Backlash

When I read this, my neck immediately started hurting. 

This is a disheartening trend, but at least people are talking about it.  For now...

Speaking of disheartening trends, people are starting to push back here as well.

I expect more pushback along these lines.

And this one is long overdue.

Which one are you?  My score was 38 (out of a possible 91), which would put me in the 30th percentile and pretty close to being a satisficer.

This is such a good idea.

These stories are always good for a face palm.

Responses:

1. That makes a lot of sense.  I'm going to try these things.

2. Adorbs.

3. Adorbs: Part 2.

4. All good points.  But for me it's less the social anxiety of it and more the notion that going to the movies is a social experience.  I'm similarly reluctant to go to a sporting event, a bar, or a restaurant (for dinner) myself because I don't derive as much pleasure alone.  Perhaps going to the movies is different, though, because there is not much socializing going on during the movie.

5. Interesting read. The penultimate paragraph before the addendum says it all: "Such [a female victimization] ideology, and the movement built around it, actually diminishes the status of women while vilifying the character of men, thereby militating against the kind of egalitarian and just community that the original feminists envisioned."  That said, who is this guy?  He seems to have his sources well in order.

R2R:

2. Also, I think a wider range of people fly now.

6. I've read some of the coverage, and I think there are definitely some unanswered questions.  I wonder what role outsiders are playing in rape analysis.  Both in Dunham's story and in this Yale story, to name one example, the friends have to convince the victim that she is a victim (and in both cases the issue raised is presence or absence of clear, affirmative consent).

R2R2R:

6. Nicole Kidman isn't playing Paddington, but rather the bad guy.  She didn't want her kids to see her tormenting poor Paddington.

R2R2R2R:

3. There is something to be said for not wanting to relive the experience on the witness stand, but I think that experience is more generalizable than advocates suggest (and I think that generalizing can be helpful because it could help remove some of the stigma).

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