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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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9. I seriously doubt anyone took them seriously enough to be too damaged by it

Reply to Bonobo (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 17, 2014, 10:21 PM

Jul 2014

These ladies were on a crusade against sodomy (very specifically oral sex), they were absolutely fixated on it. Their argument was that any woman who participated in such acts with a man was merely an unpaid prostitute and damaged the standing of all women in the world.

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"Women Against Feminism" may be confusing and wrong, but it is not meaningless [View all] Bonobo Jul 2014 OP

Their reaction is to the anti-male bias that many feminists project Major Nikon Jul 2014 #1

The pattern of dichotomous conflict Bonobo Jul 2014 #2

Maybe because they are told "You aren't doing feminism right" by the quote "real" feminists. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2014 #3

people get incredibly hung up on labels. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #4

That's a great point. Bonobo Jul 2014 #5

I don't think this is a recent phenomenon Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2014 #6

Yes and that is also "slut-shaming". Bonobo Jul 2014 #7

I seriously doubt anyone took them seriously enough to be too damaged by it Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2014 #9

It's not recent, but it's recently gathering more steam Major Nikon Aug 2014 #10

Both Extremism is wrong Joel thakkar Jul 2014 #8