Death Threats and Hate Crimes, Attacks On Women Bloggers Escalating

Re:Death Threats and Hate Crimes, Attacks On Women Bloggers ... by _debug_ on Monday August 29, 2011 @03:19PM (#2938434)

> I’m going to tell you a story and it’s very, very important. Please read it, all the way through. Women’s lives are at stake.

So it's very, very, important to read this because a particular gender's lives are at stake, and this gender, lest you forget, is very, very important.

Have you ever seen a man write like this, ever ready to use their gender as a VIP card?

Then there's her "business" icon. Is that a semi-stripper?? Is that a post-it note? Is her skirt hanging down into the space between the Y?

Have you ever seen many men promote their businesses using their sexuality or gender as a card?

No, this is not a "vicious" hate crime or "attack" on Women Bloggers. This is an "attack" on A particular woman blogger who is clearly using her gender as both a food stamp and a responsibility-shield to get by in this world. For a counterexample, @see jeanhsu.com. No whoring there.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Death Threats and Hate Crimes, Attacks On Women Bloggers ... by britta on Monday August 29, 2011 @05:03PM (#2938982)

Even if she chooses to make her gender part of her branding in a prominent and very-confident way, "whoring" is a poor choice of words - it's a loaded term with connotations of specifically insulting a particular gender for behaving in overly-confident ways. If you'd like to have a web where gender isn't an important distinguishing characteristic by default, it's helpful to avoid sexualized insults.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Death Threats and Hate Crimes, Attacks On Women Bloggers ... by _debug_ on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @02:19AM (#2940347)

You are right that I went overboard.

I could potentially point out politely that she is playing the gender card.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Death Threats and Hate Crimes, Attacks On Women Bloggers ... by geeksam on Monday August 29, 2011 @05:00PM (#2938968)

"Your honor, did you see the way she was dressed? She was clearly asking for it."

[Tags: sarcasm (if that weren't immediately obvious)]

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Death Threats and Hate Crimes, Attacks On Women Bloggers ... by _debug_ on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @02:21AM (#2940350)

Leaving my way of communication ("whoring") aside, would you agree that she is playing the gender card?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Death Threats and Hate Crimes, Attacks On Women Bloggers ... by autarch on Monday August 29, 2011 @04:59PM (#2938963)

So if a woman shows any hint of sexuality, there's something really wrong with that? I don't see why that's relevant.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Death Threats and Hate Crimes, Attacks On Women Bloggers ... by _debug_ on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @02:23AM (#2940356)

IMO, women who use their sexuality as a playing card are the first in line to complain that they are not being treated like a "lady".

[ Parent | on HN ]