I enjoy making posters, looking for ideas

themountaingoat · 2013-02-28T01:45:20+00:00

Could you make a graphic that has pictures of women and men's exaggerated "sexist" bodies in videogames and them pictures of the same types of "sexist" bodies portrayed on the covers of romance novels, with text saying something like "women like sexy women and powerful muscular men as well, so stop acting like video games are only appealing to male fantasies".

I am perhaps being a bit lazy, but I think having a handy graphic to refute the claim that men being muscular in video games is entirely a male power fantasy would be useful.

NeuroticIntrovert · 2013-02-27T22:45:18+00:00

Something summarizing the UofT protest? Really what I have here is more of a lengthy info thing than a poster.

Here's Warren Farrell.

Here's the first part of his Wikipedia entry. Does he sound to you like a rape supporter?

*"Warren Thomas Farrell (born June 26, 1943) is an American educator, activist and author of seven books on men's and women's issues.

He came to prominence in the 1970s as one of the leading male thinkers[2] championing the cause of second wave feminism, and serving on the New York City Board of the National Organization of Women (NOW). However, when NOW took policy positions that Farrell regarded as anti-male and anti-father, he continued supporting the expansion of women’s options[3] while adding what he felt was missing about boys, men and fathers. He is now recognized as one of the most important figures in the modern men's movement."*

He was going to give a talk at the University of Toronto. Here's what happened to his posters: http://equalitycanada.com/2012/11/22/cafe-response-warren-farrell/

Does it look like he was even going to talk about rape?

(suicide stats, 2nd to last paragraph; scholarly source would be better)

Here's a guy who wanted to attend: http://youtu.be/iARHCxAMAO0?t=2m26s

(overlay text quoting him from that video on why he was there)

Here's how he was treated: (picture of protestor, quotation from video with the line "rape supporting scum")

jwinf843 · 2013-02-28T06:06:09+00:00

The leafy sea dragon made me lol

Do a funny one on the gender wage gap misrepresentation

ta1901 · 2013-02-28T16:39:26+00:00

I like the third pic about dads encouraging kids to get out more and try again. Many moms won't let their kids take ANY risk, and prevent the kids from learning via experience. A sad place to be in.

ta1901 · 2013-02-28T16:41:39+00:00

How about a comparison of wife vs husband abuse. On one side, the wife has a black eye, and the husband is being led away in handcuffs by police. On the other side, the man has a black eye, and cops are pointing and laughing at him, and the woman has a smug look on her face.

Caption: "Abuse is abuse, no matter who does it" or "This is not equality."

GrimB0LD · 2013-03-01T05:35:04+00:00

In that 3rd poster, you've mis-spelled "dad" as "dead".

rightsbot · 2013-02-27T22:10:17+00:00

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yourfacelikesme · 2013-02-28T00:15:11+00:00

Unfortunately, the original "white knighting" was created under the assumption that women are not equal men, which is why it's associated with misogyny. Historically, knights were not the nice guys that modern day fairy tales often portray them. The message is nice, but it will be associated with misogyny whether intended or not. I really like the dad one though!!

Title	I enjoy making posters, looking for ideas
Author	jwinf843
Upvotes	4
Comments	21
Date	February 27, 2013 10:10 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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