figure out what the issue at hand is.