History of Feminism

deprived of protection afforded to other workers and basic human rights. It is nothing more than an effort to justify their determination that women not be treated as equal human beings with the same rights afforded to workers in porn as in any other industry. It is nothing but an excuse to justify what is obviously a backlash designed to keep women in their place. Arguments for equality are now described as "hatred," and posts alerted on as such. These are people relics of the mid-20th century, some of whom oppose EEOC laws, who oppose non-discriminatory health insurance pricing, and who oppose most prosecutions for sexual assault. It is a clear and transparent effort to deprive women of equal citizenship.

Now, one can have a honest debate about porn, about whether its production and influences are benign or negative. They, however, refuse to engage in such a debate. They instead resort to intellectually lazy tactics like you describe above. They don't read the arguments the other side presents and refuse to think about anything but they want.

Those who resort to such tactics, who endorse porn, while opposing equal protection for women in work and healthcare and resent efforts to draw attention to violence against women, have a strong voice on the internet, but in real life they have far less power. Time is marching on, and no matter how much, they scream, stomp their feet, or pout, they cannot change that fact. All they can do is continue to make their lives miserable by nurturing their persecution complexes as they proclaim modern women and feminists in particular as the source of their oppression. In the words of the great William Shakespeare's Macbeth, it is
"a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
told by idiot, full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing." Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5, lines 24-28)

I should point out my comments are entirely general. I haven't actually read any porn threads on DU in the last week or so.