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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
First of all, not everything I post on GC is directed at you. Secondly, I am never rude to you. If I disagree with you that is one thing, but I don't purposely attack you. You on the other hand are openly hostile to people on many occasions. As for your statement that I "have a knack for finding fault with everything" you say, it's completely preposterous since I haven't had a conversation with you for MONTHS. In fact, I purposely don't engage you. The last time I responded to you was in the Penn State thread. Sorry if you are overly touchy about Penn State, but that in no way means that I find fault with everything you say. You still haven't said why you aren't a feminist, BTW. You know...this is a discussion board. No one is attacking you. It's called conversation. Maybe we all will learn something from hearing from someone who doesn't feel the same way we all do. If someone asks you a question, you don't have to take it as a slam. I'm not sure why you come on GC if you don't want to participate in a free flow of ideas and jump down people's throats when they try to engage with you.
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See, there you go again. You are still finding fault with something I say or have said and you start attacking me by telling me that I am hostile. It gets really old. You must have some sort of complex. Once again, I don't feel the need to tell you why I'm not a feminist. I thought you said earlier that if a woman knows how to define it and then decides she is not a feminist, then you were okay with that response. I already told you I am aware of the definition and yet you still find something wrong with me not identifying as one. After sitting through various classes on feminism, I realized that it isn't for me. I recognize it's not all about "man-hating" or anything like that. I'm very conservative in all of my views (all) and feminism does not play a part in how I choose to define myself. Does that work for you? Please, feel free to no longer engage me. I would be more than happy with that.
HQWest, I read it as her trying to tell me that my experience was different because I must have brought it upon myself. Thank you for your response, though. Actually, I never viewed myself as a feminist. As 33girl noted, before I even took classes in feminist theory, I did have the view it was all bra-burning and men-hating women on a rampage. Once I became educated on the topic, I recognized that I still identify with not being a feminist.
DeltaBetaBaby brings up a great point about TFM. If you read through the site, you'll notice that there are many references to politics and how women are treated like objects. Now, like many other comedic sites (Tosh.O), this is common. The TFM site appears to be made up of many women who come from more "conservative" areas. I wonder if there are women who identify as feminists, though they may be incredibly conservative (political-wise/ religious-wise). I noticed that when I moved to a very "liberal" area, my friends from this area seemed to identify with being feminists. My friends from more "conservative" areas do not. I realize you can be conservative and be a feminist---though, I think that may be somewhat hard to do in certain cases. It's like telling someone who is a social worker that they can't vote Republican (yes, I've heard that a lot). Do you think that has something to do with it, from your perspective?