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History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: "Feminists are not responsible for educating men" [View all]seabeyond
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        +1.  that was my immediate thought. and all while i was reading thru. only to see...
        seabeyond
        Jul 2014
        #2
      
        
        I've learned quite a lot from Feminists. I (don't believe) I was ever anti-woman or ....
        BlueJazz
        Jul 2014
        #4
      
        
        By telling women they have to educate men - it's just foisting off more work onto women.
        calimary
        Jul 2014
        #13
      
        
        your comment about the DOORS was gold.  that says it all.  the willful ignorance even when given a
        seabeyond
        Jul 2014
        #127
      
        
        i am going upstairs and talk to my teen boys.  not about the condoms.  their father is very
        seabeyond
        Jul 2014
        #126
      
        
        That's a VERY good point. How is the division of labor in most people's houses?
        calimary
        Jul 2014
        #131
      
        
        "Why should someone who is deeply informed about any issue try to formulate a capsule version..."
        Android3.14
        Jul 2014
        #29
      
        
        Is it the responsibility of people of color to educate white people about racism?
        Luminous Animal
        Jul 2014
        #28
      
        
        a step further, i have an example personally with our gay community.  but, when women of color do
        seabeyond
        Jul 2014
        #128
      
        
        Seems to me that there are a lot of eerie parallels in other realms of discussion.
        Jackpine Radical
        Jul 2014
        #12
      
        
        HHS author sounds like someone who sucks at persuasion so tries to blame others for her lack of
        Township75
        Jul 2014
        #14
      
        
        The fact that you are an "address the whole problem kind of guy" is not really germaine.  The
        Squinch
        Jul 2014
        #34
      
        
        Political will and personal interaction, though related, are two different things.  And as I have
        Squinch
        Jul 2014
        #44
      
        
        "The only effective way to make someone stop being entitled is to stop indulging the entitlement."
        redqueen
        Jul 2014
        #46
      
        
        Another facet of the gem that is sexual equality that should be considered.
        Half-Century Man
        Jul 2014
        #22
      
        
        A man is not a feminist if he has to ask a feminist to explain feminism to him.
        Luminous Animal
        Jul 2014
        #37
      
        
        Somehow he just falls into feminism? Or born from the head of Athena unsullied by human society.
        Luminous Animal
        Jul 2014
        #41
      
        
        if a man calls himself a feminist i am not gonna argue.  i have been burned too often by the "male
        seabeyond
        Jul 2014
        #57
      
        
        I am OK with a man asking me what feminism is.  I am not OK with a man derailing
        Squinch
        Jul 2014
        #45
      
        
        I have learned in this thread that we aren't doing everything at once, and therefore our actions are
        Squinch
        Jul 2014
        #54
      
        
        Civility, please.  This is a sanctuary group for feminists and this post is a clear attack on
        hlthe2b
        Jul 2014
        #82
      
        
        The responses in this thread include very good examples of just what the article is talking about.
        Squinch
        Jul 2014
        #36
      
        
        Veilex, as in my post to you upstream, I suspect you do not realize that this is a safe haven group
        hlthe2b
        Jul 2014
        #83
      
        
        "I suspect you do not realize that this is a safe haven group"- Admittedly I did not...
        Veilex
        Jul 2014
        #86
      
        
        It's as if we ordered this one up to illustrate what the OP is talking about. We must be magic!
        Squinch
        Jul 2014
        #81
      
        
        Where was it that you learned not to treat men like a second class? Did you learn that by requiring 
        Squinch
        Jul 2014
        #94
      
        
        And PS:  Think about doing that.  Think about saying to a man, "I require that you explain to me
        Squinch
        Jul 2014
        #96
      
        
        speaking for myself ... I am also NOT responsible for educating women either. n/t
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Jul 2014
        #91
      
        
        Again, you completely disregard my LIVED experience, as a woman, to make whatever point
        Sheldon Cooper
        Jul 2014
        #106
      
        
        why wouldnt it be called out as "being played" since often and continuously it is true here on du?
        seabeyond
        Jul 2014
        #108
      
        
        look at ALL the time women have wasted in this thread trying to "educate" you on educating men on
        seabeyond
        Jul 2014
        #113
      
        
        you are so right on.  i read this morning and spent time visualizing.  to the extent
        seabeyond
        Jul 2014
        #130
      
        
        And in a safe haven group, we should not have to constantly entertain demands that
        Sheldon Cooper
        Jul 2014
        #110
      
        
        Reread the OP to get a sense of where the frustration comes from and try, TRY,
        seabeyond
        Jul 2014
        #115
      
        
        so...  basically, reiterating.  you will NOT consider what others are saying.  the point is....
        seabeyond
        Jul 2014
        #118