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seabeyond

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17. yes. you, the men in my life, many that speak up on du.
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 10:28 AM
Dec 2014

what i see, from my perspective only, having raised two boy with a very strong and participating mom, yet totally outside the box thinking, .....

you are good men. you stand with us. you support and even speak up also. but, not being a woman, you do not see a lot of what we have been watching the last handful of years.

bj, (and many will giggle, cause i keep callin some kid with initials for a name, bj, .... giggle giggle), (this, everything about the damn penis), .... lol, ...

academically, intellectually you know. but clueless on the amount that is thrown at women daily. totally exhausting for us. as the men say, i am tired. i hear ya. me too.

but, these groups org. we saw this much sooner than a lot of these men. now they say, ... fug... what happened? and we say, this is what we have been talking about the last 5 yrs.

for over a decade, show after show insulting women. denigrating them buying, renting, beating, raping, ....

any given show. i am so exhausted. i do not want to be sitting in my home, continually seeing this shit. and it is everywhere, all the time. i turned off the tv. but, there are others in my family that like tv. i do not play the games. but my guys love them. part of living as a unit is respecting each other. and their right to turn on a tv. a good show. i walk in the room and a rape, or normalizing porn use, or strippers to entertain the guys, buying and renting women. beating women.

i like the tv show psych. one man asks. how did you know she was lying. and three men laugh and yell out, .... she was a woman.

i am minding my own business, enjoying a show, and i have three men tell me, .... women always lie. fug him.

it is ... everywhere. all the time.

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Wow excellent OP ismnotwasm Dec 2014 #1
I also want to say something about all the people who claim to be "moderate gamergate supporters" Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #2
+1 Veilex Dec 2014 #23
My son doesn't seem that worried about it starroute Dec 2014 #3
Heh bekkilyn Dec 2014 #4
Thanks for posting about Gamergate!..n/t whathehell Dec 2014 #5
Bravo mercuryblues Dec 2014 #6
i have watched the gaming industry for over a decade with two sons participating in gaming. seabeyond Dec 2014 #7
To. be clear, I have not been silent about sexism in games Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #9
i do believe it is in our culture as a whole. why wouldnt it equally be in the gaming community, seabeyond Dec 2014 #10
I don't disagree with that at all Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #12
probably there has not been that organized attack. but then, this is just what i am talking about seabeyond Dec 2014 #14
I agree with that Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #16
yes. you, the men in my life, many that speak up on du. seabeyond Dec 2014 #17
The catcalling video bekkilyn Dec 2014 #22
GGers give the rest of us gamers a bad name. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #8
Which site is that? Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #11
Sure, it's called Hard Light Productions. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #13
Thanks, I have not heard of that one before Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #15
Another good community bekkilyn Dec 2014 #20
Yes, I am a proud social justice warrior Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #21
To add to your comment that the tide is turning... Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #18
Women gamers everywhere bekkilyn Dec 2014 #19
Good post - It's important to review the history of this organization. el_bryanto Dec 2014 #24
The journalistic ethics claim is just laughable Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #25
Nods - i hadn't heard that story but have no trouble believing it el_bryanto Dec 2014 #26
That is what many of them attempt to claim Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #27
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