tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post1519118782872900684..comments2023-10-17T06:59:53.759-04:00Comments on No Cookies For Me: On being a victim...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-2113903234131204792007-10-02T09:25:00.000-04:002007-10-02T09:25:00.000-04:00It's so delightful when men demand to be treated l...It's so delightful when men demand to be treated like kings in exhange for basic human kindness.<BR/>"We can't get on board unless you do X, Y, and Z for <I>us</I>." Gee thanks. <BR/>Because defending women in the face of sexual assault, violence and harassment is only worthwile if men get something out of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-68148548737977456662007-09-30T12:01:00.000-04:002007-09-30T12:01:00.000-04:00You know, if my last comment was unclear -- I susp...You know, if my last comment was unclear -- I suspect it was -- then I would be happy to rewrite it to make my points more clearly.<BR/><BR/>I don't know that it's really a conservative value that sometimes people fight against bullies, even physically, and that this is an understandable human reaction and sometimes even right.<BR/><BR/>I don't know that it's necessarily a liberal thing to do to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-12442791208279344592007-09-29T23:41:00.000-04:002007-09-29T23:41:00.000-04:00The comments at Feministe about the beer garden po...The comments at Feministe about the beer garden poster were closed when I read it. And now I have read about the West Village case when I had been avoiding it; and Jena too. Since I'm new commenting here I'll introduce myself as a man.<BR/><BR/>Frankly I thought the German poster reproduced at Feministing did not advocate anything stronger than the kind of slap in the face that women would giveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-9390933112633701652007-09-29T12:43:00.000-04:002007-09-29T12:43:00.000-04:00One thing about this comment you quoted:The next t...One thing about this comment you quoted:<BR/><BR/><I>The next time a woman stupidly stares at me, talks rubbish, or otherwise irritates me I get to dump a beer over her head and hit her in the face? </I><BR/><BR/>Most of us, male or female, don't think of physically repelling a harasser as something we "get" to do. Most of us don't walk around looking for opportunities to hit people in the face Angus Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914596868294836695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-80376892799192581352007-09-28T11:43:00.000-04:002007-09-28T11:43:00.000-04:00So, how, exactly, are the men this poster describe...<I>So, how, exactly, are the men this poster describes victims? If you're assaulting someone, and they hit you back, you become the victim of the story?<BR/><BR/>I don't think so.</I><BR/><BR/>Sigh. <A HREF="http://womensspace.wordpress.com/2007/07/08/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com