Guardian Comments on Sexism

As per my usual lunch break routine I started reading the Guardian online today and ended up on this article on 10 common comments on feminist blog posts, written by the woman who started the Everyday Sexism Project. Well worth a read she makes some really good points firmly stored in the 'come back' section for future reference. I then ended up in a lovely link click spiral and started reading this article on comment sections on articles about female issues, also very much worth a read. That then lead me to this article on 10 sexist scenarios in the work place. I clicked on the link reference because in the previous article it had stated that that piece has attracted "some of the worst comments the moderators had seen" such as this "Oh God, another dose of petty feminist whinging from the Graun. Must be that time of the month. When has the guardian's unfounded 'sexism' diatribes ever been about the 'boys?' Whether it's domestic violence articles that ignore the 40% male victims, studies on single parents that are based only on mothers or the complete absence of serious studies on, say, the much higher suicide rates among certain categories of men or the ordeal of single fathers in our incredibly biased court system." 

Going into the comments on that article about sexist scenarios in the work place I notice A LOT of them have been removed.. sadly not all of them. I have not been this horrified at the men in this country for a while but I guess it was a good reminder at just how astonishingly fucking disgusting they are. 

There's a gem of a man commenting on this thread called NeilPeel here's some of his more enlightened contributions to the debate on sexism 

"How about we accept that men and women are different and realise that some people are assholes and should be dealt with appropriately - rather than splitting into this women vs men crap that the Guardian frequently drum up for click bait?"

"If you're happy to take it, they are going to keep dishing it out."

I could go on but I just couldn't take it any more. Why why why why why and how more importantly is it possible for you as a human being, when presented with evidence of reoccurring problems for a certain group of people in the society that you live in, to respond with not only doubt of the problems existing in the first place, but also respond with such disrespect towards the people face by such problems? By disrespecting and belittling those  who are experiencing these problems you are in fact acknowledging that they exist. So if you are able to comprehend that these events do occur and occur on a frequent basis then WHY would you have a need to say that the reactions to those problems are inappropriate? 

Is it not up to the person involved to determine the appropriate reaction? Do you not have a responsibility as a member of society to respect others? If I act in a certain way or say something to someone who subsequently is offended or feels abused by my actions, who should make an adjustment? Surely the person acting or saying something would suffer less of a loss by a change in behavior than the person who is offended/abused.

I know what's wrong with these men, both those who ask me to organise their meetings and those who don't see it as a problem. Unfortunately for society at large they are incapable of seeing the world from any other perspective than the small view point they have. They are ignorant. And for that I feel sorry for them. I also think we should send them to Syria. Because I cannot deal with this level of stupidity surrounding me, I'm on my period for fucks sake.