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Thread to discuss sexism and misogyny you encounter on DU. [View all]

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I think it's important that we have a safe place to discuss examples of sexism and misogyny we encounter on DU.

To support one another, gain strength from one another and learn from one another.

It will also help to keep it all in one space.

Please use good judgment when posting. We have some fans who like to troll the group and make alerts to get posts hidden.

Be respectful, and factual. Focus on the example of sexism and misogyny, not the poster.

I'll be creating and pinning a new thread and lock the old when it's needed.

link #1 located here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1255&pid=18979

link # 2 located here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/125519322

Jury, please do not hide this thread. Feminists should be able to have a safe place on DU to discuss sexism and misogyny they are encountering on DU. This is a safe haven group, for likeminded members. If people don't like it here, they have the right to trash the group and forever we will be out of sight for them. We get a lot of trolling. Thank you for your consideration.

Boston Bean

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Thread to discuss sexism and misogyny you encounter on DU. [View all]	boston bean	Apr 2013	OP
Thank you BB.	Texasgal	Apr 2013	#1
Solidarity!	boston bean	Apr 2013	#8
Thank you for reopening/pinning this thread.	TDale313	Apr 2013	#2
Your welcome TDale. Thanks for showing your support!	boston bean	Apr 2013	#9
Yeah!	haikugal	Apr 2013	#3
Hey-o haikugal!	boston bean	Apr 2013	#13
(((hugs)))	haikugal	Apr 2013	#16
Edited	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#4
BB, I admire you.	Z_I_Peevey	Apr 2013	#5
Oh Z_I_	boston bean	Apr 2013	#6
Good on you Boston Bean!! Nt	Tien1985	Apr 2013	#7
Hey Tien! Thank you for all of your support!	boston bean	Apr 2013	#10
Tien rocks!	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#11
"discuss sexism and misogyny you encounter on DU." all of today, in so many ways. nt	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#12
I'm glad to see you started this thread again personally I try to be an ally however imperfect	Arcanetrance	Apr 2013	#14
Hi-o Arcane!	boston bean	Apr 2013	#15
ya, but each of us are certainly perfectly imperfect.	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#17
Wouldn't that be great	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#18
Have you seen the thread about Bernie Sanders	chervilant	Apr 2013	#19
That was disappointing.	MadrasT	Apr 2013	#21
The woman who attacked me just started	chervilant	Apr 2013	#22
Boo hoo. Got called out for using "tits" and "bimbo".	MadrasT	Apr 2013	#23
Yeah, but	chervilant	Apr 2013	#24
that's cause you keep your clothes on	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#25
AND, 'everyone' knows	chervilant	Apr 2013	#28
I wonder if I'd have more credibility	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#31
Oh, lord!	chervilant	Apr 2013	#33
that's a given	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#34
Feminists calling women bimbos...	redqueen	Apr 2013	#29
Will wonders never cease?	chervilant	Apr 2013	#20
I proposed a cease fire	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#26
Having witnessed	chervilant	Apr 2013	#27
I missed your OP	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#30
I haven't written it yet.	chervilant	Apr 2013	#32
if you're waiting for it to stop	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#35
I was referring to the unbridled	chervilant	Apr 2013	#36
that's how it always goes	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#37
My theory	gaspee	Apr 2013	#93
my explanation is simpler	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#97
I was going to go there	gaspee	Apr 2013	#101
i did it when i was younger. why would i want to be a part of the oppressed. then i grew up	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#103
That is what I find most perplexing	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#107
steinem quote i like.	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#109
Some people deal with	gaspee	Apr 2013	#91
WTF?	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#38
Like I said in another thread	Texasgal	Apr 2013	#39
I'd like to see someone	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#40
I don't know if that will even help	Texasgal	Apr 2013	#41
this whole thread.	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#42
Wow, yeah, I bet Putin surely changed his mind about whatever that day.	redqueen	Apr 2013	#43
The picture was hilarious and a perfect example of why Femen is utterly ridiculous. n/t	MadrasT	Apr 2013	#44
putin objectifying the woman, being the alpha male he is, giving femen what they want.	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#45
It just shows how ridiculous some persons reactions were to	boston bean	Apr 2013	#46
liten up. just a joke. ya... as it fuckin effects and impairs women, BUT	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#47
What is really stunning to me is the willful ignorance.	redqueen	Apr 2013	#56
I'm in this thread conversing now and it amazes me how all these people	Arcanetrance	Apr 2013	#49
they saw it before. they see it now. and they will see it next time.	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#53
It annoys me as a male I'm not sure how you deal with it	Arcanetrance	Apr 2013	#55
a lie. just another lie created. you have an issue with boobs. clearly, every post,	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#58
It's a tactic used to make objectors seem unhip, backward, and dare I say it...	MadrasT	Apr 2013	#59
It's not that you don't have to be antisex, etc., to think they're not effective; it's just that	ancianita	Nov 2013	#146
in the dark	sigmasix	Apr 2013	#83
The best explanation I've seen	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#84
Oh the irony....	MadrasT	Apr 2013	#48
uh... I must be out of the loop	boston bean	Apr 2013	#50
I have no idea WTF he is talking about.	MadrasT	Apr 2013	#51
LOL! HAHAHAH!	boston bean	Apr 2013	#52
Well shit.	MadrasT	Apr 2013	#57
i even brought the wine. i was the only that showed. hence, .... all my wine induced posts the	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#60
It's my birthday. I might engage in some PUI later, LOL.	MadrasT	Apr 2013	#61
i will join you, i think. if pui means wine, lol	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#62
"Posting while Under the Influence"	MadrasT	Apr 2013	#63
I knew you were an arrogant bastard kinda gal...	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#64
not nearly as perilous	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#65
"project so far that their conclusion actually leaves the solar system"	redqueen	Apr 2013	#66
it would be interesting for skinner to let us know what group gets the most alerts.	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#54
The usual suspects in that thread wonderfully illustrating an obtus	LanternWaste	Apr 2013	#124
Our "allies"	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#67
Only one of them posted.	DURHAM D	Apr 2013	#68
Apparently.	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#73
So disgusted by that.	TDale313	Apr 2013	#76
People can at least see their true colors.	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#78
Very true. n/t	TDale313	Apr 2013	#80
stuff like this gets a pass	mercuryblues	Apr 2013	#69
But then this gets a 5-1 Hide	DURHAM D	Apr 2013	#70
Juror#6 is quoting from a movie musical about censorship	Kurovski	Jan 2014	#158
I have "tits" in my keyword trash list	MadrasT	Apr 2013	#71
this poster is having a good little hoot over this. what dinner skinner lecture whisp about?	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#74
Another good hide - 4-2	DURHAM D	Apr 2013	#72
loved jury 6. i was curious about this one. i do not even bother. assuming they have consent to	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#75
I thought long and hard before I sent the alert	DURHAM D	Apr 2013	#79
The one that amazed me	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#82
That is a good one, and surprising	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#77
ya. this. lol. nt	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#81
Post removed	Post removed	Apr 2013	#89
A good 6-0 Hide	DURHAM D	Apr 2013	#85
about time.	boston bean	Apr 2013	#87
This message was self-deleted by its author	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#86
Karl Rove does a jig each time we fan the flames of our internal discord. Divide and conquer,	Exultant Democracy	Apr 2013	#88
I am not sure I understand your post.	DURHAM D	Apr 2013	#90
Women vote for Democrats more reliably than men.	redqueen	Apr 2013	#92
I vote D in spite	gaspee	Apr 2013	#94
I've heard many feminists say that, where sexism and misogyny are concerned,	redqueen	Apr 2013	#95
To one group, we're private property, to the other, public.	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#99
I should give a hat tip to the many radical feminists	redqueen	Apr 2013	#105
yeh, that's a pointy one for sure.	Whisp	Apr 2013	#111
Pretty much exactly	gaspee	Apr 2013	#100
and THIS is why i love your voice and wanted to give you a shout out in the thread that was locked.	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#102
Please don't ever apologize for going off on riffs like that.	redqueen	Apr 2013	#106
Yep! I'm a radical feminist, too! Stay tough! It gets attention!	ancianita	Nov 2013	#148
Interesting point about presumed consent.	Shivering Jemmy	Apr 2013	#110
False dichotomy.	redqueen	Apr 2013	#113
I hear what you are saying	Shivering Jemmy	Apr 2013	#115
Exactly.	redqueen	Apr 2013	#116
Yes, yes, yes...and for reasons that have now disappeared from most males' consciousness.	ancianita	Nov 2013	#147
I like to think so, too.	redqueen	Nov 2013	#151
One thing I learned teaching hs, you need to realize that your influence ripples across people	ancianita	Nov 2013	#152
yup... man issue, not a party issue. nt	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#98
mmmm. some man calling us a C word has nothing to do with it? nt	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#96
I‘ve not experienced it on the DU. I guess	applegrove	Apr 2013	#104
good for you. we were just called the c word today, and shrills. so we are not experiencing du	seabeyond	Apr 2013	#108
I trashed two threads last night	ismnotwasm	Apr 2013	#112
The endless flogging of one set of statistics about rape is enough reason to ignore.	redqueen	Apr 2013	#114
I read another view of the issue	ismnotwasm	Apr 2013	#117
You were so restrained	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#118
Hardly anyone is addressing that.	redqueen	Apr 2013	#122
This message was self-deleted by its author	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#119
A very revealing juror comment....	hlthe2b	Apr 2013	#120
isnt that interesting. and yes, i have heard this excuse used for sexist slurs. but wow. thanks	seabeyond	May 2013	#125
Now we don't have a rape culture	BainsBane	Apr 2013	#121
Thanks for this! I have been getting kind of depressed about this shit lately.	smirkymonkey	Apr 2013	#123
Man, you chicks really got your panties in a bunch now, don't ya?	Bennyboy	May 2013	#126
Another batch of noxious examples this week. nt	redqueen	May 2013	#127
I was booted from a thread on masculinity...	Gravitycollapse	May 2013	#128
This is not a meant to be reincarnation of Meta. IMO your comment doesn't belong here.	MadrasT	May 2013	#129
i just saw the Op. i am not gonna do the little dance for him, he is demanding of us.	seabeyond	May 2013	#130
Isn't there an approach to these claims of essentialism that doesn't just depend on consensus or	ancianita	Nov 2013	#149
Here is another example:	boston bean	May 2013	#131
LOL... my god they are such cowardly little shitpebbles!	redqueen	May 2013	#132
there is a newbie poster in there that does not sound progressive, nor they belong on du.	seabeyond	May 2013	#134
i think administration would tell us, this is all in our head. really, there are not these obsessed	seabeyond	May 2013	#133
Wow.	ancianita	Nov 2013	#150
TIL that women's boobs are analogous to cars at a car show.	redqueen	May 2013	#135
"Misandry"	BainsBane	May 2013	#136
This thread in GD is full of it.	redqueen	Jun 2013	#137
I'm a little bit confused about all the alerts I've seen here lately.	Lunacee_2013	Jun 2013	#138
TIL: Only female parents influence their daughters' clothing choices.	redqueen	Jun 2013	#139
whores, sluts, hookers, streetwalkers... people are having a fucking field day in GD	redqueen	Jun 2013	#140
Some thinly-veiled misogyny in GD about Carlson and Hasslebeck	NuclearDem	Jul 2013	#141
First jury service on gender under the new rules was a success	BainsBane	Sep 2013	#142
Oh my god. What thought process could have decided it would be cool to post that OP?	Squinch	Sep 2013	#143
OMG - trigger warning?!?	mzteris	Mar 2014	#161
This shows how little women are valued	BainsBane	Sep 2013	#144
Thought you might be interested in this.	BluegrassStateBlues	Oct 2013	#145
good idea.	Sheri	Nov 2013	#153
Welcome to HoF. Hope to see you around!	boston bean	Nov 2013	#155
thanks for the welcome.	Sheri	Nov 2013	#156
This message was self-deleted by its author	seabeyond	Nov 2013	#154
Yet another honest post hidden by MRA trolls.	Gravitycollapse	Dec 2013	#157
That this post of mine was alerted on	BainsBane	Mar 2014	#159
...	redqueen	Mar 2014	#160
holy smoley	mercuryblues	Apr 2014	#162
Just got jury duty	intaglio	May 2014	#163
In the Willow Smith posing with a guy on a bed thread	intaglio	May 2014	#164
If you want to counter sexism on DU, just go over to GD where	whathehell	May 2014	#165
I don't know whether I'm more disgusted or discouraged	theHandpuppet	May 2014	#166
Yep	BainsBane	Jun 2014	#167
what is the point of discussing sexism and misogyny among the people who experience it?	ellenrr	Jul 2014	#168
Jeezil Pete, what's with all the woman-bashing trolls lately?	theHandpuppet	Aug 2014	#169
In a thread about why some men rent prostitutes,	redqueen	Aug 2014	#170
Another person spouting MRA foolishness	intaglio	Aug 2014	#171
A DUer tells me feminists cause sex crimes because they repress sexuality.	SunSeeker	Sep 2014	#172
Any Assange thread...	YoungDemCA	Nov 2014	#173