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Not all men, eh? Don’t be so sensitive, grow a thicker skin!

Is it really so hard for you to believe that you can’t understand – at least not completely – the situation someone is in? I would never be so arrogant as to believe that I, as someone who is straight, understand how it is to grow up gay, for example.




It's good to see that sloganeering and thought-terminating cliches will drive what could have been a proper debate on the issue.

I guess there's no room at all for dissenting opinions, especially when they point out hypocrisies or bring counter evidence to the discussion.


What hypocrisies? There are none. You are imagining those.

When there is something you cannot understand it’s proper to address that with “Men just don’t …” That’s ok. It’s no claim that all men act disgustingly, it’s only a claim that men don’t understand.

That’s also completely unrelated to the “What can you – as a man – do to help?” part. I mean, where is the connection there.

You are saying very confusing things.


Hypocrisy is saying men should not tell women how to feel, and then following that up with an entire article telling men how to feel and behave.

Pretty sure I didn't imagine that.


And now you are on hacker news telling people how they should feel. How hypocritical of you.


Today I learned that calling out people's sexist propaganda is actually telling people how they should feel.

I am enlightened, you should feel proud of yourself.

(whoops, sorry)

(not really)


Just curious - have you read an article online about women's rights that you personally haven't thought was sexist propaganda? It's times like this where I think people get confused between whether your against just this article (saying it's horribly written) or just women speaking out in general.


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If I seem confused to you, that is a failing on both our parts. Let's take a moment to correct that.

On the issue of the author's hypocrisy, I have clearly stated the contradictions in the article which satisfy the definition of the term. I don't think there is any confusion on that and after another read I don't think my comments on that point specifically could lead you to believe I'm confused about that issue.

So, what is it exactly that makes you think I'm confused? Was it anything in particular that I've said, or perhaps since you think I don't understand the article as a whole, do you think I'm making the wrong points entirely?


The linked article gives men actionable advice on how to support women. It does not tell men what their experience is.


> You are saying very confusing things.

So you admit that you just cannot understand.

Ha!




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