An idea for a website: Men vs. Women

TheEnlightener · 2010-11-08T10:18:42+00:00

If it were truly equal, sure. Of course, you're playing the most specific (and flip, and somewhat glib) "complaints" against their opposing (but completely serious and extreme) worries, and calling that legitimate.

For instance, that can be flipped around:

A male's worry: good beer costs a bit too much for a teen on minimum wage

A female's worry: food for her children costs a bit too much on minimum wage because their father doesn't pay child support.

See how it ends up just as one-sided? Taking the most stark, dark, and uber-serious complaint and matching it against a farcical one doesn't end up being fair.

InfinitelyThirsting · 2010-11-08T14:56:17+00:00

TwoX is also full of complaints about sexual harassment, crippling periods, rape and sexual assault, pregnancy, FGM across the world... but of course, you're going to ignore anything serious and just focus on complaining about breasts.

Which is a valid complaint, for the record, and there's not much a woman can do about it. They cause physical problems when they get large.

Also, women die in the military too, and are far, far more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier. Between 23 and 30% of women report being raped in the military. Pretty significant worry there, and more likely than a male being raped or killed.

2010-11-08T12:53:04+00:00

Problem is, caitiecat can worry about her tits and death. It's not mutually exclusive. What you're doing is basically a 'but there are starving children in Africa' argument. You're using big issues to invalidate small ones. How dare so-and-so worry about his nice clean circumcision, when children are being raped in the Congo? See, it's an easy game to play. The fact that we're even posting on Reddit means we have it good, so we should all stop complaining and feel grateful to be some of the lucky ones that get electricity and clean water.

The beauty in this kind of humour, when done properly, is that it rings true. This just feels like you're putting together disparate posts to confirm your own bias. You could just as easily have quoted the "man purse" thread in OneY. It's pointless.

mutatedpuppy · 2010-11-08T18:22:37+00:00

I think it depends how the site is handled. It could just make our already vulnerable position look even weaker. However, I'd be totally for a go-to-website that explains the problems men face in society today, with the ideal that mens issues cannot be overlooked. If, however, the objective is to say "We have major 12 problems, you only have 7, we win!" then the website would not be a good idea.

TheEnlightener · 2010-11-08T10:28:56+00:00

The False Rape Society has a post called The Battle of the Sexes along these lines, too, although I know the fellas who run the site aren't really happy with it due to lack of citations, and would prefer to focus mainly on the issue of false accusations:

http://falserapesociety.blogspot.com/2009/07/men-have-lost-battle-of-sexes-because.html

Title	An idea for a website: Men vs. Women
Author	TheEnlightener
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Comments	11
Date	November 8, 2010 9:38 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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