A single hypersensitive person could declare herself sexually harassed because she considers ‘unwelcome’ a classroom lecture on the novel Lolita

wwwhistler · 2013-05-26T21:14:20+00:00

this is the cry of "something is offensive if it offends ME" that was prevalent in the fight against pornography in the 70s and 80s. still brought up by the religious too.

ThatCoolBlackGuy · 2013-05-26T20:49:35+00:00

Wtf.... happened to this thread? Holy shit mods.

Kazinsal · 2013-05-26T20:35:06+00:00

Hypersensitive people should really just be told to man/woman the fuck up and live with it. This isn't 19th-century Mormon Utah. We discuss controversial shit.

Funcuz · 2013-05-26T15:21:25+00:00

[ I'll just re-post here the message I posted at the the site in question ]

This is actually symptomatic of a wider problem which infected academia many decades ago. Simply put , it was the shift away from the pursuit of truth and knowledge and towards a conversion to complex indoctrination institutions.

You could do away with probably half of what is currently offered at all post-secondary institutions and the result would be a rise in productivity and greater social stability.

A rise in productivity because people wouldn't be wasting years of their lives learning about pseudo-science such as sociology , gender studies , or psychology (surprise ! It's all untested theory that we generally find out is wrong years after the damage has been done) People instead would be forced to actually learn a useful trade or apply their talents to fields and careers that have objective value.

Greater social stability because as it stands right now , post-secondary institutions are doing little more than training half of the student body to be professional victims. Go ahead and see for yourself : Uttering verifiable facts that run counter to the ideological consensus of the ruling elite are acts worthy of harsh rebuke. You can't say , for example that there is no wage gap between men and women despite countless studies undertaken by disinterested third parties using scientific methodologies that says there is no wage gap. Don't take my word for it , try it for yourself. Take note of the predicted results.

Yesterday's crop of the inculcated (who , naturally , were politically inclined to begin with) have nested within the machinery of government and are now using sheer force of numbers to push through as many radical measures as they think they can before the general population finally rises up.

I'm not predicting any revolts any time soon though. It was a gradual shift towards giving the lunatics control of the asylum and it will be many more small , incremental degrees of the dismantling of Western civilization before people finally wake up and realize that everything we'd worked so hard to build and maintain no longer exists.

It's actually too bad we can't simply hand these people complete control to do as they please right now. It would certainly expedite the return to common sense.

openup91011 · 2013-05-26T21:23:01+00:00

I didn't get a chance to finish reading the article (will when I get a chance), but is there something in the article that mentions why this is specifically a men's rights issue, instead if just an everyone's issue/stupid potential policy issue? I'm not anti-men's rights, I'm not a radical feminist, just curious about why I saw it on this subreddit (first) and not another one?

Always_Doubtful · 2013-05-26T22:31:51+00:00

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita

The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, middle-aged literature professor and hebephile Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with the 12-year-old Dolores Haze, with whom he becomes sexually involved after he becomes her stepfather. His private nickname for Dolores is Lolita.

I've actually read the book and its not for everyone so i can understand that female classmate may feel alittle uncomfortable with the content but saying your sexually harassed about it is alittle farfetched.

A book from the 50s will be in a different context from a book in 2013 cause its different contexts, times and behaviors in which its written. Authors really haven't changed since the 50s either cause sexuality in novels is still common even tho social justice is becoming a thing (god knows why)

titania86 · 2013-05-27T03:38:44+00:00

Coarse language offends women.

This is similar to Christians banning some books from their schools because of the content.

This is the same thing, but it's secular. They took the Christian god justification out of it, but it's still based in irrational sexually repressive ignorance passed down from their Judea-Christian ancestors.

unkz · 2013-05-26T23:49:27+00:00

Title is pure speculation.

spatchbo · 2013-05-27T09:43:49+00:00

Has anyone had this happen while they were around. I'd like to actually hear about instances instead of possibilities.

ZimbaZumba · 2013-05-26T14:04:44+00:00

Frankly the World has gone mad. Our Universities are little better than the Madrassas of NW Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Ma99ie · 2013-05-26T17:11:08+00:00

I love how the 'men' in this sub are constantly doing intellectual battle with college sophomores and managing to lose.

Title	A single hypersensitive person could declare herself sexually harassed because she considers ‘unwelcome’ a classroom lecture on the novel Lolita
Author	SarcastiCock
Upvotes	338
Comments	71
Date	May 26, 2013 1:48 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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