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say about the above talk is that it s such a load of pseudoscience i really can t stand people who present themselves as authorities on a subject by citing faulty or in this case untrue nonexistent research to gain support after all homosexuality we know studies have been done by the national institute of health to try to prove that its genetic and all those studies have proved its not genetic homosexuality is inflicted on people this specifically made me so fucking angry but on an even larger scale i m a bit confused i don t quite understand this guy s logic even if i try really hard to look at his argument from his perspective which is difficult enough i still don t understand how looking at pornography in general can turn someone gay where s the supposed relationship between pornography and homosexuality my friend heather sent me the think progress article on this conference and in her email she also wrote first they claim that feminism has destroyed family and marriage then they promote masculinism via homophobia i really just don t even understand posted by radical reminders at 6 36 pm 9 comments labels gay rights hatred homophobia religion republican party wtf sunday september 20 2009 disgusting guinness commercial a facebook friend posted this video on his wall he wrote best video ever next to the link i strongly disagreed this ad is actually incredibly offensive i m all for sexy advertising but there s nothing sexy or appealing about a women being portrayed as a silent beer coasters while three men drink off of her i think what bothered me most though was the text share one with a friend seriously that s such blatant objectification it portrays women as no better than beer serving the mere purpose of entertaining men as they bond while they fuck us eww the supposed sex here bothers me too it s clearly not good sex based on the woman s only slight movements and portrays the woman as nothing more than a body for three others to fuck which is disgusting and not sexually empowering whatsoever sexism is alive and well in this ad if nothing else we have to admit that advertisements serve to sell more than the product they are promoting if that wasn t the case why would they use hot half naked women to get products noticed advertisements also sell concepts of normalcy and in this case create a culture where it s not only ok but sexy to objectify women use them solely for the purpose of male bonding and beer drinking and share them with their friends women people in general deserve better than this i objected to the link i posted an explanation underneath it to which many people replied that i was being overly liberal overly sensitive and unable to take a joke then someone compared this commercial to this calvin kline ad of david becham modeling underwear the guy was clearly misunderstanding the definition of objectification the term is used to signify when a person is seen purely to serve a purpose and their attributes and appearance are separated from the rest of their worth to reduce that person to an instrument or object solely for the pleasure or use of another person when men are photographed half naked as in that ad men aren t objectified in the same way women are everyday due to the social context we live in a country where women are second class citizens and commercials like the guinness one only serve to perpetuate and glamorize that status research just this year found that men are more likely to think of women as objects if they viewed pictures of stereotypically sexy women beforehand researchers used brain scans to show that when straight men looked at pictures of women in bikinis areas of the brain that normally light up in anticipation of using tools like spanners and screwdrivers were activated scans of some of the men found that a part of the brain associated with empathy for other peoples emotions and wishes shut down after looking at the pictures susan fiske a psychologist at princeton university in new jersey said the changes in brain activity suggest sexy images can shift the way men perceive women turning them from people to interact with to objects to act upon posted by radical reminders at 7 41 pm 7 comments labels advertising commercial media objectification sexism sexuality sexualization friday august 21 2009 must reads two news articles that you should check out governor schwarzenegger cuts 100 of the domestic violence budget in california the issue of school and education for girls under taliban rule posted by radical reminders at 4 09 pm 1 comment thursday august 20 2009 vulgar email i was waiting for an important email this morning so when my computer beeped to indicate i had a new message i naturally got excited this wasn t the email i was hoping for however i opened the message titled your friend recommended this article because it isn t abnormal for friends to send me articles to read and write about here but that s not what it was the message read enter her twat like a bull smart men prefer this solution for giving girls true satisfaction seriously there is so so much wrong with that and i get it spam emails aren t intended to be works of jane austen but for some reason what bothered me most about this particular message was that smart men prefer this solution for giving girls true satisfaction men really shouldn t be entering girls twats like bulls or in any other way either ew posted by radical reminders at 10 12 am no comments labels childhood sexuality wtf wednesday august 19 2009 platonic friendship can men and women be just friends i first began thinking about this question years ago after watching the quirky and timeless classic when harry met sally the movie revolves around the idea that men and women can never be just friends because the sex part always gets in the way they try to navigate through the conversation by setting obscure rules like they can only be friends if both are in committed relationships because then the pressure of possible involvement is lifted aside from being a heteronormative question assuming that all men are attracted to women it is also a question engrossed in strict gender roles and stereotypes for these two reasons i hoped this would cease to be debated in 2009 when apparently we live in a post feminist society where men and women are equal and free thinking that was snark if you couldn t tell fast forward to today as i engaged in my sleepy morning let s get the day started routine pouring coffee and turning on the often trite good morning america in the segment i linked they too discuss this timeless question of an impossible platonic friendship between men and women the segment was an obvious scheme to promote steve harvey s new book act like a lady think like a man which i won t link because of the strict gender roles and stereotypes that even the title doesn t fail to perpetuate for empirical evidence gma referenced a study published in the journal of personality and social psychology that found that an opposite sex friendship can end in an affair 15 of the time emphasis mine what about the other 85 of the time that sure doesn t seem like enough statistical evidence to back up the claim to me the whole timeless question leaves me more than prickly it assumes that men can t think with their appropriate brain and that they are sexually attracted to every woman they meet it also ascertains that women are 1 naive and 2 not sexually driven this sort of thinking is damaging for men because it sets men up to be the ultimate perpetrators they are always on the prowl and are singly sex minded it promotes the idea that it s always a man s responsibility to get into a woman s pants and it s solely a woman s role to guard her virginity pureness sex whatever for women it s a double whammy not only are women once again regarded as naive helpless and meek doing whatever they can to protect their one and only precious commodity but they are determined to not have the same sex drive that their male counterparts posses continuing to think in the heteronormative way in which this question is presented i think that mature and responsible men and women can absolutely have platonic relationships that don t deteriorate into a let s rip each other s clothes off and make passionate love in the bedroom situation i think the dynamic between opposite sex friends has to be different and that your partners have to be involved in the friendship for example it shouldn t be a secret friendship because that sets up a sketchy relationship from the beginning but all in all i think it is entirely possible for heterosexual men and women to have close friends of the opposite sex readers what do you think cross posted at feministing community where there is some discussion going on in the comments sections posted by radical reminders at 9 18 am 11 comments labels friendship gender roles relationships sexuality stereotypes friday august 14 2009 the latest for afghan women afghanistan passes barbaric law diminishing women s rights rehashed legislation allows husbands to deny wives food if they fail to obey sexual demands a new law was recently passed in afghanistan that allows shia men to deny their wives food if their wives refuse their husbands sexual demands another element of this new legislation grants full guardianship of children to their father exclusively human rights watch noted that these laws contradict afghanistan s constitution and called on leaders to repeal the new legislation posted by radical reminders at 3 01 pm 3 comments labels afghanistan intimate partner violence legal system sexual abuse and rape sexual rights violence against women thursday july 16 2009 worried about being a sweaty bride i was taking a hiatus from blogging but then i got this in an email from theknot and couldn t resist writing about it subject worried about sweating excessively on your wedding day botox is approved by the fda as a treatment for excessive underarm sweating when antiperspirants fail there are enough things to worry about on your wedding day sweat stains on your wedding dress should not be one of them really so theknot recommends brides to inject a toxin into their bodies so that they do not sweat on their wedding day god forbid posted by radical reminders at 11 08 am 4 comments labels beauty health wedding tuesday june 16 2009 more racially charged police brutality an ambulance being driven by a black emt failed to yield to two white police officers why does the skin color of the men involved matter because after you watch this video you might agree that this confrontation as the news gingerly calls it may have been racially motivated the cop grabbed the emt driver by the throat how is that appropriate the emt driver calmly discusses that he is transporting a patient to the hospital the trooper doesn t seem to care much about anything but punishing the emt driver here is the clip i saw this morning on the news in light of all the racially motivated police brutality recently this one shouldn t go unmentioned posted by radical reminders at 10 24 am 3 comments labels police brutality power racism monday june 15 2009 june 15th is national man day apparently today is national man day according to two indiana brothers the longanecker boys declared june 15th to be a day for men to stand up and do manly things and reclaim their masculinity the brothers are spreading their message using facebook that encourages men to participate in manly things today what are these many things you may ask well according to these boys manly activities include being left alone by your woman no chores no telling you to be home by dinner time no helping with the kids and no honey do lists sitting in your favorite chair and scratching yourself shooting stuff or blowing something up eating steak shooting animals punching someone in the face sic from their facebook group on june 15th men across the nation will unite in one cause and one voice saying i am man on that day men across the nation will blow things up they ll shoot big guns they ll punch each other for no reason they ll pump some iron or they ll watch every rambo movie from beginning to end straight through and when asked why we do these things we ll say because i m a man since when has there been a time when that answer to a question has was unacceptable since when has being a man been lame since men have let down their guard and become sissies it s time to take back the crown of masculinity it s time for men to be men what should you do on this day be the man god made you to be be a good father drop kick your best friend when he least expects it dump a whole tank of gasoline on a pile of sticks and ignite it by shooting another can of gas be responsible for your actions go out there invite every man you know eat an 18 oz steak get your wife some flowers punch another guy in the jugular and be a man hey at least be a good father made the list as laughable as all this may seem there is a serious and growing problem with what young boys are taught about masculinity patriarchy sexism and machismo culture are just as damaging for men and boys as they are for women for example boys learn the type of masculinity that the longanecker brothers are advocating at a young age are are rewarded for being tough macho and strong in the physical sense this also teaches them that being a real man is associated with violence power and control the consequences of this are not only great for women due to increased instances of rape sexual harassment domestic violence and physical abuse but also for men who are often violent against other men men commit the majority of violent acts in this country towards both women and men because they are taught early on that they are being manly by doing so there are many wonderful groups forming that teach the type of masculinity that empowers young men in ways other than through violence these groups embrace inward evaluation compassion bounding and positive contribution to the community check out these sites for more info and please leave others in comments if you know of more v men homeboy industries and mavaw posted by radical reminders at 10 13 am 4 comments labels masculinity stereotypes violence wednesday june 10 2009 intelligender a new over the counter product called intelligender can possibly predict the sex of an unborn fetus as early as 10 weeks old it claims that within 10 minutes of taking the urine test a woman will be able to tell her baby s gender the specimen will turn green if it s a boy and orange if it s a girl a product like this has serious implications in countries and families where one sex is preferred over another 10 weeks is early enough to terminate the pregnancy and the thought that this product may aid in abortions based on the sex of a child is more than troublesome for example china s preference for male babies is ingrained in both culture and politics at 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