Reply #155: Hi johnnie. Here's the same thing [View All]

Thank you for reading the post in the peaceful spirit it was intended. :hi:

Isn't it CRAZY how the defensiveness and attacks in the sub-thread proved EVERY point that I made?

Men who "are genuinely aware of sexism and we abhor it" very rarely, if ever, speak up on DU to express that awareness and support of women and women's issues.
The silence is deafening-- and reinforces what the OP referred to as "willful indifference."
The women here get consistently attacked with word games and mind games that do nothing but deflect from whatever-issue-we-were-actually-trying-to-address. Talk about "frustating"!!
Imagine how it feels to be lumped in with somebody's cartoon version of "feminist" and being argued with about things you never said because others think THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU THINK or they try to have pre-recorded arguments with you because all feminists are the same/wrong/obnoxious? "
I got yer broad brush right heah!"

Some men here claim to be against sexism and support women but don't show it.
They think they have good reasons to be pissed off and jump in these threads all antagonistic claiming support that they rarely, if ever, communicate.
How would we know that they really do?
It takes some confidence to stay clear and step in and drop the defensiveness ("you can't defend yourself because you already have be pre-judged because you are a man") and say what you have to say and show support and counter sexism when you see it here..... and it's so RARE that if you manage to do it IT WILL BE GOLDEN!"