When I was younger I was very pro-free-speech, then around age 20 or so I became woke. Then I got cancelled and it snapped me out of it. It turned my whole world upside down.
When I was younger I was very pro-free-speech, then around age 20 or so I became woke. Then I got cancelled and it snapped me out of it.
There’s no guarantee of free-speech in the US except from our government. (even that has restrictions) You aren’t guaranteed free speech on internet platforms, nor are you shielded from the effects of what you have said. Was there a certain statement that got you cancelled or was it a number of things?
@nothingplanet Basically I agree with the radical feminist viewpoint that women face unique challenges on the basis of their sex, not gender identity.
Women spend hours putting on makeup and wearing sexualized clothing like high heels because they are positioned as lowly people in society
Err… not every woman does this.
No, they don’t. But there are consequences to the decision either way.
But what’s your point?
On makeup: Makeup isn't oppressive, but the culture surrounding it certainly can be. I am not quite sure if women would be viewed as "freaks" if they don't wear makeup...but likely they continue to wear makeup (even if they don't like it) because they are afraid of backlash if they don't...which is a different issue altogether...
On strength: Women being physically weaker leaves them vulnerable to physical attacks; the cowardly (who are really the only ones who will attack people anyways) will only attack people who are weaker than them. Women don't attack men as often as men attack women and that's probably because they know they probably get tossed around and beat up.
@realcaseyrollins @mewmew @alex
they probably get tossed around and beat up
Also, it ruins their makeup that they spend two hours putting on every day and then they have to run home in high-heels to re-apply it.
How is conforming to social pressures to avoid negative consequences “a different issue altogether”?
That *is* the issue: that’s how gender works!
‘You must do x for no good reason other than you’ll be punished if you don’t’.
I’m not sure what point you’re making re physical strength.
@Camille @mewmew @alex @nothingplanet
On makeup: I am theorizing that women are afraid of backlash for not wearing makeup, so the wear makeup, but in reality they wouldn't experience a whole lot of backlash from men for not wearing makeup, but of course they don't know that because they continue to wear makeup, just like the other women. If I'm right on this, women's fear of getting backlash for no makeup is completely different than actual pressure from men to put it back on when they take it off.
Strength: my point is that this is not an average issue
No. That’s not what you’re ‘theorizing’.
You’re merely missing the point.
As a woman who wears make up when she feels like it & not when she doesn’t, I know you’re not right.
That’s cause you missed the bloody point. Entirely.
On strength: you’re ‘theorizing’ that men hit women because they can.
Genius.
@Camille @mewmew @alex @nothingplanet Are you going to accept that I know what point I'm trying to make, or continue to project your own onto me? 🤔
There is no evidence you know what point you think you’re making. So no.
@Camille @mewmew @alex @nothingplanet Okay, then we're done here.
We were done before you made a fool of yourself Casey. Run along.
@mewmew @realcaseyrollins @nothingplanet "Only an average" still means 98% of them. Men and women are sexually dimorphic. Just go outside and look... if you think there are millions of in-between people you may be spending too much time on the Fediverse. To be clear I'm not talking about their hairstyles or clothes, but about their physical bodies. They are smaller and thinner. Huge women who can beat up men are extremely rare.
@mewmew @realcaseyrollins @nothingplanet I think you may be underestimating yourself. Arm wrestle with some women you know, just give it a try. It's possible you're right, but it would be rare. There is a significant difference between the sexes, even at the edges.
@mewmew @realcaseyrollins @nothingplanet Well, now we're in the territory of whether a cat with 3 legs is still a cat.
@mewmew @realcaseyrollins @nothingplanet First of all, what specifically are you arguing against?
I think grouping women together there doesn't make sense.
@mewmew @realcaseyrollins Okay. Why do more women get murdered by their husbands in heterosexual relationships than husbands murdered by their wives?
> The majority (73%) of family violence victims were female. Females were 84% of spouse abuse victims and 86%of victims of abuse at the hands of a boyfriend or girlfriend.
> While about three-fourths of the victims of family violence were female, about three-fourths of the persons who committed family violence were male.
> Eight in ten murderers who killed a family member were male. Males were 83% of spouse murderers and 75% of murderers who killed a boyfriend or girlfriend.
@mewmew @realcaseyrollins This is murder though, big difference. You can't just pretend a murder never happened.
@mewmew @realcaseyrollins In general men are more likely to be victims or perpetrators. Women are less likely to be victims or perpetrators.
you can spin this data in a lot of ways, I think drawing the conclusion "women are oppressed because they are weaker" is a bit of a jump from the data which is "women are more likely than men to be murdered by a romantic partner"
@realcaseyrollins Women tend to be more risk averse and agreeable in general. It's an attribute of their hormones and physicality. @mewmew @alex
Not with credibility you can’t.
@alex @mewmew @realcaseyrollins So unfortunate that my friend Jeffrey decided to take his own life in the way that he did. Very unfortunate, but he was clearly a troubled man.
@MajorMike2020 @alex @mewmew @realcaseyrollins Mike you dirty bastard, how dare you bring Epstein into this. First of all, you shouldn't even be talking about this. Second of all, he wasn't your friend. He had it coming, though, all those years. Absolutely tragic, horrible for the nation. But sometimes when I'm really horny, I regret that maybe I should have taken him up on a trip to his island.
@PajamaBiden2020 @alex @mewmew @realcaseyrollins
Looking at all those hair-sniffing videos Joe, I would say most of Epstein's girls would have been too old for you.
Men of course don’t lie. So statistics couldn’t be biased by men lying, eh?
🤦♀️
No. Simply time to remember that lying is found in both sexes.
The hysterics do appear to be more of a male phenomenon.
Me. Based on your hysterical reaction to a basic observation.
@mewmew @realcaseyrollins A woman who is physically stronger could fight back and resist being murdered. Maybe attempted murder actually does happen equally between the sexes (I have no idea), even then it really says something that predominantly the people who succeeded are men.
You mean men are not safe to be let out among the general population? Harsh.
But you argue they have mental health issues that cause them to be violent.
Given the rate of male violence, we must conclude that a high proportion of men have mental health issues that render them unsafe.
I do, yes.
You said men are violent because of mental health issues.
A high proportion of men are violent.
Your argument is that the men who commit violence, against other men, against women, against their partners & children are mentally ill.
So mentally ill that they can’t control their violent urges. That is the criterion for confining a person against their will - i.e. that they are a threat to themselves of others.
‘Most’ isn’t the point (for a person who is sneery about others’ grasp of statistics, you don’t appear to have a firm hold on the topic yourself 🤷♀️).
Your argument is that men are violent due to mental illness.
Many men who are violent have not shown signs of this ‘mental illness’ before being violent (although many men demonstrate a pattern of violence).
You argue that there are men whose (asymptomatic & undiagnosed) mental illness causes them to be violent to others; something they can’t control due to mental illness.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s ‘most’: by your logic, (asymptomatic & undiagnosed) mentally ill men are unpredictably violent.
People who, as a consequence of their mental illness, are considered to be a risk to themselves or others, can be confined in a mental health facility against their own will - regardless of whether they’ve actually been violent to someone else.
Are you arguing for a change in such powers generally, or just for men?
@realcaseyrollins @nothingplanet Being a guy in a dress has basically negligible consequences. Women face issues because they're physically weaker than us and because they have wombs (the ability to make babies, which is something we consider a commodity).
Women spend hours putting on makeup and wearing sexualized clothing like high heels because they are positioned as lowly people in society. Makeup is oppressive. Imagine if men wore makeup. Imagine that everyone around you does it, and if you don't you're a freak. You have to literally paint your face, and it takes up to 2 hours every morning. It's no wonder women get paid less, they have to do a great job on top of a rigorous morning routine to make sure they look beautiful.
Would you like to wear makeup every day? I'm guessing not. So why would a man choose to wear makeup every day? This is really just an example, but there are 100 different ways people identify as trans, I don't even know where to begin deconstructing them all.