Devil and the deep blue sea (Score: 5, Insightful) by danieldvorkin@pipedot.org on 2014-03-30 20:07 (#W1) Boys in this situation have no good choices. If they fight back, they'll be crucified for "hitting a girl." If they don't, they're wimps who got "beat up by a girl." The main difference between this and the unknown number of similar cases is that the girls were dumb enough to publicize it. Re: Devil and the deep blue sea (Score: 1) by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-04-01 01:13 (#WX) As the rights of women to be strong or masculine rises, at least in some parts of the world, it is interesting to ponder that the rights of men to be weak or feminine has not risen equally. It would seem that changing stereotypes and assumptions is not a zero sum game that is always in some sort of balance.
Re: Devil and the deep blue sea (Score: 1) by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-04-01 01:13 (#WX) As the rights of women to be strong or masculine rises, at least in some parts of the world, it is interesting to ponder that the rights of men to be weak or feminine has not risen equally. It would seem that changing stereotypes and assumptions is not a zero sum game that is always in some sort of balance.