Tag Archives: strawfeminist

Feminism Friday: that “why are Western feminists such cowards about atrocities in other countries?” lie

December 7, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, Feminism Friday, op-ed, oppression, spot the strawfeminist

Shorter Pamela Bone: feminists are such cowardly hypocrites for being against FGM and rape in war whenever any culture does it instead of just specially castigating Islamic societies where such brutalities occur. I posted over at Hoyden About Town a few days ago with more background to Bone’s article about how she bravely spoiled a […]

Open Thread: Feminism, Sexual Orientation and Social Hostility

October 8, 2007 · by · in feminism, man-hating, sexism, sexual orientation, spot the strawfeminist

This thread is a response to a comment from Astrodyke in the Suggestions thread: I don’t see tags for “lesbian” or “sexual orientation”. It’d be nice to have some FAQs about lesbianism and how it relates to feminism. There are the straw questions, “Don’t all feminists hate men?” or “Aren’t all feminists lesbians?” But there […]

FAQ: Some feminist said/did something offensive/stupid/crazy/evil, so isn’t feminism a failure?

August 12, 2007 · by · in FAQ, spot the strawfeminist

A: No. No one person represents the whole feminist movement, or all feminisms. Not this feminist, not any other feminist. Often both the people asking this sort of question and the responses conflate two separate arguments: Did the person actually commit the alleged offensive/stupid/crazy/evil action? Does committing that offensive/stupid/crazy/evil action reflect badly on feminism? Trying […]

Feminism Friday: SotBO (Statements of the bleedin’ obvious)

June 23, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, Feminism Friday, FWW, spot the strawfeminist

Rational people often assume that some opinions and judgements are so obviously part of their worldview that they really don’t need to be said. Unfortunately, some maliciously disruptive people take delight in assuming that if something has not been clearly stated then they are safe in assuming the worst of others, even when such assumptions […]

FAQ: Aren’t feminists just sexists towards men?

June 3, 2007 · by · in FAQ, FWW, gender, man-hating, masculinity, sexism, spot the strawfeminist

AKA Aren’t feminists just “reverse sexists”? Short answer: Neither feminists as a group, nor feminist theory, engages in sexism or “reverse sexism” against men. Often times the feminist focus on women’s issues, as well as their recognition and continued efforts to correct the imbalance of power (see male privilege), are seen as looking to privilege […]

Call for links: debunking the malicious stuff

May 11, 2007 · by · in spot the strawfeminist

Mandolin had a suggestion I’d like to highlight and get some input on: Andrea Dworkin/Germaine Greer/someone else said something complicated, and I have a reductionist summary of that which comes out to “men hate women” / “all sex is rape” / “something else catchy” … why am I wrong? Only, competently stated. The competent concise […]

FAQ: But men and women are born different! Isn’t that obvious?

May 10, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, FWW, gender, identity, oppression, privilege, sexism, spot the strawfeminist

That idea is known as “essentialism”: the belief that there are uniquely feminine and uniquely masculine essences which exist independently of cultural conditioning. Both actual (minor) and alleged (major) differences between the sexes have been used to justify inequities and constraints which harm women emotionally, financially and physically. Even where (and if) such differences do […]

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