Do we really need to discuss Joss Whedon cheating on his wife as a feminist/gender equality issue? It really isn't one.
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I think the issue has more to do w/using his feminist identity to exploit women. Get them to lower their guard. Did he do this? Don't know.
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I won't hurt you or manipulate you for sex. I'm one of the good guys. I'm a feminist. You can trust me.
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Oh really? To be honest I don't know much about him.
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And he sees it in these terms? Powerful men who have sex with many women are patriarchal exploiters of women. If so, he's a hypocrite
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This is a hobby-horse of mine. Being an outspoken advocate for a worthwhile cause is *good*, irrespective of one's consistency in practice.
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I don't want someone moral-policing me who doesn't believe in the same morals he preaches.
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I am *so glad* you said that! I don't see anyone arguing that women who cheat don't believe in equal rights for men. Lack of logic abounds!
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What he *might* be is a hypocrite, if he ever said, 'People who cheat are terrible scumbags'. Dunno if he did! Also, no one seems fazed by..
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..his comment at end saying 'this is inaccurate and misrepresentative'. What if that's true? Everyone's just willing to take the word of a..
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...woman whom we know went public with that piece, despite the almost certain negative effect on their kids? Hmm. *suspicious face*
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This absurd purity test for feminism or the conflation of the two issues is nothing but a sad attempt to discredit much larger ideas.
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it's not a dig on feminism, it's a dig on male feminists and the hypocrisy of some of them.
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I understand there are things I didn't know about this guy that makes his actions and bad statements stand in contradiction.
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I suspect that middle aged men who get the attention of attractive young females will be unaffected by all this moralising
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