Naomi Wu video demonetized on YouTube

Re:Naomi Wu video demonetized on YouTube by igetspam on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:00AM (#30100628)

Speak to feminist scholars. It's far more entrenched than that. We have numerous systems deeply entrenched in our model for society that encourage this, specifically against women. We create incentives for insecurity and then prey on it. Keeping women under a microscope, consciously or not, maintains the status quo in business, government, public spaces, etc and as you follow the path back, it almost always has roots I'm religious fundamentalism.

So, yes, insecurity but primarily insecurity about losing power and control, by men. That's why we focus so much on what "she" wears but nobody gives two shits if I show up to work in flipflops, board shorts and a tank top. Why would they? I'm a dude.

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Re:Naomi Wu video demonetized on YouTube by zozbot234 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:50AM (#30101982)

Feminist scholars do well at diagnosing the problem. but they're terrible when it comes to arguing for good solutions. They mostly talk about ideology, and let's not kid ourselves: ideology (divisive ideology, at that) is not going to improve women's self esteem or lower their insecurity.

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Re:Naomi Wu video demonetized on YouTube by spopejoy on Saturday January 29, 2022 @06:15PM (#30131606)

I doubt you actually read any feminist scholars. If you did you'd realize that there's no way to characterize them as they are all over the map, especially since they can fall into so many disciplines (philosophy, literature, sociology, political science, history, etc).

Feminism has an extremely broad remit and it's all based on the idea that actual ideology routinely boxes in half of the population in some way or another. It's just a fact, and thus there is endless study that can be undertaken.

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Re:Naomi Wu video demonetized on YouTube by bradlys on Thursday January 27, 2022 @12:26PM (#30103335)

Depends on your position as a male. Barack Obama got made fun of for a tan/beige suit he wore once.

Men get made fun of for what they wear all the time. So, I don’t get this argument that no one cares what men wear because we all certainly do. See mens wardrobe options vs womens. Compare the two - look at what is normal for one and normal for another. You’ll see one has far more selection than the other.

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Re:Naomi Wu video demonetized on YouTube by igetspam on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:21PM (#30104087)

Yes but those are memorable and we laugh at them because they stand out. The volume of hate we throw at women is orders of magnitude worse. We don't even really pay attention to how often we slut/fat/ugly/etc shame women any more.

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Re:Naomi Wu video demonetized on YouTube by bradlys on Thursday January 27, 2022 @03:56PM (#30106541)

That has nothing to do with dress. We critique men's dress very often as we do women's.

I think another aspect is that men's fashion is inherently more limited - because - men are aware of the critiques and don't want to deal with it.

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Re:Naomi Wu video demonetized on YouTube by dfxm12 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:27PM (#30104185)

insecurity but primarily insecurity about losing power and control

Interestingly enough, this probably applies to the people who were dismissing Obama on the basis of that tan suit as well.

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