Hey, Tumblr SJ…

If you want to seek this “social justice”, then here’s what you do…

  • You stop blaming “cis white men” “as a whole” for all your problems, and acknowledge that they might have some problems of their own.
  • You thicken your skin, and stop feeling marginalized by everything.
  • You acknowledge the fact that, if you don’t want to be racist, you can’t say, “people of race ‘x’ can’t do action ‘y’, because of race ‘x’” even if “‘x’ equals White/Caucasian/Anglo-Saxon”/etc.
  • You acknowledge the fact that, if you don’t want to be sexist, you can’t say, “people of sex ‘x’ can’t do action ‘y’, because of sex ‘x’” even if “‘x’ equals male”.
  • Also, stop saying, “you can’t be ____ist to straight white men.” You discriminate when you say this, and you invalidate your entire position.
  • And for fuck’s sake, stop saying it’s acceptable to use terms like slut and nigger if you happen to be a womyn or Afro-American. Shit that is unacceptable is unacceptable regardless of who spits it out. Real justice starts when that is realized…

If I think of any more, I’ll add them to the hate mail I will guaranteedly receive. Bottom line is that until you all start fighting for EVERYONE’S justice, and not just those that fit niche groups that you feel “need it”, you don’t blog justice. You want to be unjust? Your first step is picking which inherent characteristics make one undeserving of your help. If you realize one thing from reading of all the problems you read of, you should quickly realize that everyone could use a little help now and then, even if they’re white, male, and/or straight — and that sometimes, their opposition comes as a mirror of these things. Just one last thing. Justice applies to everyone, not just your pet projects, and if more of you respected that, more people like me would like more people like you; if you want justified enemies instead of justified allies, keep doing what you’re doing — seems to be working out great for you.

In Liberty, and REAL justice,

IIF

Kat Deeley, Kate Gillan and Sadie Frost follow the footsteps of Sienna Miller, Claudia Schiffer and Kylie Minogue!

storyofsimderella:

Fashion Targets Breast Cancer launched their 2011 campaign today. Today marks their 15th annual FTBC collection were 30% of each sale goes towards Breakthrough Breast Cancer. River Island, Topshop and Marks and Spencer are just a few retailers taking part in this charities aim to raise £1 million with products ranging from £1.50 - £157 in price!

Here are a few of the campaign adverts!

All those represented on your page appear to be female. Question:

Does your campaign plan on assisting all of the many cases of male breast cancer, or do men factor or matter in this at all?

http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&sugexp=gsis%2Ci18n%3Dtrue&cp=7&gs_id=o&xhr=t&q=male+breast+cancer&qe=bWFsZSBicg&qesig=w-aCvghDFIJzKDcK6v5x2A&pkc=AFgZ2tk5B5aubvU6dEQJSUS2QN4bmrAsLzXCz9moSg9obMUM4OYcCbi3PzdF70jjT-udGQjHYE0SeSuB39sy3QeNg9-SShftQQ&pf=p&sclient=psy&site=webhp&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=male+br&aq=0&aqi=g5&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=e095642267568bf6&biw=1024&bih=537

Please get back to me. I’m genuinely curious.

Regards,

IIF

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Well poisoning.

ourben:

insanityisfree:

ourben:

insanityisfree:

ourben:

Is black history month racist?

Yes.

By the way, nice quote cutting. Did you even read this shit? Refute the whole, or fuck the fuck off.

Yeah I read it. You obfuscated and whined about how you didn’t own slaves and your ancestors didn’t own slaves as if that makes it okay to marginalise the ancestors of slaves.

The world does not revolve around you.

Wanker.

Uh, no. I provided valuable contextual counterpoints that invalidated her “argument”.

No you didn’t. You leaped on “people of colour” to intentionally marginalise Americans of African American descent.

Every time I see you *criticise others with your *logic skills, you do the very thing you claim your *opponent is doing.

There is genuinely something wrong with the way you think. I’m not just saying this because you’re an arsehole, I’m saying it because it’s glaringly obvious to everybody else but you and your lonely sycophantic followers.

* lulz

You have not disproved anything. You have not made a point. Fuck. The fuck. Off.

You didn’t say anything to disprove. You projected weird insecurities and ignorance.

You think black history month is racist because:

  • You’re not black.
  • Morgan Freeman.

That’s why you think black history month is racist. Isn’t it?

You think celebrating while black is racist. Yet you think telling black people what triumphs they can and cannot celebrate isn’t racist?

Hilarious, in a tragic sort of way…

Black communities will decide when they are bored with black history month. LGBT communities will decide when they are bored with pride parades.

Not you.

I realise it’s hard to understand. I couldn’t understand it for years.

…but eventually I realised my ancestors weren’t chemically castrated, hung from trees, set on fire, forbidden from public spaces… and they actually had their own surnames.

“No you didn’t. You leaped on “people of colour” to intentionally marginalise Americans of African American descent.”

Nope. I “leaped on” her statement. You have yet to invalidate my counterpoint.

“Every time I see you *criticise others with your *logic skills, you do the very thing you claim your *opponent is doing.”

Nope. You have yet to prove that, either.

“There is genuinely something wrong with the way you think. I’m not just saying this because you’re an arsehole, I’m saying it because it’s glaringly obvious to everybody else but you and your lonely sycophantic followers.”

Now, that’s Well Poisoning. You fail to refute what I say, and attack my followers because of me. By the way, followers, anyone who follows both Ourben and I, Ourben just called all of my readers, including you, lonely and sycophantic. You follow him, why, exactly?

”* lulz”

My sentiment, exactly. Only regarding you.

“You didn’t say anything to disprove. You projected weird insecurities and ignorance.”

Uh, no. You have yet to refute what I said, in perfect security of thought, and now proceed to attack me. If anyone projects “weird insecurities and ignorance”, it’s you.

“You think black history month is racist because:

  • You’re not black.
  • Morgan Freeman.

That’s why you think black history month is racist. Isn’t it?”

Well, first, I’ll reiterate, you have yet to disprove anything I said, and now proceed to attack me. Second, to bullet 1, because not everyone is black, so it discriminates unnecessarily, according to race. Third, to bullet 2, he was right, and you’d not refute that, either, because you can’t.

“You think celebrating while black is racist. Yet you think telling black people what triumphs they can and cannot celebrate isn’t racist?”

Oh no. I think exceptionalizing being black is racist. There is no white history month, and neither is there a month for any other race but black people. I’m saying that it marginalizes other races, and you can’t refute that. You’re saying I’m wrong because I’m white, or maybe because I’m human, and you’re pissed that I’m calling you out.

“Hilarious, in a tragic sort of way…”

Nope. Logical. In a tragic sort of way.

“Black communities will decide when they are bored with black history month. LGBT communities will decide when they are bored with pride parades.”

And so will all of the public institutions that force us to join in.

“Not you.”

Prove it.

“I realise it’s hard to understand. I couldn’t understand it for years.”

Nope. Just illogical.

“…but eventually I realised my ancestors weren’t chemically castrated, hung from trees, set on fire, forbidden from public spaces… and they actually had their own surnames.”

None of that matters to the present. We should remember that, and use it as a reason to avoid the actions leading to it, but we should not use it as an excuse to be racially discriminatory.

Deal with it.

Regards,

IIF

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quantumcrystal: As a woman who’s aspiring to be a Mathematician, I’m really fucking offended by Women’s History Month. I’m not a victim- and I celebrate can and do celebrate my achievements without the assistance of some special snowflake holiday where men have to step aside and let me bask in some weridass “glory”. I actually feel a little bad for people who feel like they NEED a women’s/race based history month. Celebrate it your fucking self. You don’t need an audience to be awesome.
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quantumcrystal:

As a woman who’s aspiring to be a Mathematician, I’m really fucking offended by Women’s History Month. I’m not a victim- and I celebrate can and do celebrate my achievements without the assistance of some special snowflake holiday where men have to step aside and let me bask in some weridass “glory”. I actually feel a little bad for people who feel like they NEED a women’s/race based history month. Celebrate it your fucking self. You don’t need an audience to be awesome.

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MARGINALISED LOL

ourben:

insanityisfree:

ourben:

insanityisfree:

ourben:

insanityisfree:

Why the fuck am I marginalized, even for a month, by this society, upon which I have left no racial or sexual scars?

Protesting black history month is racist.

No, it’s not.

Is black history month racist?

Yes.

By the way, nice quote cutting. Did you even read this shit? Refute the whole, or fuck the fuck off.

Yeah I read it. You obfuscated and whined about how you didn’t own slaves and your ancestors didn’t own slaves as if that makes it okay to marginalise the ancestors of slaves.

The world does not revolve around you.

Wanker.

Uh, no. I provided valuable contextual counterpoints that invalidated her “argument”.

You have not disproved anything. You have not made a point. Fuck. The fuck. Off.

Regards,

IIF

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MARGINALISED LOL

ourben:

insanityisfree:

ourben:

insanityisfree:

Why the fuck am I marginalized, even for a month, by this society, upon which I have left no racial or sexual scars?

Protesting black history month is racist.

No, it’s not.

Is black history month racist?

Yes.

By the way, nice quote cutting. Did you even read this shit? Refute the whole, or fuck the fuck off.

Regards,

IIF

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forgetpolitics:

insanityisfree:

Uh. No. Discrimination is being discriminant about these things. If anything, the months themselves are discriminatory.

Women’s history month celebrates women’s history at the exclusion of men.

Black history month celebrates black history at the exclusion of all who aren’t.

dis·crim·i·na·tion   [dih-skrim-uh-ney-shuhn]

1. an act or instance of discriminating.

2. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.

3. the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating  judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination.

4. Archaic . something that serves to differentiate.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discrimination

and…

dis·crim·i·nate   [v. dih-skrim-uh-neyt; adj. dih-skrim-uh-nit] verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing

verb (used without object)

1.to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.

2. to note or observe a difference; distinguish accurately: to discriminate between things.

verb (used with object)

3. to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.

4. to note or distinguish as different: He can discriminate minute variations in tone.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discriminate

… both illustrate this.

So, no. These months don’t actually help anything. They only serve to further the separation that breeds discrimination.

But, hey. Probably just white, male, ‘splanation. Prove me wrong. 

Regards,

IIF

So, women and people of color aren’t allowed to celebrate their achievements without the inclusion of the very people who are marginalizing them? Because, you know, White Male History is celebrated every single fucking day. I think women and people of color deserve more than just one lousy month, don’t you?

First, POC doesn’t equal black. If you go there, then where the fuck is Chinese history month? Egyptian? Mexican? Korean? Eskimo? Syrian? Libyan? Iraqi? Iranian? Afghan? How many months are there? Oh right. Black and white. There. There’s 12. Happy now? Or do you just want the months in principle?

Second, I have oppressed no one. Fuck that. Racially, my ancestors were even in Canada at the time of this marginalization you speak of! Don’t you think you’re making a bit of a mass conclusion about me because of my skin color? If you are, fuck you. My ancestors never owned slaves, or oppressed black people, and I resent the racist sentiment. Deal with me, not my melanin levels. And sexually, my family was Feminist in the era of womens’ mass right reclamation. So, no, not even there. Deal with me, not my testosterone levels.

And “White Male history” is not celebrated every day. Human history is. You can’t change what happened by altering concentration of “celebration,” you can only exclude based on these petty factors, which makes you no better than the society you claim to be angry at. Your comment attempts to invoke pity for the sake of righteousness. It won’t work with my blog. I’m unapologetic, because I don’t need to be apologetic. I’ve done nothing wrong to my multiracial brethren or the women of the world, so why the fuck am I marginalized, even for a month, by this society, upon which I have left no racial or sexual scars?

So, no. Nobody “deserves” a month. All that does is say, “Hey, racism, and sexism are fun! Join us in the festivities.” Additionally, go far enough back, and all ancestors are guilty of a bit of oppression, even you. So don’t even go there.

Next?

Regards,

IIF

Uh. No. Discrimination is being discriminant about these things. If anything, the months themselves are discriminatory. Women’s history month celebrates women’s history at the exclusion of men. Black history month celebrates black history at the exclusion of all who aren’t. dis·crim·i·na·tion   [dih-skrim-uh-ney-shuhn] 1. an act or instance of discriminating. 2. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination. 3. the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating  judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination. 4. Archaic . something that serves to differentiate. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discrimination and… dis·crim·i·nate   [v. dih-skrim-uh-neyt; adj. dih-skrim-uh-nit] verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing verb (used without object) 1.to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives. 2. to note or observe a difference; distinguish accurately: to discriminate between things. verb (used with object) 3. to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy. 4. to note or distinguish as different: He can discriminate minute variations in tone. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discriminate … both illustrate this. So, no. These months don’t actually help anything. They only serve to further the separation that breeds discrimination. But, hey. Probably just white, male, ‘splanation. Prove me wrong.  Regards, IIF
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Uh. No. Discrimination is being discriminant about these things. If anything, the months themselves are discriminatory.

Women’s history month celebrates women’s history at the exclusion of men.

Black history month celebrates black history at the exclusion of all who aren’t.

dis·crim·i·na·tion   [dih-skrim-uh-ney-shuhn]

1. an act or instance of discriminating.

2. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.

3. the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating  judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination.

4. Archaic . something that serves to differentiate.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discrimination

and…

dis·crim·i·nate   [v. dih-skrim-uh-neyt; adj. dih-skrim-uh-nit] verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing

verb (used without object)

1.to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.

2. to note or observe a difference; distinguish accurately: to discriminate between things.

verb (used with object)

3. to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.

4. to note or distinguish as different: He can discriminate minute variations in tone.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discriminate

… both illustrate this.

So, no. These months don’t actually help anything. They only serve to further the separation that breeds discrimination.

But, hey. Probably just white, male, ‘splanation. Prove me wrong. 

Regards,

IIF

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Masculist concerns

almostouttalove:

Violence

Masculist concerns focus on societal acceptance of violence harming men paired with the stigma against violence harming women, as well as males being taught or expected to take on violent roles and implying all males of all ages are expendable.

  • Violence against men minimalized or taken less seriously than violence against women otherwise completely ignored.
  • Women are more violent than men in some research studies asking both men and women.
  • Depiction of violence against men as humorous, in the media and elsewhere (see Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!), when women are also violent.
  • Assumption of female innocence or sympathy for women, which will always result in problems such as disproportionate penalties for men and women for similar crimes, lack of sympathy for male victims in domestic violence cases, and dismissal of female-on-male rapecases.
  • Societal failure to address prison rape, including issues such as prevention (e.g., reducing prison crowding that requires sharing of cells), impunity for prison rapists, and even correctional staff punishing prisoners by confining them with known rapists.[12] Prison rape is often used as a subject of humor in films such as Let’s Go to Prison.
  • Only men are called up during a military draft.
  • Circumcision (characterized as harmless tradition by some, and as male genital mutilation by others) being advocated while female genital mutilation is prohibited
  • In American popular culture, sex between a boy coerced by an older woman is generally considered not to be a big deal- Time has remarked that it is “viewed with a wink”- even though this form of child molestation can have serious repercussions for the male victim, including clinical mental illness.
  • A 1992 study found that boys are subject to the stereotype that they need significantly less protection against sexual abuse compared to girls. It also found that this leads to less reporting of abuse and to discrimination in which victims receive less treatment and less support from others if they are male.
  • Controversy exists that laws that criminalize rape of men when perpetrated by women are not properly enforced. Research has shown that when men are raped (by either women or other men), the rapists will use their bodys’ unconscious natural responses- erections, feelings of dizziness, ejaculation, et cetera- to make them think they “actually wanted it”. Psychologist Helen Smith has written, “Our society [in the U.S.] shames men who are abused by women just as it shamed and blamed women many years ago who were abused by men. Neither strategy is a good one for a society that purports to promote justice and fairness.”

Parenting

  • Discrimination with regard to child custody.
  • Unfairness in the way the alimony and child support systems are structured.
  • Related to both of the above, gynocentric divorce law.
  • Pregnancies carried to term despite agreements ahead of time that they would not be, subjecting men to unwanted parental responsibilities and/or child support expectations. (see Dubay v. Wells)
  • The opposite of the above, where a man who wants to have a child has no say in whether his partner aborts their child and is not even notified if the abortion takes place. (see paternal rights and abortion)
  • Equality in adoption rights allowing either unmarried males or females to adopt.


Discrimination

  • Legislation that addresses women’s needs without considering the corresponding need in men. (e.g., Women, Infants, and Children Act;Violence Against Women Act)
  • Biases in the justice system against men, such as higher incarceration rates and longer sentences for men (compared to women) for the same crimes.
  • Statutory rape laws enforced more vehemently in instances where the victim is female and/or the perpetrator is male.
  • Rape shield laws, which may prevent some men from adequately challenging their accuser.
  • Cathy Young, who does not consider herself a “masculinist,” argues that in rape cases, “the dogma that ‘women never lie’ means that there is, for all intents and purposes, no presumption of innocence for the defendant”.
  • Women are allowed to marry at younger ages than men in several countries e.g., Argentina, Uruguay and some U.S. states.
  • Men pay higher premiums for auto, life and disability insurance, though discrimination according to race or other criteria is prohibited.
  • In some countries, men have to pay more income tax than their female counterparts. E.g. in India the income tax exemption limit for men is Rs 150,000 per annum while that for women is Rs 180,000 per annum.


Social concerns

  • Increasing suicide rate among young men, four times higher than among young women.
  • Men have a lower average lifespan than women.
  • Men constitute the majority of the prison population.
  • It’s usually seen as socially acceptable for a female to try out or follow masculine social norms, whereas if a male does the same for feminine social norms they often attract unwanted attention and are victims of ridicule, insult, harassment, and threatening behavior. For example, stay-at-home dads, men who want to be nannies or babysitters, men who cry or express emotions can all be treated poorly.
  • Similarly to the previous point, female homosexuality is more accepted than male homosexuality, the latter resulting in a higher degree ofhomophobia.
  • Lack of advocacy for men’s rights; little domestic abuse support for men.
  • Prostate cancer funding disproportionately lower than breast cancer funding.
  • Incarceration for not paying child support, particularly for unwanted children, in contrast to women’s right to abort. (see Male abortion)
  • Special government agencies for women’s affairs with no corresponding agencies for men’s affairs.
  • Lack of legal ramifications or enforcement for paternity fraud.

[edit]Education

  • Some studies have indicated that because boys attract more teacher attention in classrooms compared to girls, boys also receive harsher forms of punishment as well as more frequent punishment than girls for the same offenses.

[edit]Employment

  • Harder physical entrance criteria for men in many occupations, such as the army, police and fire service. Requiring men to be physically stronger than women in these occupations leaves men responsible for a greater share of the physical work, for no more pay.
  • Legal inequality and protections of paternal vs. maternal leave in most countries.
  • Data from 1994 in the U.S. reported that 94% of workplace fatalities occur to men. Masculist Warren Farrell has argued that men are often clustered in dirty, physically demanding and hazardous jobs in an unjustifiably disproportionate manner.

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