I'm a little peeved, to put it lightly

[Remember Me]

52. Yeah, well --

Hmmm, Seabeyond PMd me to tell me you were actually one of the good guys. And just when I'd run across a post of yours elsewhere that had me convinced she was right, you choose to respond like that instead of taking the hint or engaging in a productive way.

Here's where I'm coming from: From its inception, as a lurker I watched the Feminist "group" have to deal with an untold number of men wander through to tell the women here how to run things, what to think, how to be, what to do and what not do, how to behave in general. You know, the normal way men treat women. It never made sense to me why it was allowed, but then the rank sexism of Du as a whole never made sense to me either.

But from your response here, it's apparent that clearly, you feel entitled to be here -- ahh, that wonderful, all-pervasive sense of male entitlement. Whatever else happens, men can always fall back on that, always rely on that, can't they? And of course, technically, if you fit the Group's mission and behave yourself and all that, you are entirely entitled to be here. No question. It just seems to me that a sensitive pro-feminist male would be cognizant of such things and tread lightly, if at all. And perhaps reassure someone who raised the issue instead of bristle defensively.

And yes, you're free to be here and I'm perfectly free to find the clear sense of entitlement demonstrated offensive.

Here's further where I'm coming from, not that I think you care. My feeling about any man wanting to support feminism and women's rights at DU is: Fabulous! In that case, go where you're needed most -- go do battle standing up for women and feminism in GD where a good, strong, firm, unwavering pro-woman male voice (or twenty) is SORELY needed on a freakin' daily basis.