Thursday, December 2, 2010

reason 516234 jezebel is terrible.

because they post garbage like this article about how consent is totally overrated, and how street harassment = empowerment. i simply don't have the energy to formulate a response, but the first two sentences pretty much sum up the bulk of the terrible:

Having just returned from living in Paris, I feel more convinced than ever that America gets many things wrong about sex. Right there near the top of the list is our attachment to the idea of consent.

seriously?
and its not even well written. like they put a laptop in front of that guy in intro to sociology who claimed to be playing devil's advocate but was really just trying to find other people who might agree that his ideas were progressive rather than blatantly sexist.
and this is the most well-known face of feminism on the internet?
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5 comments:

  1. grumblecakesDecember 2, 2010 at 1:42 PM

    It is important to keep in mind that Jezebel's #1 priority is pageviews, not serious commentary. They're really only responsible to the advertisers, who pay the bills, and Gawker Media. I don't really read the site, but I keep that in mind whenever I read it.

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  2. grumblecakesDecember 2, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    Put it this way: Jezebel is the Glenn Beck of feminism. It is there to only spout ridiculous crap, which gets people to pay attention, which gets more money for the network. The article has over 2000 comments. Mission accomplished.

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  3. UnknownDecember 2, 2010 at 8:32 PM

    Everyone loves a good troll!

    From the feel of the article and second to last sentence of his article... I am of the impression that Mr. Pasteck might be a rapist.

    Lots of people have sex that they regret... but guilt? Who is giving this man guilt? To experience guilt in any sense is to have a realized sense of wrong doing or fault. Seems to me he is just trying to justify his own moral strife... probably from an immoral act committed, ... likely with a thirteen year old girl in Paris.

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  4. rach massDecember 3, 2010 at 2:52 PM

    One of the more atrociously written things I've read in a while.

    How exactly does Mr. Pasteck propose we go about turning down the volume on consent? I, for one, was under the impression that there's only consenting and...ya know...NOT. But maybe I'm just a Puritan asshole because I haven't raped anyone in Paris. Maybe next time I get picked up, I'll try out his suggestion to semi-consent and see how that goes. Or, better yet, forget about consent altogether and just make the decision to have sex! Yea! That might be fun! Illegal, but definitely a better alternative to all that confusing "consent" mumbo jumbo...

    Yeesh. What a goddamn moron.

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  5. SamwiseDecember 5, 2010 at 11:26 AM

    good lord. In addition to the fact that a lot of it just doesn't make sense (pleasure-seeking and consent are mutually exclusive?), it's kind of impressive that he manages to make insulting generalizations about everyone he mentions. Especially that all American men apparently privately applaud getting women drunk. News to me.

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