Following the outrage started and perpetuated by our gloriously delicious internet community that never seems to run out of different angles to ***** about, I've repeatedly come across the same anti-feminist comments that usually permeate the arguments surrounding 'female gamers/journalists/anyone that dares to be female'.
So why is it funny?
Because Feminism and social justice movements/almost anything non-cooperative to the norm that's done by a feminist are to Gaming...what Gaming and school shootings were to the media/news outlets just a few years prior.
I don't think I need to go over it but can no one remember how people and every media outlet took the piss out of gaming because 'it caused violent behavior', 'its addictive', 'its a murder simulator'?
And almost every time, what was our answer?
'This is a person who plays video games, that just happened to shoot up a school'.
'Gaming doesn't cause violence'
Now, as if forgetting that we were in basically the exact same place quite some time ago, we judge feminism by its few idiots we see that get attention from the media because clickbait and proclaim - almost proudly even - that it is absolute evil. Maybe less here and more on (certain sub-reddits of)reddit, 4chan and the inescapable troll black-hole that is Youtube, but the point stands.
Now, you can argue all different levels of stuff but the fact of the matter is that feminism is not inherently by its own merits evil.
'Prove it'.
Replace just about any anti-feminism argument with any radical movement over the past...forever and its history repeated.
Now, I'm not stating that you can't be 'against' or 'non-supportive' or 'neutral' to feminism.
Obviously you, as a living breathing individual (man, woman, child, grown up or anything in-between or nothing at all) are entitled to your own opinion. But attempting to blame one group for all the problems is....unrealistic to say the least.
And of course, because someones going to post it eventually...
#notallfeminists
Now, why am I posting this here? If it's not one of the 'more feminist bashing' places?
Well, for starters for conversation. The more you talk about something the more of an impact it leaves.
Secondly, I want to ask you if you've seen any anti-feminist postings or comments on the internet pertaining to the recent....Zoegate as some have called it.
And finally, I want to assure myself that I do in fact spend time around rational human beings when I'm on the internet. Not many. Just a few.
'Capt'cha : Which of these trash bag products are you most likely to use?'
Ruffles. For the jimmies.
P.S. I'd like to point out I was a gamer before I was a feminist, I didn't just jump in with this mentality of my form of feminism, I developed it while being painted by and with gamer culture. I only say this because people keep separating the two as if someone can't be both or as if someone can't be a gamer that eventually became a feminist, whilst retaining their 'gaming' roots. Like all hours they spent gaming and all knowledge of the games they loved got zapped out of their heads after they read their first pro-feminist words.
So why is it funny?
Because Feminism and social justice movements/almost anything non-cooperative to the norm that's done by a feminist are to Gaming...what Gaming and school shootings were to the media/news outlets just a few years prior.
I don't think I need to go over it but can no one remember how people and every media outlet took the piss out of gaming because 'it caused violent behavior', 'its addictive', 'its a murder simulator'?
And almost every time, what was our answer?
'This is a person who plays video games, that just happened to shoot up a school'.
'Gaming doesn't cause violence'
Now, as if forgetting that we were in basically the exact same place quite some time ago, we judge feminism by its few idiots we see that get attention from the media because clickbait and proclaim - almost proudly even - that it is absolute evil. Maybe less here and more on (certain sub-reddits of)reddit, 4chan and the inescapable troll black-hole that is Youtube, but the point stands.
Now, you can argue all different levels of stuff but the fact of the matter is that feminism is not inherently by its own merits evil.
'Prove it'.
Replace just about any anti-feminism argument with any radical movement over the past...forever and its history repeated.
A list to get you started:
Gay marriage
Black president
Woman (running) for president
Black people being allowed to vote
Sex changes
Gaming.
Muslims
Immigrants/illegals
the mentally ill
Gay marriage
Black president
Woman (running) for president
Black people being allowed to vote
Sex changes
Gaming.
Muslims
Immigrants/illegals
the mentally ill
Now, I'm not stating that you can't be 'against' or 'non-supportive' or 'neutral' to feminism.
Obviously you, as a living breathing individual (man, woman, child, grown up or anything in-between or nothing at all) are entitled to your own opinion. But attempting to blame one group for all the problems is....unrealistic to say the least.
And of course, because someones going to post it eventually...
#notallfeminists
Now, why am I posting this here? If it's not one of the 'more feminist bashing' places?
Well, for starters for conversation. The more you talk about something the more of an impact it leaves.
Secondly, I want to ask you if you've seen any anti-feminist postings or comments on the internet pertaining to the recent....Zoegate as some have called it.
And finally, I want to assure myself that I do in fact spend time around rational human beings when I'm on the internet. Not many. Just a few.
'Capt'cha : Which of these trash bag products are you most likely to use?'
Ruffles. For the jimmies.
P.S. I'd like to point out I was a gamer before I was a feminist, I didn't just jump in with this mentality of my form of feminism, I developed it while being painted by and with gamer culture. I only say this because people keep separating the two as if someone can't be both or as if someone can't be a gamer that eventually became a feminist, whilst retaining their 'gaming' roots. Like all hours they spent gaming and all knowledge of the games they loved got zapped out of their heads after they read their first pro-feminist words.
