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        Crazy, Dating, and Destiny: CUSTOMER SERVICE
 it is just plane wrong you
 have not swiped right yet
 Jake, 27
 Jake, 27
 less than a mile away
 less than a mile away
 We may fight, but please don't try and solve
 the argument with regular soda
 I would re-accommodate every last passenger
 just to be the guy that gets to sit next to you
 I prefer diet; we both know you are all the
 sugar I need
 Jake, 27
 O less than a mile away
 Jake, 27
 O less than a mile away
 One date, one opportunity...You are everything
 l ever wanted. In one moment, would you
 swipe right, or just let it slip?
 Want to be crazy in love? Well, to the left, to
 the left. Swipe every other guy to the left.
 My palms won't be sweaty. Flirt-game not
 weak, charm is heavy. I have a date planned
 already. let's get spaghetti
 If I like it, I might put a ring on it. It could be
 our destiny to have a child, but for now, let's
 just get pizza
 Still
 Jake, 27
 O less than a mile away
 Jake, 27
 I was feeling 22, but really I am 27 and should
 probably start taking dating seriously
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 all ties with their ex. I don't care if you have to
 make up some lie like "there isn't enough
 space for the two of us"
 Swipe right to fill the blank space in my heart.
 If you aren't looking for a love story, baby just
 swipe left.
 eok
 a love story.
 Let go of the past; I promise our love won't hit
 any icebergs.
 Fake News
 N.К. missies can't reach the US. But I can reach your heart.
 Breaking News
 Trump pulls out of Paris chmate agreement
 Jake, 27
 O less than a mile away
 Jake, 27
 O less than a mile away
 Every guy eventually experiences issues with
 their rocket. Some rockets explode
 prematurely. Some never explode at all
 Just like our president, when I promise to pull
 out, I follow through
 But I promise that no matter what, we will
 have a blast.
Over the past year, I made about 50 of these profiles (for fun). These are 8 of my favorite. Hopefully you get a laugh out of them.
        

            
            

                
                
                    Crazy, Dating, and Destiny: CUSTOMER SERVICE
 it is just plane wrong you
 have not swiped right yet
 Jake, 27
 Jake, 27
 less than a mile away
 less than a mile away
 We may fight, but please don't try and solve
 the argument with regular soda
 I would re-accommodate every last passenger
 just to be the guy that gets to sit next to you
 I prefer diet; we both know you are all the
 sugar I need
 Jake, 27
 O less than a mile away
 Jake, 27
 O less than a mile away
 One date, one opportunity...You are everything
 l ever wanted. In one moment, would you
 swipe right, or just let it slip?
 Want to be crazy in love? Well, to the left, to
 the left. Swipe every other guy to the left.
 My palms won't be sweaty. Flirt-game not
 weak, charm is heavy. I have a date planned
 already. let's get spaghetti
 If I like it, I might put a ring on it. It could be
 our destiny to have a child, but for now, let's
 just get pizza
 Still
 Jake, 27
 O less than a mile away
 Jake, 27
 I was feeling 22, but really I am 27 and should
 probably start taking dating seriously
 I am looking for a girl who is willing to break
 all ties with their ex. I don't care if you have to
 make up some lie like "there isn't enough
 space for the two of us"
 Swipe right to fill the blank space in my heart.
 If you aren't looking for a love story, baby just
 swipe left.
 eok
 a love story.
 Let go of the past; I promise our love won't hit
 any icebergs.
 Fake News
 N.К. missies can't reach the US. But I can reach your heart.
 Breaking News
 Trump pulls out of Paris chmate agreement
 Jake, 27
 O less than a mile away
 Jake, 27
 O less than a mile away
 Every guy eventually experiences issues with
 their rocket. Some rockets explode
 prematurely. Some never explode at all
 Just like our president, when I promise to pull
 out, I follow through
 But I promise that no matter what, we will
 have a blast.
Over the past year, I made about 50 of these profiles (for fun). These are 8 of my favorite. Hopefully you get a laugh out of them.
                    
                
            

            
                
                
Over the past year, I made about 50 of these profiles (for fun). These are 8 of my favorite. Hopefully you get a laugh out of them.

                
            
            
        

    

    

        
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        America, Catfished, and cnn.com: Donald J. Trump
 @realDonaldTrump
 Follow
 ObamaCare is a total disaster. Hillary Clinton
 wants to save it by making it even more
 expensive. Doesn't work, I will REPEAL AND
 REPLACE!
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 図
 10圈骛些翩
 8:34 AM-3 Nov 2016

 erica orden
 @eorden
 Follow
 Trump tells the WSJ that, after conferring with
 Obama, he is considering leaving in place certain
 parts of Obamacare
 Donald Trump Willing to Keep Parts of Health Law
 President-elect Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview, said that after meeting with
 President Obama he would consider leaving in place certain parts of the Afforda...
 wsj.com
 RETWEETSLIKES
 84
 35
 3:22 PM-11 Nov 2016

 + Follow
 CAN
 @CNN
 Donald Trump's supporters expect him to deliver
 on
 The wall
 Lock her up'
 Muslim ban
 Obamacare
 NAFTA & TPP
 cnn.it/2ff4RN8
 TRUMP
 PE N CE
 New York, New York
 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAINI
 LIKES
 8:05 AM -9 Nov 2016

 Noah Rothman
 @NoahCRothman
 2: Follow
 In the last 72 hours, Trump & co. have walked
 back his position on:
 The Wall
 Trade
 Punishing China
 Mideast policy
 Repealing Obamacare
 RETWEETS LIKES
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 3:33 PM -11 Nov 2016

 Clev Blew A 3-1 Lead
 @ChiTown_Eazy
 2: Follow
 Trump just lied and finessed these racist white
 folks into things he can't even do and it worked
 Ain't Finna be no wall or Muslim ban LMAOO
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 256
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://peanutbutterpidge-remade.tumblr.com/post/153071692617">peanutbutterpidge-remade</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blanc-but-with-boobs.tumblr.com/post/153070262376">blanc-but-with-boobs</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://boss-hoody.tumblr.com/post/153070188546">boss-hoody</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oraoraoraoraoraoraoraorandchill.tumblr.com/post/153069553502">oraoraoraoraoraoraoraorandchill</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://toytowns.tumblr.com/post/153068197336">toytowns</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://effigyofubiquity.tumblr.com/post/153066213484">effigyofubiquity</a>:</p>
<xkit></xkit><blockquote>
<p><a href="http://thechanelmuse.tumblr.com/post/153052108674">thechanelmuse</a>:</p>
<xkit></xkit><blockquote><figure><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/f770ceb17c2e53c2c915b8dc4a5df0b8/tumblr_inline_oghxc7fzTt1qfa8wb_500.gif" class=""/></figure></blockquote>
<p>The biggest catfish of all time. </p>
</blockquote>
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<p class="fake"><br/></p>
</blockquote>
<p>I’m not sure If this is true. I should check to see if it is…</p>
</blockquote>
<p>He should still get rid of NAFTA and TPP thos are garbage</p>
</blockquote>
<h2><i>I fucking called this you guys</i></h2>
</blockquote>
<p>HE PLAYED THEM ALL</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This just in: person doesn&rsquo;t follow through with the stuff he said on the campaign trail. </p><p>Shocking, I know.</p><p>Let&rsquo;s get real here, even if Trump wholeheartedly wants to carry through every single one of his plans he&rsquo;s not going to be able to. Just because the house and senate are majority Republican doesn&rsquo;t mean they all agree or want the same things. Trump is going to get stuck in the same gridlock every other president has and the Trumpkins and other supporters are in for a rude awakening.</p>
        

            
            

                
                
                    America, Catfished, and cnn.com: Donald J. Trump
 @realDonaldTrump
 Follow
 ObamaCare is a total disaster. Hillary Clinton
 wants to save it by making it even more
 expensive. Doesn't work, I will REPEAL AND
 REPLACE!
 RETWEETS LIKES
 15,84846,520
 図
 10圈骛些翩
 8:34 AM-3 Nov 2016

 erica orden
 @eorden
 Follow
 Trump tells the WSJ that, after conferring with
 Obama, he is considering leaving in place certain
 parts of Obamacare
 Donald Trump Willing to Keep Parts of Health Law
 President-elect Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview, said that after meeting with
 President Obama he would consider leaving in place certain parts of the Afforda...
 wsj.com
 RETWEETSLIKES
 84
 35
 3:22 PM-11 Nov 2016

 + Follow
 CAN
 @CNN
 Donald Trump's supporters expect him to deliver
 on
 The wall
 Lock her up'
 Muslim ban
 Obamacare
 NAFTA & TPP
 cnn.it/2ff4RN8
 TRUMP
 PE N CE
 New York, New York
 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAINI
 LIKES
 8:05 AM -9 Nov 2016

 Noah Rothman
 @NoahCRothman
 2: Follow
 In the last 72 hours, Trump & co. have walked
 back his position on:
 The Wall
 Trade
 Punishing China
 Mideast policy
 Repealing Obamacare
 RETWEETS LIKES
 18430462
 3:33 PM -11 Nov 2016

 Clev Blew A 3-1 Lead
 @ChiTown_Eazy
 2: Follow
 Trump just lied and finessed these racist white
 folks into things he can't even do and it worked
 Ain't Finna be no wall or Muslim ban LMAOO
 RETWEETS LIKES
 274
 256
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://peanutbutterpidge-remade.tumblr.com/post/153071692617">peanutbutterpidge-remade</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blanc-but-with-boobs.tumblr.com/post/153070262376">blanc-but-with-boobs</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://boss-hoody.tumblr.com/post/153070188546">boss-hoody</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oraoraoraoraoraoraoraorandchill.tumblr.com/post/153069553502">oraoraoraoraoraoraoraorandchill</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://toytowns.tumblr.com/post/153068197336">toytowns</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://effigyofubiquity.tumblr.com/post/153066213484">effigyofubiquity</a>:</p>
<xkit></xkit><blockquote>
<p><a href="http://thechanelmuse.tumblr.com/post/153052108674">thechanelmuse</a>:</p>
<xkit></xkit><blockquote><figure><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/f770ceb17c2e53c2c915b8dc4a5df0b8/tumblr_inline_oghxc7fzTt1qfa8wb_500.gif" class=""/></figure></blockquote>
<p>The biggest catfish of all time. </p>
</blockquote>
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<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="491" data-orig-width="800"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/16f9eb30729fd01e963d37a005611aa6/tumblr_inline_ogijd8GGHg1sgd6oj_540.jpg" data-img-key="657" data-orig-height="491" data-orig-width="800"/></figure><div class="media-button icon_close media-killer"></div>
</div>
<p class="fake"><br/></p>
</blockquote>
<p>I’m not sure If this is true. I should check to see if it is…</p>
</blockquote>
<p>He should still get rid of NAFTA and TPP thos are garbage</p>
</blockquote>
<h2><i>I fucking called this you guys</i></h2>
</blockquote>
<p>HE PLAYED THEM ALL</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This just in: person doesn&rsquo;t follow through with the stuff he said on the campaign trail. </p><p>Shocking, I know.</p><p>Let&rsquo;s get real here, even if Trump wholeheartedly wants to carry through every single one of his plans he&rsquo;s not going to be able to. Just because the house and senate are majority Republican doesn&rsquo;t mean they all agree or want the same things. Trump is going to get stuck in the same gridlock every other president has and the Trumpkins and other supporters are in for a rude awakening.</p>
                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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        Apparently, Dude, and Feminism: Karen Ingala Smith
 OK_IngalaSmith
 Follow
 Anybody pushing a gender neutral approach
 to domestic - or sexual violence is just a
 male violence enabler.
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<p><a href="http://siryouarebeingmocked.tumblr.com/post/118655406648/poppypicklesticks-samaelcarver-fishmostly" class="tumblr_blog">siryouarebeingmocked</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poppypicklesticks.tumblr.com/post/102341127774/samaelcarver-fishmostly-poppypicklesticks">poppypicklesticks</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://samaelcarver.tumblr.com/post/102341047579/fishmostly-poppypicklesticks-feminists-but">samaelcarver</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fishmostly.tumblr.com/post/102315209628/poppypicklesticks-feminists-but-we-fight-for">fishmostly</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poppypicklesticks.tumblr.com/post/102298084634/feminists-but-we-fight-for-men-too">poppypicklesticks</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Feminists: “But we fight for men too!!!!”</p>
</blockquote>
This person is the CEO of a (female-only) domestic violence shelter and winner of the 2014 National Diversity Awards for being a “positive role model”. (
<a href="http://kareningalasmith.com/about/">http://kareningalasmith.com/about/</a>
)
</blockquote>
<p>That’s both disturbing and fucking terrifying. </p>
</blockquote>
<p>it got worse </p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="https://archive.is/YsgPy">No kidding</a>. In fact, <a href="https://archive.is/W6SKv">she has a little essay</a> directed at people who think she doesn’t care about men or are sexist. Allow me to excerpt;<br/></p><blockquote><p>I want to see an end to <b>men’s violence against women</b>.  I’m 
campaigning to raise awareness of <b>men’s fatal violence against women</b> and
 for action to increase our understanding of the reasons behind the 
differences in men and women’s use of violence and their victimisation, 
so that we can reduce <b>men’s violence against women</b>.</p><p>Women who are murdered are most likely to have been murdered by a 
man.  <b>Men who are murdered are most likely to have been murdered by a 
man</b>.  Men are more likely to be violent than women.  Not all men are 
murderers, not all men are violent. Some women are murderers, some women
 are violent.</p></blockquote><p>And yet, men are more likely to be murdered by other men than women, a fact which you have almost certainly come across while getting the statistics above. Or would acknowledging that hurt your threat narrative?</p><blockquote><p>Gender and gender differences – the ways that many of us behave in ways 
that are seen as being like a ‘typical man’ or a ‘typical woman’ – are 
socially constructed.  They are not biological, they are not inevitable.</p></blockquote><p>You heard it here first, everyone. <b>Gender is not influenced by biology in any way whatsoever</b>.</p><blockquote><p><b>All men benefit from inequality between women and men</b>.  This doesn’t 
mean that <b>some women are</b> not <b>in more advantageous positions than some 
men</b>. It doesn’t mean all men are the same.  It doesn’t mean that all 
women are the same.   It doesn’t mean that sex is the only important 
basis for inequality.  It doesn’t mean that everyone wants it to be that
 way.</p></blockquote><p>You may be waiting for the “but it does mean-”. It never comes.</p><blockquote><p>When men – and it usually is men, but not always – attack me for caring
 about women killed though men’s violence, by suggesting that this means
 <b>I don’t care about men who are victims of violence</b> (whether from women,
 or as more likely, other men), they’re using a straw man argument.  
They saying that because I care about men killing women, I can’t care 
about men who are killed, to attack the fact that I care about women who
 are killed. <b>This may or may not be</b>, as suggested by a friend of mine, <a href="http://louisepennington.org/">Louise Pennington</a>, <b>because they do not care when men kill women</b>. </p></blockquote><p><i>&gt;says people who criticize her are using a straw man</i></p><p><i>&gt;tries to poison the well based on absolutely no evidence whatsoever</i></p><p><i>&gt;uses the exact same illogic she claims her critics are using.</i></p><p>Of course, the fact that <b>she has expressed not the slightest bit of actual concern for men who are killed through violence</b> in this entire article might be why people think she doesn’t care about men killed though violence.</p><p>Not to mention <a href="https://archive.is/Z2Q2L">her website’s actual section on men</a>, which comes across as callous, at best. In fact, s<a href="https://archive.is/4lxvF#selection-325.0-325.69">he claims that there’s no taboo against men reporting when they’re DV victims</a>, and, I quote;</p><ul></ul><blockquote><p>men are more – not less – likely to call the police</p><p>men are more likely – not less – to support a prosecution</p><p>men are less likely – not more – to drop charges.<sup>1</sup></p></blockquote><ul></ul><p>She also uses a 2002 study by <a href="http://siryouarebeingmocked.tumblr.com/post/51596361233/i-think-the-biggest-telling-point-is-this">known</a> <a href="http://siryouarebeingmocked.tumblr.com/post/51106877685/michael-kimmels-guyland-is-a-masterpiece-of">misandrist</a> <a href="http://siryouarebeingmocked.tumblr.com/tagged/michael-kimmel">Michael Kimmel</a> to support the claims. I want to point out that the title of what seems to be the paper is <a href="http://www.xyonline.net/sites/default/files/Kimmel,%20Gender%20symmetry%20in%20dom.pdf">““Gender Symmetry” in Domestic Violence”<br/></a></p><p>This is the first time in my memory I’ve seen a paper with <b>air-quotes in the title</b>. Scanning through the paper, he claims that MRAs aren’t motivated by a desire to actually improve things for male victims, but to derail and “disrupt” initiatives for female victims. Oddly enough, he neglects to provide any evidence or support for this claim. <b>Listen and Believe</b>, I guess.<br/></p><p>Leaving all that aside, on the PDF’s page 14, last paragraph, Kimmel claims that other studies support the claims he makes with Smith quoted, and that it’s the intuitive conclusion, because women are taught to just accept being abused. Which is weird, because last time I checked, in Western society, <b>men are still generally told not to hit women, even in self-defense</b>. Women are allowed to slap men around in public without people batting an eye. In fact, <a href="http://web.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm">there are <b>hundreds of studies</b> indicating men and women are <b>equally as likely</b> to be <b>abusers</b></a>. Thing is, if abuse is severe enough to get the police to believe the man the victim, he’s more likely to follow through. A lot of <b>male</b> abuse <b>victims call the cops</b> and get booked for <b>forcing the woman</b> to <b>“defend herself”</b>. At which point they probably stop calling the cops.<br/></p><p> Among other things, Karen Ingala Smith repeatedly brings up the 
fact that women are more likely to be killed by a partner or ex-partner 
as evidence that they’re less likely to be abusers. <br/></p><p>Of course, the obvious flaw in this logic is that <b>sampling (ex-)partner murders isn’t going to be representative of DV</b>. Or even an example of DV; what if some dude comes home and finds his GF having sex with the <strike>mailman</strike> postman and just <b>goes nuts</b>,
 like that one dude in the first act of Minority Report? He was a loving
 husband right up until that moment. What if someone kills their partner
 for insurance money?</p><p>She <a href="https://archive.is/4lxvF#selection-367.0-367.129">claims elsewhere that there’s no systemic bias in women’s favor</a>. Why? Because women are, allegedly, more likely to be arrested on DV calls when identified as the perpetrator (1/10 for men vs 1/3 for women). Note that Smith switches between studies about the UK (like this one) and US at the drop of a hat, despite her main area of concern being the UK. Note also that <a href="http://www.nr-foundation.org.uk/downloads/Who-Does-What-to-Whom.pdf">the study in question</a> relies, again, <a href="https://archive.is/9PG9i">on who the <i>police</i> think are perps</a>. You know, <b>the very people whose bias is under question</b>. I apologize for what seems like <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gamedropping&amp;defid=8261028">gamedropping</a>, but this is really the first thing I think of;<br/></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="462" data-orig-width="600"><img data-orig-height="462" data-orig-width="600" alt="image" src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/525551372cd1ee61930440f3be7afcfa/tumblr_inline_nnzwawMAUs1sps4wz_540.png"/></figure><p>As <a href="https://archive.is/9VIn7#selection-4817.0-4817.5">Ally Fogg points out</a> (<a href="https://archive.is/9VIn7#selection-5255.15-5267.10">and someone who claims to have worked at a shelter backs him up about this being the party line</a>) the study Smith is referencing also repeatedly downplays male victimization, describing mutual abuse in terms of male aggression and female self-defense, and generally goes “well, it’s worse for women”. And did I mention that the study was apparently done in the name of the Violence Against Women Studies Group at U of Bristol? No bias here, no sir.<br/></p><p>Oh, and <b>she’s the type of feminist who says men shouldn’t be feminists</b>, and that feminism isn’t about men, and that <a href="https://archive.is/9f4I1#selection-197.0-197.574">men just mess up feminism with their pesky concerns about men’s issues as well as women</a>, but can’t quite seem to grasp why people think she doesn’t care about men.<br/></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="351" data-orig-width="629"><img data-orig-height="351" data-orig-width="629" alt="image" src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/9ea6e9a69d6e7f1d18bed02a1be2a6d4/tumblr_inline_nnymn1OyTI1sps4wz_540.jpg"/></figure><p>For some reason.<br/></p></blockquote>
        

            
            

                
                
                    Apparently, Dude, and Feminism: Karen Ingala Smith
 OK_IngalaSmith
 Follow
 Anybody pushing a gender neutral approach
 to domestic - or sexual violence is just a
 male violence enabler.
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 1:39 AM-15 Jan 2014
<p><a href="http://siryouarebeingmocked.tumblr.com/post/118655406648/poppypicklesticks-samaelcarver-fishmostly" class="tumblr_blog">siryouarebeingmocked</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poppypicklesticks.tumblr.com/post/102341127774/samaelcarver-fishmostly-poppypicklesticks">poppypicklesticks</a>:</p>
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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://samaelcarver.tumblr.com/post/102341047579/fishmostly-poppypicklesticks-feminists-but">samaelcarver</a>:</p>
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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fishmostly.tumblr.com/post/102315209628/poppypicklesticks-feminists-but-we-fight-for">fishmostly</a>:</p>
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<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poppypicklesticks.tumblr.com/post/102298084634/feminists-but-we-fight-for-men-too">poppypicklesticks</a>:</p>
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<p>Feminists: “But we fight for men too!!!!”</p>
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This person is the CEO of a (female-only) domestic violence shelter and winner of the 2014 National Diversity Awards for being a “positive role model”. (
<a href="http://kareningalasmith.com/about/">http://kareningalasmith.com/about/</a>
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<p>That’s both disturbing and fucking terrifying. </p>
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<p>it got worse </p>
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<p><a href="https://archive.is/YsgPy">No kidding</a>. In fact, <a href="https://archive.is/W6SKv">she has a little essay</a> directed at people who think she doesn’t care about men or are sexist. Allow me to excerpt;<br/></p><blockquote><p>I want to see an end to <b>men’s violence against women</b>.  I’m 
campaigning to raise awareness of <b>men’s fatal violence against women</b> and
 for action to increase our understanding of the reasons behind the 
differences in men and women’s use of violence and their victimisation, 
so that we can reduce <b>men’s violence against women</b>.</p><p>Women who are murdered are most likely to have been murdered by a 
man.  <b>Men who are murdered are most likely to have been murdered by a 
man</b>.  Men are more likely to be violent than women.  Not all men are 
murderers, not all men are violent. Some women are murderers, some women
 are violent.</p></blockquote><p>And yet, men are more likely to be murdered by other men than women, a fact which you have almost certainly come across while getting the statistics above. Or would acknowledging that hurt your threat narrative?</p><blockquote><p>Gender and gender differences – the ways that many of us behave in ways 
that are seen as being like a ‘typical man’ or a ‘typical woman’ – are 
socially constructed.  They are not biological, they are not inevitable.</p></blockquote><p>You heard it here first, everyone. <b>Gender is not influenced by biology in any way whatsoever</b>.</p><blockquote><p><b>All men benefit from inequality between women and men</b>.  This doesn’t 
mean that <b>some women are</b> not <b>in more advantageous positions than some 
men</b>. It doesn’t mean all men are the same.  It doesn’t mean that all 
women are the same.   It doesn’t mean that sex is the only important 
basis for inequality.  It doesn’t mean that everyone wants it to be that
 way.</p></blockquote><p>You may be waiting for the “but it does mean-”. It never comes.</p><blockquote><p>When men – and it usually is men, but not always – attack me for caring
 about women killed though men’s violence, by suggesting that this means
 <b>I don’t care about men who are victims of violence</b> (whether from women,
 or as more likely, other men), they’re using a straw man argument.  
They saying that because I care about men killing women, I can’t care 
about men who are killed, to attack the fact that I care about women who
 are killed. <b>This may or may not be</b>, as suggested by a friend of mine, <a href="http://louisepennington.org/">Louise Pennington</a>, <b>because they do not care when men kill women</b>. </p></blockquote><p><i>&gt;says people who criticize her are using a straw man</i></p><p><i>&gt;tries to poison the well based on absolutely no evidence whatsoever</i></p><p><i>&gt;uses the exact same illogic she claims her critics are using.</i></p><p>Of course, the fact that <b>she has expressed not the slightest bit of actual concern for men who are killed through violence</b> in this entire article might be why people think she doesn’t care about men killed though violence.</p><p>Not to mention <a href="https://archive.is/Z2Q2L">her website’s actual section on men</a>, which comes across as callous, at best. In fact, s<a href="https://archive.is/4lxvF#selection-325.0-325.69">he claims that there’s no taboo against men reporting when they’re DV victims</a>, and, I quote;</p><ul></ul><blockquote><p>men are more – not less – likely to call the police</p><p>men are more likely – not less – to support a prosecution</p><p>men are less likely – not more – to drop charges.<sup>1</sup></p></blockquote><ul></ul><p>She also uses a 2002 study by <a href="http://siryouarebeingmocked.tumblr.com/post/51596361233/i-think-the-biggest-telling-point-is-this">known</a> <a href="http://siryouarebeingmocked.tumblr.com/post/51106877685/michael-kimmels-guyland-is-a-masterpiece-of">misandrist</a> <a href="http://siryouarebeingmocked.tumblr.com/tagged/michael-kimmel">Michael Kimmel</a> to support the claims. I want to point out that the title of what seems to be the paper is <a href="http://www.xyonline.net/sites/default/files/Kimmel,%20Gender%20symmetry%20in%20dom.pdf">““Gender Symmetry” in Domestic Violence”<br/></a></p><p>This is the first time in my memory I’ve seen a paper with <b>air-quotes in the title</b>. Scanning through the paper, he claims that MRAs aren’t motivated by a desire to actually improve things for male victims, but to derail and “disrupt” initiatives for female victims. Oddly enough, he neglects to provide any evidence or support for this claim. <b>Listen and Believe</b>, I guess.<br/></p><p>Leaving all that aside, on the PDF’s page 14, last paragraph, Kimmel claims that other studies support the claims he makes with Smith quoted, and that it’s the intuitive conclusion, because women are taught to just accept being abused. Which is weird, because last time I checked, in Western society, <b>men are still generally told not to hit women, even in self-defense</b>. Women are allowed to slap men around in public without people batting an eye. In fact, <a href="http://web.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm">there are <b>hundreds of studies</b> indicating men and women are <b>equally as likely</b> to be <b>abusers</b></a>. Thing is, if abuse is severe enough to get the police to believe the man the victim, he’s more likely to follow through. A lot of <b>male</b> abuse <b>victims call the cops</b> and get booked for <b>forcing the woman</b> to <b>“defend herself”</b>. At which point they probably stop calling the cops.<br/></p><p> Among other things, Karen Ingala Smith repeatedly brings up the 
fact that women are more likely to be killed by a partner or ex-partner 
as evidence that they’re less likely to be abusers. <br/></p><p>Of course, the obvious flaw in this logic is that <b>sampling (ex-)partner murders isn’t going to be representative of DV</b>. Or even an example of DV; what if some dude comes home and finds his GF having sex with the <strike>mailman</strike> postman and just <b>goes nuts</b>,
 like that one dude in the first act of Minority Report? He was a loving
 husband right up until that moment. What if someone kills their partner
 for insurance money?</p><p>She <a href="https://archive.is/4lxvF#selection-367.0-367.129">claims elsewhere that there’s no systemic bias in women’s favor</a>. Why? Because women are, allegedly, more likely to be arrested on DV calls when identified as the perpetrator (1/10 for men vs 1/3 for women). Note that Smith switches between studies about the UK (like this one) and US at the drop of a hat, despite her main area of concern being the UK. Note also that <a href="http://www.nr-foundation.org.uk/downloads/Who-Does-What-to-Whom.pdf">the study in question</a> relies, again, <a href="https://archive.is/9PG9i">on who the <i>police</i> think are perps</a>. You know, <b>the very people whose bias is under question</b>. I apologize for what seems like <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gamedropping&amp;defid=8261028">gamedropping</a>, but this is really the first thing I think of;<br/></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="462" data-orig-width="600"><img data-orig-height="462" data-orig-width="600" alt="image" src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/525551372cd1ee61930440f3be7afcfa/tumblr_inline_nnzwawMAUs1sps4wz_540.png"/></figure><p>As <a href="https://archive.is/9VIn7#selection-4817.0-4817.5">Ally Fogg points out</a> (<a href="https://archive.is/9VIn7#selection-5255.15-5267.10">and someone who claims to have worked at a shelter backs him up about this being the party line</a>) the study Smith is referencing also repeatedly downplays male victimization, describing mutual abuse in terms of male aggression and female self-defense, and generally goes “well, it’s worse for women”. And did I mention that the study was apparently done in the name of the Violence Against Women Studies Group at U of Bristol? No bias here, no sir.<br/></p><p>Oh, and <b>she’s the type of feminist who says men shouldn’t be feminists</b>, and that feminism isn’t about men, and that <a href="https://archive.is/9f4I1#selection-197.0-197.574">men just mess up feminism with their pesky concerns about men’s issues as well as women</a>, but can’t quite seem to grasp why people think she doesn’t care about men.<br/></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="351" data-orig-width="629"><img data-orig-height="351" data-orig-width="629" alt="image" src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/9ea6e9a69d6e7f1d18bed02a1be2a6d4/tumblr_inline_nnymn1OyTI1sps4wz_540.jpg"/></figure><p>For some reason.<br/></p></blockquote>
                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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