Feminism

Luna wrote: Literally and figuratively any object or activity is scientifically proven to be addictive. Please give sources for your claims. Any. Once you've done that, explain how it is in any way different from other typical day-to-day addictions.

A little technical, but here's one.

And here's a more accessible one written by a therapist.

How is it different?  Well 1. Despite the potential for anything to become addictive, some substances are simply more addictive (and harmfully so) than others.  You could theoretically get addicted to say, playing golf but I don't think anyone is going to argue that golf is akin to crack.  2. Pornographic images stick in the mind for as long as the viewer lives, as opposed to other addictive substances that can be purged from the body.  3. Pornography addiction is especially harmful to relationships, as porn trains the brain to view humans as sexual objects and to idealize sexual experience in a way that makes it difficult to have a healthy sex life with an actual real-life partner. 

Luna wrote: The problem isn't porn. The problem is people being dumb enough to be influenced by porn. I thought we've already been through the violent video games discussion...

exactly. I watch my fair share of porn but I think I have fairly healthy sexual attitude

They are completely different.  Porn is scientifically proven to be addictive.  It is not a healthy sexual outlet for the sexually frustrated, it completely rewires your brain and causes the human mind to think completely differently about sexuality.  Porn is more akin to cocaine than to Call of Duty.

^Exactly.  Pornography, by its very nature, teachers those who watch it to view other people as sexual objects.  It's not just misogynistic, its misanthropic, and deeply dehumanizing.

i don't think it's pron it's self, but the industry, which is obviously deeply misogynistic

LSDisease wrote: Ambient Hurricanes wrote:   What do you mean by feminism?  This brings up the point stonebeard addressed earlier.  Are you talking about the extreme "there is absolutely no difference between the sexes and all women should be lesbians" militant philosophy, or are you referring to the kind of gender equality advocacy in the video?  If the former, I can see where you are coming from, although I don't think Marxism is a good comparison (Marxism was, at least originally, more about determinist economic theory than equality anyway).  But if you're referring to the latter, you are off the ball...really off the ball...like Colin Kapernick at his worst off the ball. There are differences and leave them be. I'm only trying to say that I am against all equality policies. People are not equal and will never be no matter what you do. I'm for freedom, equality is the enemy of freedom.

You are quite right. There are the ignorant and the cruel and those that make inane statements, They will never be the equals of those wanting to rid the world of girl infanticides, of selling girls and women, of treating women like slaves for some twisted religious doctrine. Freedom is not slavery, it is not rape, it is not mutilating female genitalia.

Call it what you will, i am all for women having as much rights as men.

anybody remember the cool early 1980s song that puts part of that simply-

"Women around the world at work, women around the world at work, women around the world at work-
                    Working, working!"

LSDisease wrote:   ... There are differences and leave them be. I'm only trying to say that I am against all equality policies. People are not equal and will never be no matter what you do. I'm for freedom, equality is the enemy of freedom.

Edited by KingCrInuYasha - January 26 2014 at 18:49

The T wrote: Those that have always had it good are the ones who call any change ridiculous.

Right on the money.

Also, feminism is not and has never been about "men-hating", and anyone who calls it that or acts by that philosophy is, to put it bluntly, wrong. It's about equal treatment for women on a social and legal scale. What the lady in the video I posted outlines very clearly is how women are definitely NOT treated equally anywhere in the world, which, needless to say, is immoral.

stonebeard wrote: I think we should retire the word "feminism". It has too many negative connotations at it has been warped by radical feminists. I used to call myself a feminist because I thought the movement was about gender equality. Now, I mostly think it's about hating men and ridiculing any debate about gender differences. See this infuriating subreddit for more: http://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrInAction

muh privileges