Men Who Hate Women

[allenlondon]

Excellent review of the newly published book on the ‘manosphere’.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/02/men-who-hate-women-by-laura-bates-review-fierce-and-eye-opening

Well worth reading.

Allen

[royfromaus]

lol...naomi, your surname isn't Penner by any chance?

[allenlondon]

Thanks for the thought, ummmm.

But being called names by naomi or her ilk doesn’t bother me. I just imagine her, red-faced and steaming with rage, screaming “answer me! answer me!” at her screen.

As it happens, although I might look the part, in fact I’m not a very manly man!

[naomi24]

Some imagination ... but still no answer. ;o)

[allenlondon]

What DO these little symbol things signify ( ;o) - for example?

[Rosie29]

Someone's smiling at you Allen :-)

[allenlondon]

But not naomi, surely?

[ummmm]

That one is a wink.

[allenlondon]

Blimey.

[douglas9401]

Ooh, typo. :-)

[Peter Pedant]

// But not naomi, surely?//
yes yes!
a wry smile - quizzical and yet doubting
tongue in cheek and still baring her teeth
always with a sense of humour and proportion

the look / emo is more than words can convey

[allenlondon]

Well, if you're so smart, Mr Pedant, explain this one:

douglas9401
Ooh, typo. :-)

I've awarded it Best Answer as I can't make head nor tail of it...

A

[Peter Pedant]

I thought - can I do you now sir - - wd have been better
or I'm free !

explain a post on AB ? I wd not presume .....

[bednobs]

I think he was making a joke of the "wink" I replaced by A variety?

[allenlondon]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000mhwz

Here’s an episode of Woman’s Hour, not a programme I listen to, but the author of ‘Men who hate women’, Laura Bates, is being interviewed for the first ten minutes.

Most won’t listen to it, most won’t hear her impassioned call for justice. To those who do listen to it, good on you; we are not alone.

[Togo]

//A Paris publishing company has been threatened with prosecution by a senior government official for inciting hatred in a feminist essay entitled I Hate Men.

The warning from the Ministry for Equality between Women and Men has angered feminists and brought accusations of censorship as well as boosting sales for the 80-page book by Pauline Harmange, 25, an activist from Lille.// Harmange...is that a cross between blancmange and harangue?

She even boasts that it is an ode to misandry.

Bet you couldn't get a bookie wookie, by a bloke, printed called I Hate Women. Not even one who waves the gay pride flag at every opportunity and rides an electric bike.
The woke publishers are wetting themselves in the scramble to print it in Britain. Bless. (^_*)

[Togo]

Laura Bates has a sister called Consta and a brother whose name escapes me for the moment.

[Togo]

It might be allen. That's him, young Master allen.

[allenlondon]

Oh I see, very droll...

(master bates, to those not tuned in to Togo’s rapier-like wit).

[Atheist]

When I referred to 'proper answer' above, I was meaning the opposite of what Togo and others like to send. Some of the responses here seemed to deem the title of the book as making it unnecessary to read, as it gave them a good enough idea of its contents without bothering to read them. There's a lot of 'anti-woke' feeling here that won't listen to stuff that they deem to be woke, regardless of what is being said. Some people don't want to engage in considering ideas that seem not to fit in with their pereconceptions. Sad, but that's the way it is. Most posters are very predictable in their posts - not many make you think, 'oh that's an interesting thought!'

[Peter Pedant]

jesus you two should be script writing for TW3 or something.
You know Millicent Martin - that was the week that was its gone so let it go .....
sings - calypso - Jesus I am coming Lord
oh Lordy halleluuha