the trick to really talking about gender and promoting informative threads as a male is..

[galileoreloaded]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Bonobo (a host of the Men's Group group).

getting blocked/ignored by the 5 or 6 misandrists leaves you totally free to have a real discussion without super valuable interjection.

so, lets start here:

is the type of sexist second wave feminism that exists here in "protected" spaces indicative of behaviors you see IRL? for me its a no, as it seems to be a function of DU demographics and i see women <35 rejecting the politics of rationalizing personal unhappiness wholesale.

thoughts?

[rrneck]

1. No.

This is a hyperpartisan environment with the stops pulled almost all the way out. I expect the only place you will see anything like this is in a university setting, although it's been a while for me.

[Gore1FL]

2. I have never seen the behavior either.

I am sure there are many haters in the world, however. I suspect most do a better job in real life of hiding it for social reasons. That happens less when posting anonymously online.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. whythe need to put protected in quotes? isn't this group also considered a safe haven?

many subjects on DU are intensely discussed. not just the gender issue.

In Real Life ... a lot of "people" go along to get along

and don't want to deal with it in their safe haven.

no big deal.

[Bonobo]

5. Locking.

This is too meta for my taste.