http://kotaku.com/5824084/well-thats-one-way-to-combat-misogyny-in-gaming
Just read this retardation and be amazed.
EDIT: Because so many posters don't actually get too far before posting a "Crusade against feminism" response apply the same logic to other issues.
Let's end racism by banning other races.
Let's end homophobia by banning gays.
Let's end the class divide by banning the poor.
Also a very good post after the original article brought to my attention by NeutralDrow:
First off, there are male only events all the time and no one cares. There are male only schools, male only clubs, male only sports leagues, etc. Heck, the Promise Keepers were huge for a long time back in the 90s and people's problem wasn't that they were male only but that they were kind of silly and hugged each other a lot. I think the problem here isn't that it's a male only event, but that they're claiming it's a male only event in an effort to fight sexism which is, frankly, dumb. It's actually completely caving to the sexists and then claiming you're doing it because they're wrong. Does not compute.
Secondly, what's missing from all the "how come it's only sexist when men do it" stuff is any kind of consideration of power. Men simply have more power in our society (and most societies) than women. It's not a numbers game (my fiancee went to a school that had a 70/30 women men split, but was it was super traditionally religious and run by openly sexist men and she remembers, despite women having the numerical advantage, it being a really hostile environment). If you're a man with a real man-hating woman for a boss, the odds are very much in your favor that she answers to a man higher up than her. If you're a woman with a real misogynistic guy for a boss, odds are that if there's a woman above him, she's it. It's dudes all the way to the top. As such, men often have a much easier time creating all male spaces. They might not be officially all male, hell, they might even be disallowed to say they're all male for some kind of legal reason, but the are de facto all male.
Which leads back to the LAN party. To me, the power issue here is, like I said, that they actually caved to the sexist guys they claim to be against. That's power! When someone says "I disagree with you, so I'll go ahead and capitulate to you?" Man, I wish people hated me like THAT. So, to be honest, I respectfully think your kind of missing the point here a bit. Men form all male-groups all the time, they just don't usually claim they're doing it to fight sexism, which, even if it had good intentions, is a little wonky.
Just read this retardation and be amazed.
EDIT: Because so many posters don't actually get too far before posting a "Crusade against feminism" response apply the same logic to other issues.
Let's end racism by banning other races.
Let's end homophobia by banning gays.
Let's end the class divide by banning the poor.
Also a very good post after the original article brought to my attention by NeutralDrow:
First off, there are male only events all the time and no one cares. There are male only schools, male only clubs, male only sports leagues, etc. Heck, the Promise Keepers were huge for a long time back in the 90s and people's problem wasn't that they were male only but that they were kind of silly and hugged each other a lot. I think the problem here isn't that it's a male only event, but that they're claiming it's a male only event in an effort to fight sexism which is, frankly, dumb. It's actually completely caving to the sexists and then claiming you're doing it because they're wrong. Does not compute.
Secondly, what's missing from all the "how come it's only sexist when men do it" stuff is any kind of consideration of power. Men simply have more power in our society (and most societies) than women. It's not a numbers game (my fiancee went to a school that had a 70/30 women men split, but was it was super traditionally religious and run by openly sexist men and she remembers, despite women having the numerical advantage, it being a really hostile environment). If you're a man with a real man-hating woman for a boss, the odds are very much in your favor that she answers to a man higher up than her. If you're a woman with a real misogynistic guy for a boss, odds are that if there's a woman above him, she's it. It's dudes all the way to the top. As such, men often have a much easier time creating all male spaces. They might not be officially all male, hell, they might even be disallowed to say they're all male for some kind of legal reason, but the are de facto all male.
Which leads back to the LAN party. To me, the power issue here is, like I said, that they actually caved to the sexist guys they claim to be against. That's power! When someone says "I disagree with you, so I'll go ahead and capitulate to you?" Man, I wish people hated me like THAT. So, to be honest, I respectfully think your kind of missing the point here a bit. Men form all male-groups all the time, they just don't usually claim they're doing it to fight sexism, which, even if it had good intentions, is a little wonky.
