Virgin-Australia considers all men to be potentional paedophiles and prevents men from sitting near - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Artile]Mr McGirr said the attendant then asked a fellow female passenger, "Can you please sit in this seat because he is not allowed to sit next to minors." [/QUOTE]:v:

And yet there's still plenty of people who deny misandry exists This [I]is[/I] an example of institutionalised misandry

[QUOTE=RobbL;37172326]And yet there's still plenty of people who deny misandry exists This [I]is[/I] an example of institutionalised misandry[/QUOTE] Virgin-Australia is a company not an institution.

[QUOTE=thisispain;37172348]Virgin-Australia is a company not an institution.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Institutionalized discrimination refers to the unfair, indirect treatment of an individual embedded in the operating procedures, policies, laws, or objectives of large organizations such as the governments and [B]corporations[/B], financial institutions (banks, investment firms, money markets), public institutions (schools, police forces, healthcare centers), and other larger entities.[/QUOTE] Still applies here

it's not a corporation either. one dumb policy does not make institutionalized misandry because all they need to do is get rid of the policy and the problem is fixed. institutional misogyny however isn't a policy held by a single company, most corporations and governments don't make a policy out of paying women less yet it still happens.

[QUOTE=thisispain;37172439]it's not a corporation either. one dumb policy does not make institutionalized misandry because all they need to do is get rid of the policy and the problem is fixed. institutional misogyny however isn't a policy held by a single company, most corporations and governments don't make a policy out of paying women less yet it still happens.[/QUOTE] There are many reasons for women being paid less which have nothing to do with misogny as well though, you can't say "they're being paid less must be misogny!".

[QUOTE=mobrockers2;37172587]There are many reasons for women being paid less which have nothing to do with misogny as well though, you can't say "they're being paid less must be misogny!".[/QUOTE] yeah i can't but [i]studies[/i] can. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_gap[/url] [quote]It is important to differentiate between the unadjusted (also known as raw) wage gap and the adjusted (also known as discriminatory or unexplained) wage gap. The unadjusted or raw pay gap does not take into account differences in personal (e.g., age, education, the number of children, job tenure and occupation) and workplace characteristics (e.g., the economic sector and place of employment) between men and women. Parts of the raw pay gap can be attributed to the fact that women, for instance, tend to engage more often in part-time work and tend to work in lower paid industries. The remaining part of the raw wage gap that cannot be explained by variables that are thought to influence pay is then referred to as the adjusted gender pay gap and is interpreted as being discriminatory. However, a 2010 report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, for example, pointed out that "interpreting the adjusted gap as being the only discriminatory component falls short of the reality." The report found that the part of the pay gap which is attributed to observed differences in characteristics (such as age, education, hours worked etc.) may still reflect the outcome of discriminatory social processes. Eurofond found that "the major reasons for this gap are very often related to both horizontal and vertical segregation – or the fact that women tend to choose lower-paid professions, reach a ‘glass ceiling’ in their careers, or have their jobs valued less favourably. The origins of these factors could be judged as being discriminatory in themselves – that is, when they are rooted in gender stereotypes of male and female occupations."[/quote] even when we adjust for non-discriminatory practices we still end up with a gap. that's institutionalized. a single company isn't specifically driving a policy here.

I know, that's why I said you can't attribute all of it to misogyny , or at least that's what I meant.

[QUOTE=mobrockers2;37172659]I know, that's why I said you can't attribute all of it to misogny, or at least that's what I meant.[/QUOTE] ... ok? everyone already knows that, that's besides the point

[QUOTE=thisispain;37171419][img]http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4306/feminists.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] If it's an ordeal to organize a comic in your brain in order to read it then there's no point in reading it.

i interpret that as "too deep for me".

[QUOTE=thisispain;37172705]i interpret that as "too deep for me".[/QUOTE] I really can't read that comic everything's smashed and mangled and not in proper order

This would be like claiming that all women are sluts. It's stupid.

That's ridiculous and fascist. At risk of sounding pretentious, I am reminded of this Mahatma Gandhi quote- [quote]You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.[/quote]

Now this is a good example of misandry.

[QUOTE=wraithcat;37172767]Now this is a good example of misandry.[/QUOTE] You say "good example" like it's rampant in the streets and no one notices. That's not the way it is, and I'm not even sure this is misandry.

Yeah because every guy that sits next to a child, or teenager, has a INSTANT reaction of wanting to rape her, or touch her. Fuck off please, god damn. Not all men are pigs, like holy fuck. It's like one bad apple curses the average apple.

Tbh, neurological science shows that all people have subconcious sexual thoughts about everyone they see, so they're kind of right, all men are pedophiles!

[QUOTE=Janizaurd;37166078]It's amazing how some people think sexism against men doesn't exist, basically the same as saying black people can't be racist.[/QUOTE] as long as we support the idea that women are born nurturers and men aren't, this kind of stuff will keep happening. this is another reason dismantling rigid gender roles will be good for both men and women.

fixed my shitty comic: [img]http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/2341/37713541.jpg[/img] basically the point is that people aren't conspiring to overthrow malocentric malocracy and establish female supremacy. i mean that's just considering the fact that males are the ones who are in charge of the company...

[QUOTE=thisispain;37172705]i interpret that as "too deep for me".[/QUOTE] I can't understand it either, sorry [editline]11th August 2012[/editline] okay now I can. really though, kate beaton's feminist comics are much better

now i know why kate beaton does them in a simple column fashion [editline]10th August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Turnips5;37174330]really though, kate beaton's feminist comics are much better[/QUOTE] of course they are, i just wanted to vary my posts a bit posting the same old "i hate you because" and "no you're wrong" all the time gets old

wait did you draw that [editline]11th August 2012[/editline] it's not bad at all, and yes nobody can really compare to kate beaton when it comes to shit like this e. I like the goofy smile of the smoking straw feminist

[QUOTE=ShazzyFreak0;37170661]this isn't a case of misandry. this is a case of an airline having a kneejerk reaction to some people's stupid ideas.[/quote] It doesn't matter what the reasoning is behind it, it's still discrimination and misandry is discrimination against men

[QUOTE=RobbL;37175866]misandry is discrimination against men[/QUOTE] except this is largely circumstantial and hardly discriminatory. discrimination from a societal perspective is not being granted certain privileges. it's a dumb policy but hardly gives women a preference over men.

I see this as a good thing. Now whenever I fly I won't have to sit next to any annoying kids :v:

Why are people denying this is even misandry (Dori)? Just imagine for a minute that an airline didn't allow muslims on their planes because a few people were paranoid of them being terrorists, that's obviously discriminatory towards muslims- it doesn't exactly matter the reasoning behind it. This here is a discriminatory policy and discrimination towards men is misandry. If a group of people is being treated differently that is discrimination. It's all pretty obvious.

[QUOTE=darcy010;37176961]I see this as a good thing. Now whenever I fly I won't have to sit next to any annoying kids :v:[/QUOTE] It's not sitting next to them that's annoying. It's sitting in front of them. [I]STOP KICKING THE GODDAMN SEAT YOU LITTLE CUNTS.[/I]

[QUOTE=borisvdb;37172752]That's ridiculous and fascist. At risk of sounding pretentious, I am reminded of this Mahatma Gandhi quote-[/QUOTE] Then men like the Koch Brothers and the CEOs of Big Oil start flooding the ocean with pollutants. Hey, that's already happening. :v:

This is extremely sexist. [editline]12th August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=thisispain;37174314] i mean that's just considering the fact that males are the ones who are in charge of the company...[/QUOTE] It doesn't matter who runs it, this is still sexist and discriminatory.