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Anyone who is informed is making that assumption, hopefully that now includes you. http://www.missrepresentation.org/not-buying-it/ http://www.missrepresentati

by Claudus 14y ago

Anyone who is informed is making that assumption, hopefully that now includes you. http://www.missrepresentation.org/not-buying-it/ http://www.missrepresentation.org/not-buying-it/ People worldwide are using hashtag #NotBuyingIt to call-out sexism in the media. Let the media know: sexism won’t sell. Use #NotBuyingIt on Twitter to challenge the misrepresentation of women and girls.

ceol 14y ago
Did you read those recent tweets? None of them mention gender. You're looking for a bias that just isn't there. Our society most definitely has a problem with rape and sexual assault— specifically towards women— but I don't see any Twitter users making the assumption that "t-shirt advocating rape" == "t-shirt advocating rape against women" There are men who are victims of sexual assault and rape, and you do them a disservice by ignoring them to push your own agenda.
- Claudus 14y ago
  Did you read my comment? Several of them include the #NotBuyingIt hashtag, a hashtag specifically related to sexism against women. I really hesitated to respond to you again, at this point it seems you are doing nothing more than post hoc rationalization of your original inaccurate assertion.
  - ceol 14y ago
    You're right. Several of the tweets included that tag. However, it doesn't seem to me that those tweets were from people who were thinking these shirts are targeting women. If you take a look at the hashtag on Twitter[0], many of them have nothing to do with boycotting an item. Is it safe to assume a person would see that hashtag and use it thinking it isn't specific to sexism? I think so. I should also clarify that I am in no way arguing that rape is equally a male and female problem. Women deal with rape culture much more than men. My argument is that I don't believe these twitter users were upset because it was targeting women. I think they were upset because rape is a terrible thing to happen to anyone. [0]: https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23NotBuyingIt https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23NotBuyingIt

by Claudus 14y ago

ceol 14y ago

Did you read those recent tweets? None of them mention gender. You're looking for a bias that just isn't there. Our society most definitely has a problem with rape and sexual assault— specifically towards women— but I don't see any Twitter users making the assumption that "t-shirt advocating rape" == "t-shirt advocating rape against women" There are men who are victims of sexual assault and rape, and you do them a disservice by ignoring them to push your own agenda.

Claudus 14y ago
Did you read my comment? Several of them include the #NotBuyingIt hashtag, a hashtag specifically related to sexism against women. I really hesitated to respond to you again, at this point it seems you are doing nothing more than post hoc rationalization of your original inaccurate assertion.
- ceol 14y ago
  You're right. Several of the tweets included that tag. However, it doesn't seem to me that those tweets were from people who were thinking these shirts are targeting women. If you take a look at the hashtag on Twitter[0], many of them have nothing to do with boycotting an item. Is it safe to assume a person would see that hashtag and use it thinking it isn't specific to sexism? I think so. I should also clarify that I am in no way arguing that rape is equally a male and female problem. Women deal with rape culture much more than men. My argument is that I don't believe these twitter users were upset because it was targeting women. I think they were upset because rape is a terrible thing to happen to anyone. [0]: https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23NotBuyingIt https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23NotBuyingIt