Disclaimers:
~ I didn't watch the whole thing. There's only so much I could take.
~ I only skimmed the whole thread, so I may repeat what others have said.
Analysis of the video:
The man has some points:
~ It's embarrassing (but stereotypical of us naked apes) that some of us would laugh at the misfortune of others. Apparently, castration of a man by a woman is funny to the hosts and audience of The Talk. As public figures, they should be more sympathetic to victims of heinous crimes of mutilation. And disturbingly, they openly enjoyed it. And this got past the execs.
~ The reaction to the Russian shopkeeper story is telling. Some find it okay, even funny [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapeIsOkWhenItIsFemaleOnMale], when rape is female on male (or male on male) and it's unfortunate. Indeed, domestic abuse shelters often refuse to accept men even though there's a statistically equal (if not higher) number of male victims of domestic violence than there are women in the US.
~ Indeed, there are many situations factual or fictional which favor women over men. My own pet peeve is the stupid husband, smart wife commercials, and that Ms. Piggy's two brothers in the Muppet version of The Three Pigs were both demonstrably idiots. But that one might be because Ms. Piggy has a contract.
However:
~ The truth of the matter that we still have gender biases, and that men are sometimes discriminated against, is not a reason to disqualify feminism. Indeed, Christians get plenty of flack from non-Christians, but this doesn't lessen the extreme amount of discrimination done in the favor of Christian religions over non-Christian ones. Similarly, Men get many more significant benefits over women in our society than the reverse, and the few incidents in which women prevail don't change that, or the need for a drive towards not only true gender equality, but the end of gender definitions altogether.
~ The same goes for feminist extremism. Islam extremism does not disqualify Islam as a relevant religious path. Nor should the few loud ultra-feminist voices be used to argue against the normalization of gender equality or against feminism in general.[footnote]According to the awsome folks that taught me feminism the goal has to be true equality, or even elimination of gender roles, or feminism isn't taken seriously. Ergo, feminist groups need to apply political pressure wherever gender discrimination is found, whether favoring men or women.[/footnote]
Also:
~ Double standards, while repugnant, remain necessary so long as there are intrinisic discrepancies between select peoples, whether between two races, two genders, or any fringe group and the mainstream. And yes, this creates problems, such as qualified whites losing jobs to less-qualified non-whites, thanks to Affirmative Action, but we've already seen it demonstrated that without such measures, our society just won't integrate. So if you dislike double standards, 1) make a point to not discriminate, or to attribute any character failing with an incidental quality. This takes practice, as we instinctively do so. It's a survival trait. 2) Teach your kids and pressure your friends and family to do the same. The sooner a group is fully integrated into a system, the sooner enforcement policies such as Affirmative Action are ignored, and even repealed.
~ This guy [http://thatfatatheist.com/] is not the voice of reason here. He's the voice of reactionary anger, and he has a legitimate gripe. But he's not going to solve it, and in fact will be dismissed by his positional opponents for his open belligerence about the situation. There's an old cowboy saying The man who draws his gun first is the man who ran out of options.[footnote]It's a Spaghetti Western variant of a Japanese proverb, A man who raises is voice has already lost the argument.[/footnote] He came out of the barn guns ablazin'.
238U.[footnote]In the event that Escapist requires me to view a commercial before getting a code, I will simply not post. Depending on the frequency, this may temper or cease my future participation in the Escapist community. Apologies in advance, if this policy prevents me from replying to you when it is proper to do so.[/footnote]
