Mark Ruffalo Thinks Women Are Men's Pathetic Inferiors
First, here's Ruffalo, the dutiful male feminist puppy dog.
Mark Ruffalo tells @AM2DM that men "have to make a safe space inside of our privilege for women to speak up." pic.twitter.com/cTt1ymgZAI
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 29, 2018
Mark Ruffalo tells @AM2DM that men "have to make a safe space inside of our privilege for women to speak up." pic.twitter.com/cTt1ymgZAI
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 29, 2018
No, Mark Ruffalo, I am not a newborn kitten of a person who needs men to shut up so I can be heard.
I kick ass in any debate because I am smart and funny and rational and -- if necessary -- a fierce bigmouth who won't allow people to push her around.
In this, I am the daughter of the redheaded, Jewish 81-year-old Mohammed Ali of debating -- my mother.
I do try to be polite and listen, but I can get on a roll. When I do, my boyfriend will tell you that the problem isn't giving me space to speak -- but getting me to shut up in between rants so somebody else can talk.
In other words, Mark Ruffalo, you can keep your patronizing bullshit - that is, unless you want to debate me...in which case, you'd better keep that safe space, because you'll need it to recover after I trounce your ass.
via @CHSommers
Well, he is best known (actually, only known) for playing The Hulk. Maybe that was type casting.
Wfjag at January 31, 2018 2:16 AM
And the countdown to Ruffalo being accused of sexual harassment begins...
Snoopy at January 31, 2018 3:21 AM
On Twitter, I challenged him to a debate and said we'd keep a safe space ready for him afterward.
Amy Alkon at January 31, 2018 6:54 AM
How is having men obligated to keep a safe space for women different from having men obligated to hold doors, an act that feminists say condescends to women?
A true feminist would not have men obligated to do anything to or for women that women are not also obligated to do.
Mary Wollstonecraft did not demand safe spaces and was more than capable of engaging leading male intellectuals like Edmund Burke in furious debate.
Nor did Elizabeth Cady Stanton insist on safe spaces while advocating outdoor activity and a strong academic education for all her children; and equal rights for women.
Conan the Grammarian at January 31, 2018 7:11 AM
What went wrong between the Merry Wife of Bath and today that there's this pretend belief that women can't speak up for themselves? Oh, right, victim olympics.
El Verde Loco at January 31, 2018 8:08 AM
Mark would have been correct in 1850 but the idea that men are keeping women from speaking today...eh.
cc at January 31, 2018 8:51 AM
How is having men obligated to keep a safe space for women different from having men obligated to hold doors, an act that feminists say condescends to women?
I'm not "obligated" to hold doors, but I frequently do for women and men alike.
I also walk on the street side when I'm strolling down the sidewalk with a woman (unless there are alleys and such on the building side), and rise when a woman leaves or returns to the table in a nice restaurant (not at a diner, for instance).
If I ever had a negative reaction to doing so (and I haven't yet), I'd chalk it up to someone else's lack of manners.
Kevin at January 31, 2018 9:47 AM
So you're saying that you don't like women, or lobsters?
Snoopy at January 31, 2018 1:42 PM
This is from 1980. While it's possible that the man didn't, in fact, do anything hasty and the woman in the wheelchair WAS just being rude, I think it's far more likely that Miss Manners made a correct guess as to what really happened.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/04/22/the-good-samaritan/296eeec3-94d5-431a-bb13-16a93be2c3ad/?utm_term=.ec483ed0cb12
SPOILER (last paragraph):
"Miss Manners dearly hopes you will not discontinue helping damsels in distress, and mensels, too, for that matter. Just make sure, before you do so, that they are in distress, helping someone into distress, however courteously, is not a good deed."
lenona at January 31, 2018 2:10 PM
To clarify: I was responding to Kevin's good manners.
And re El Verde Loco and cc:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/opinion/steve-wynn-nequality-behind-metoo.html
"...There is a reported $7.5 million settlement between Mr. Wynn and his former manicurist, which prohibits her from speaking publicly about her experience. Many working-class and low-income women who never report misconduct are informally making similar deals, on a much smaller scale. Each day at work, they may decide to remain silent about sexual harassment for the sake of their families and their own sense of safety, in exchange for a much-needed paycheck from someone who has astronomical wealth.
"It is exceptionally brave for any low-income woman who speaks out, but there is a reason Mr. Wynn’s accusers have remained unnamed: They do not have a legion of Twitter followers to mobilize around them, or people of power to affirm them, or forthcoming movies to support them financially. Socioeconomic status plays a significant role in their ability to say, 'Me too.'..."
lenona at January 31, 2018 2:14 PM
Lenona - Miss Manners is right. "Helping" someone who is blind, in a wheelchair, etc. without asking could very well put them in jeopardy. That's not manners, that's basic public safety.
"Would you like some help?" is what a gentleman should say, and be prepared to hear "no."
Kevin at January 31, 2018 3:12 PM
Unaccomplished math-deficient woman held back by her gender because no safe spaces were created for her.
You would have addressed her as 'Admiral' back in the day.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at January 31, 2018 4:46 PM
Women are depicted as being so weak as to fall prey to any sexual advance. Where were these women when I needed them?
And as for docile women---in what country? I want to migrate there.
American women are big-mouthed, self-absorbed and full-on for establishing selfishness as a virtue.
Good luck with that. You will find you cannot make yourself happy by trying to make yourself happy.
BOTU at January 31, 2018 10:15 PM
From what I've read of Ruffalo, he's a very kind, warm, loving compassionate man.
I guess, taken to the wrong extreme, compassion for those who feel they are disadvantaged or oppressed, political correctness, etc. becomes coddling.
Ruffalo has a good heart and means well. But we're not doing any favors by coddling others based on their demographics. Yes, I'm all for treating people compassionately who need it. But that's based on their individual experiences, not their race, gender, etc.
Patrick at February 1, 2018 1:58 AM
I always make the women walk on the street side of the sidewalk so I can scan the traffic and avoid our getting pancaked by some idiot driver. It's suicide with me on the street-side.
I hold open doors so I can discretely check-out the merchandise without getting slapped, ticketed or metoo'd. I especially like to hold open the door to Women's Restrooms.
I am Legend.
Jay J. Hector at February 1, 2018 3:14 AM
Grace Hopper is one of my heroes. Despite the fact that she helped invent COBOL.
Cousin Dave at February 1, 2018 7:19 AM
Point to CD, because Cobol.
Crid at February 1, 2018 8:46 AM
I agree, Kevin. She usually is.
lenona at February 3, 2018 9:08 AM
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