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@The1stpanda @PeteLawler @_ElizabethMay @HeatherAntos Being general? I think he's suggesting "general statements are usually not the best way to deal with root issues." Not as clever as he thinks it is, that jape: the problem with that statement isn't that it's general, but it's that it's erroneous.Permalink On twitter.com
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@The1stpanda @PeteLawler @_ElizabethMay @HeatherAntos Specifically, it's *really* hard to deal with the "root problem" until you can generalize about the causes. It's an important step toward formulating a solution. Besides, you're being obtuse: *vast* numbers of women have terrifying experiences rejecting men. The opposite is rare.On twitter.com
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@The1stpanda @PeteLawler @_ElizabethMay @HeatherAntos (For straight men & women obviously.) I've heard men tell the odd, "I got sexually harassed by a stranger," story—usually the harassers were men—but never heard a, "I turned a woman down and what she did next scared the hell out of me" story. Not once. I'm sure it happens, but...Permalink On twitter.com
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@The1stpanda @PeteLawler @_ElizabethMay @HeatherAntos Why? Probably a number of reasons: cultural patterns of teaching boys/men entitlement (and self-hate when they "fail" with girls/women); biological predisposition to greater violence; socialization re: reactions to pain and embarrassment (shame vs. rage). Lots of reasons.Permalink On twitter.com
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@The1stpanda @PeteLawler @_ElizabethMay @HeatherAntos But we can still generalize usefully: terrifying behaviour after rejection is *way* more common among men than women. @_ElizabethMay wasn't stirring the pot. She was bringing up something most men don't hear about in daily life at all. (And the insane backlash speaks volumes.)Permalink On twitter.com
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@The1stpanda @PeteLawler @_ElizabethMay @HeatherAntos (In fact, it speaks volumes beyond what she says, about the frailty of a lot of male egos, the brutality of a lot of male behaviour online, and more. As a man on the internet, I think you're kind of being insulting to men *and* women by saying, "Well, what do you expect?")Permalink On twitter.com