| Chrizum said: It's like he was out to get himself permabanned. |
Victim complex turned into desire to be a martyr.
The reason I felt the need to respond is I actually feel quite strongly about women's issues and sexism in society. Part of that is seeing when it exists or not. If the argument people were making was "I don't like Rey because she is a woman" then I would understand. It wasn't, people were saying she wasn't appealing or unrelateable due to being so skilled and things coming so easy for her.
When people quickly go to "ists" in arguing against someone it reduces the impact of the word and its meaning. If we are all sexists as he claims, that puts us on equal footing with people who have committed awful acts and undercuts the power of the word. If I, someone who has worked for years on my own time supporting women who've been through hell, am sexist then the perception becomes it really isn't such a bad thing to be one.
I was trying to convey that if you see Rey and default to "woman" that is objectifying her more than "Character I dislike or take issue with". Defining people into categories and segregating us is not the path I see forward. My belief as a feminist is men are an ally because it is about creating the most equal society we can. That means I respect members here more that respond to me no differently in a discussion than if my sex were male.
