videoninja Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
37	An Argument of Semantics: What does feminism mean to you?		videoninja	/r/MensRights	03/05/13 04:53 AM

Upvotes	Comment on	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
3	Ugh, I think I screwed up. Honestly, it sounds like you're confused on what you're looking for. If you're asking a question, you didn't. You don't have a question in your entire original post. In fact, it seems like you're just looking for a fight on a losing topic. By your own words you were looking to be challenged as opposed to understanding a different view. Also, from what I can see those conversations seem fairly civil. I don't understand where your frustration is coming from unless you feel like you're losing a deb…	/r/MensRights	08/08/13 04:13 AM
1	Men's Rights \| Cracked.com In the meantime - http://www.cracked.com/funny-8503-mens-rights/	/r/MensRights	14/06/13 05:25 AM
1	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games Ok, I'm assuming you're trying to draw a corollary here between the settings of Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5. Again, context matters and you have failed to address that remark. Yes gamers play games and they play them for fun. No one is saying otherwise. It is not intentional or malicious thought that tends to drive marginalization these days. It is the LACK of thought and the LACK of consideration. It is not the game or the violence that matters, it is the FRAMING of the violence. If it …	/r/MensRights	05/06/13 03:17 AM
1	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games Then why are you even starting a conversation about gaming and gender then if games don't matter? If they don't matter to you that's fine but other people enjoy analyzing the media they consume and it's a little high and mighty of you to look on others disdainfully for that. Media and art often are reflective of the societies they originate from so looking closer at them sometimes helps us discover more about ourselves as individuals and our society at large. I personally consider games can be s…	/r/MensRights	05/06/13 02:53 AM
2	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games Heh, thanks. I appreciate the response and I'm content to keep the discussion open. Eventually I'll find the right words to convey my meaning. If not, then at least I can say I tried.	/r/MensRights	04/06/13 03:58 AM
1	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games I don't see how that changes anything I said because I'm pretty sure a game where you play a Christian shooting a bunch of Islamist zombies wouldn't fly well over there or vice versa. In fact, that highlights my point of context being incredibly important in determining how we react to certain situations. Society builds upon itself so that means our past tends to shape us as much as our present.	/r/MensRights	04/06/13 03:55 AM
2	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games I think we are going to have to agree to disagree here. Just because I'm critical of part of a game does not mean I can't enjoy it as a whole. I hated the endings of Mass Effect 3 because they felt so contrary to thematic elements of the storyline building up to that point. Does that mean I hate the story overall for what it tried to do or the game as a whole? No, it's just there's an element that takes out some of the joy that I could get from that game. To your last point then, if arguing abou…	/r/MensRights	04/06/13 03:53 AM
0	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games Spain doesn't have a history of being torn apart by European colonization in the 19th Century that helped lead to several of its country's suffering massive amounts of internal conflict such as in South Africa (apartheid) or what the Republic of Congo is facing now. The context is completely different so of course the reactions are. I think you seem to be approaching that the default of society is that we are born equal but that is unfortunately not the case. Parse it out however you want, be it…	/r/MensRights	04/06/13 03:13 AM
1	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games It's a game critics job to be analytical of a game's framework. Same for film critics, restaurant critics, art critics, etc. We as a society place value on critical thought, otherwise these people would not have jobs. It's not about being politically correct or not, it's pointing out a simple example of a larger societal problem.	/r/MensRights	03/06/13 08:47 PM
2	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games You're completely misreading what I'm saying. Being critical of and disliking something are not the same thing. I'm an avid gamer, I love video games but that does not stop me from being able to take a critical look at video game narratives. You are taking a very utilitarian view of video games. Yes, when video games are reviewed, their technical aspects are evaluated. So are their stories. Does the whole blowup on the Mass Effect 3 ending not show gamers want literary thought in their video gam…	/r/MensRights	03/06/13 08:42 PM
0	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games People WERE up in arms about the possible racist overtones of Resident Evil 5. https://www.google.com/search?q=resident+evi+5+racist&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a No one is saying there's a direct correlation between media portrayal and real life. They are saying that media portrayal is reflective of our attitudes towards life. It's not about people being stupid, it's about people being thoughtless and careless.	/r/MensRights	03/06/13 08:23 PM
2	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games Well if you don't care then why do you even bother saying anything to the conversation? Yes, people buy well crafted games. No one said otherwise but your frustration at people's criticism of the industry is indicative of a very unfortunate attitude. You seem to not care about examining the cultural value of games. Doing that involves evaluating the context in which these stories play out. You do the same thing to movies, novels, TV shows, dance, paintings, etc. Your last statement highlights th…	/r/MensRights	03/06/13 08:12 PM
2	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games They do, that's part of why Metroid is a popular gaming franchise (Other M notwithstanding). Also, it is a fair criticism to say the gaming industry as a whole has a skew towards white heterosexual men. http://www.igda.org/game-developer-demographics-report The lack of women in shooters should be a little disappointing because why shouldn't an industry want to include a larger demographic? Also why is including a wider audience so alienating to the current demographic. Does it really destroy a g…	/r/MensRights	03/06/13 07:06 PM
0	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games That is true to an extent but I don't think many people are particularly thrilled at gender representation in romance novels either. Gender roles tend to be a social construct just as much as they are supposedly inherent instincts. That means from infancy we are taught to idealize or accept certain versions and portrayals of ourselves but it does enot necessarily translate into "fair" or "equal" representation. For xample, there is the stereotype that black people are lazy. If I, as a black pers…	/r/MensRights	03/06/13 06:07 PM
2	How dare women be victimized for 3 minutes while you brutally kill millions of men in video games To be fair, I think this ignores the original argument of agency that was presented earlier. Also, to that effect, male characters tend to have a wider breadth of characterization. Yes, men are the scores of faceless cannon fodder the hero mows down but, oftentimes, male characters are also villains and heroes far more than women are. They even get to be the damsels or victimized hostages as well in some cases. The way I saw the video, it was not arguing that the use of these portrayals are harm…	/r/MensRights	03/06/13 05:09 PM
2	Quick question I would really love some help with. I agree with Larry-Man. I'm not really a subscriber to here either but I do frequent this subreddit because there is content here worth noting. It is incredibly important to note that injustice is injustice. I honestly don't think it's necessarily fair to do a comparison game between the two movements because marginalization is not a zero-sum game. There's plenty to go around. The difference to note, however, is that society does treat women and men in very different ways that are not necessaril…	/r/MensRights	31/05/13 05:25 AM
1	What is your view on the argument against male objectification in video games? In a sense, I think so. I don't think it is necessarily fair to automatically categorize objectification and power fantasies as inherently negative things. That being said, their pervasive use can be a little irritating in the sense that we see these images and have these same framing devices used over and over with very little innovation. That is probably a whole other discussion unto itself. In regards to male objectification, however, I think it certainly happens. I do not think, however, the…	/r/MensRights	29/05/13 02:53 PM
1	Hi have a question- if the father wants the baby but the mother wants the abortion, what happens? Does she give birth but then give the baby to the father or does the father have a choice? I'm assuming in this case the state the couple are in allows abortions. As such, the decision ultimately comes down to the woman's. Does she want to carry the baby to term? If the answer is no, then under the law she is able to get an abortion. As far as I know the father generally has no set legal means of impeding that decision.	/r/MensRights	13/05/13 04:47 AM
12	Feelings on the breast cancer movement? 1) We DO have a prostate cancer awareness campaign. Has everyone forgotten about Lance Armstrong and the yellow wristbands? LIVESTRONG? It didn't go away just because of his drug problems. 2) Saying investment in one cancer diverts funding or attention away from another is a facile argument. I'm speaking as a healthcare provider. All the fundraising from both the LIVESTRONG campaign and Pink Ribbon are people's own money with which they have every right to decide how they spend it. Also one heal…	/r/MensRights	12/05/13 11:32 PM
2	Took a dive into 'AgainstMensRights' Honestly, what you see in AMR (which I do too) is also what I see in mens rights. I agree with a lot of points here but I think the problem here is alienating stances. For example the first link in the side bar says "there can be no common ground" when it comes to a reconciliation with feminism. I read the reasoning for it but I disagree. If men have become disenfranchised and it is because women have taken the spot as the oppressors, then the movement, being composed of people with the moral hi…	/r/MensRights	12/05/13 04:26 AM
4	To the MRA's s that believe men should be able to 'legally/financially divorce" themselves from their biological child... My father left our family when I was 8 so I know a little bit of the feeling of abandonment. I agree that people should take responsibility for their actions and when it comes to parenthood there is a lot of contention of what constitutes responsibility. The other problem is this is not a one case fits all scenario. There is an incredible amount of nuance to how these kinds of situations come about. To answer your question, I think (and this is my personal opinion), if I had to make a generaliza…	/r/MensRights	12/05/13 12:54 AM
3	Parents Put Their Eight-Year-Old Boy Through a Sex Change So suggesting a child may suffer from gender dysmorphia because he was deemed to fit the criteria by a panel of medical professionals is offensive to your sensibilities? By your logic, I should say you should be ashamed for forcing the child into a gender she clearly does not feel comfortable and mentally stable in. Yes, the child needs help and the child is getting it. You don't like it because... Why? Insofar you are just basing your arguments on feelings and moral outrage which is immaterial.…	/r/MensRights	11/05/13 05:10 PM
4	Parents Put Their Eight-Year-Old Boy Through a Sex Change If the child is not transsexual, then she can just stop therapy and be a boy. This has nothing to do with liberalism or conservatism, it's about medicine and best practice. It's about trying to do right for an often marginalized and underserved population of people (transgendered youth). Where exactly is this child's life being ruined? You can't predict the future, neither can I. We can only make choices based on the facts we have presently. Given that this was the choice everyone came to after …	/r/MensRights	11/05/13 04:19 PM
15	Parents Put Their Eight-Year-Old Boy Through a Sex Change Hormone blocking therapy is generally a monthly injection. Some people do not mind injections and honestly if you do them everyone month, you get over the fear of them pretty fast speaking from personal experience (I inject myself with saline semi-regularly teaching patients how to use their insulin). In regards to discontinuing therapy and how hormones affect your growth, testosterone and estrogen actually close your growth plates. Estrogen does it faster than testosterone, which why women tend…	/r/MensRights	11/05/13 04:08 AM
14	Parents Put Their Eight-Year-Old Boy Through a Sex Change This is going to turn into a disagreement over semantics. I'm simply using the pronoun the subject identifies with. I'm sorry if this offends or infringes upon you in any way but I do not see the harm in addressing someone by they way they prefer to be addressed. Let's just agree to disagree.	/r/MensRights	11/05/13 03:25 AM
30	Parents Put Their Eight-Year-Old Boy Through a Sex Change Just to point out, she's undergoing hormone BLOCKING therapy after evaluation by psychiatrists and doctors who deemed it was appropriate. This isn't gender reassignment yet. It's delaying puberty until the child is able to give her own legal and informed consent so if she does still decides she wants to be a woman, she can make the transition more easily.	/r/MensRights	10/05/13 10:47 PM
23	Parents Put Their Eight-Year-Old Boy Through a Sex Change I think there's a misunderstanding here in how both articles frame what's going on. The goal of hormone blocking therapy is that it gives Tammy the decision to decide when she's older. This isn't gender reassignment surgery, this is just delaying puberty for a period of time. The idea is when she's reached an age where she can give make her choice without any doubts as to her agency or ability to consent, she can make a full change without as much risk or complications than if she had gone throu…	/r/MensRights	10/05/13 10:33 PM
32	Parents Put Their Eight-Year-Old Boy Through a Sex Change I think the title here is very misleading. Go to the original article this blog is critiquing (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2043345/The-California-boy-11-undergoing-hormone-blocking-treatment.html) and it clearly shows that this was not a decision made lightly and it was done with the child's best interest in mind. The parents didn't push their child into making the decision, the child made the decision herself and after evaluation was allowed to undergo a fairly new (and controversia…	/r/MensRights	10/05/13 09:55 PM
1	STOP WAITING: DO IT NOW! Stop shaving the yak!	/r/seduction	20/04/12 05:17 AM