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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-01-21 06:39 pm

[ SECRET POST #2576 ]


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[personal profile] chardmonster 2014-01-22 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Ha, everyone beat me to it. But yeah, we're seeing a rise in online misogyny in large part because we're winning in public--outward sexism is frowned upon.

I think it's also one of the reasons a lot of online spaces are getting more racist. You usually can't say that shit in public.

(Anonymous) 2014-01-22 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'm having a very difficult time trying to figure out if I should consider this a positive development or not. On the one hand, people can't be as openly racist or sexist in public spaces anymore as they used to, and that's good. On the other hand, we now have sexism and racism every fucking where online, and some of them are getting really aggressive and vicious about it (see: the blog "return of kings," if you weren't planning to eat anything tonight.) I'm not sure if this is the last rebellious gasp before society as a whole finally internalizes the idea of racial and sexual equality, or if this is a sign of a whole lot of simmering time bombs waiting to explode.
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[personal profile] chardmonster 2014-01-22 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think society will ever fully internalize the idea of racial and sexual equality---I don't think that's in our nature. That is, by the time we get over the current racial issues we'll likely find new ones. When we get over our current sexual hang-ups we'll invent new ones. There's no enlightenment, just incremental improvement.

I think we can be winning the current battle while time bombs are simmering, if that makes sense. I think we're equipped to fight them.
Edited 2014-01-22 03:17 (UTC)

(Anonymous) 2014-01-22 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
(see: the blog "return of kings," if you weren't planning to eat anything tonight.)

I could've gone my whole life without knowing this exists

(Anonymous) 2014-01-22 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Well the sexist and racists online are still turning down people for jobs in real life and just not telling them why.

(Anonymous) 2014-01-22 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
I think the "winning" thing depends on what forum you're looking at.

*brought to you by someone who watches European news and was interested/appalled when a black (possibly the first in his country??) parliamentary minister had bananas and racial slurs hurled at him by other parliamentary ministers. They eventually apologized but there was no punishment and they apparently got to keep their jobs.*