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My point regards that was the type of clothing he was wearing though is a mark of his silly dress-sense but no where means he is a women hating monster he is being treated like.
That's internet for you Anorion. Nothing more.
As I said Ira scientists are not people who are not known for their social or fashion sense. Yes it was inappropriate for an interview or such but blunders happen. If it was just 'getting attention' it wld have been ok ....
Well then they should ask someone's opinion before trying to make an individual statement in such a fashion. The guy donned the shirt specifically for his interview over the black shirt he was already wearing (it was mentioned by one of his defenders to explain that he doesn't wear such a shirt normally to work and he thought he was being cool wearing that. So you are right about bad fashion sense but then he did it.) He wears such a shirt- many do not see anything but colours and someone on fashion desk registers what the print really is.
One of the science journalist mentioned it early on and was told to shut up for the guy was a "legend". Later on the guy who told the girl to shut-up said he hadn't noticed the print and " thought" she was commenting on the bright coloures only. Maybe if they had let the scientist know the problem, they might have rectified the situation faster. But nope- women are supposed to keep shut about minor irritations when the guy is a legend. So you do not have a fashion sense yourself and you won't take help from the ones who have..
Anyway he donned the shirt and called this was the sexiest landing ever and that though Rosetta was sexy , she was not easy. Now he was kidding of course but you wear such a shirt and make remarks like that and hope not to be noticed that the shirt was worn intentionally even if not for the reasons he was accused of ....
Did he deserve the hate he got personally- of course not and since he apologized and clarification was made it should be over. But if you are expecting the initial commenters to retract their point- you are wasting your time. For two reasons- because the issue was not that guy in the first place.
Many of the serious feminists were asking why no one checked and asked the guy not to wear such a shirt. For he is a legend. Legends become ideal and get copied. And if something is irritating in a daily routine and on routine basis many women end up fending of sexual aggression of one kind or another at work places.
Also I see you are not yet informed of the real situation .... He was not made fun of, it would have been more acceptable. What happened: He (his shirt) was basically presented as the lead cause and representative for of misogyny that prevents women from entering the STEM fields and makes the workplace oppressive towards them (That is where the artist being female comes about). THEN he was bullied over the net and all until he made a public apology over national TV all crying and shaking (That is what is horrendous imo) ..... If you think that is appropriate and not something wrong Ira then I am disappointed.
They mocked. There is not doubt about it seeing the early comments and article. You forget that it was hardly about him. Problem was that he also acted as a representative for the whole team so the organization in general got mocked and blamed for the faux pas. And that's why he had to apologize as it was seen a reflection for the whole team. You do not make individual statements when you are not representing yourself individually but as a part of the team.
Rest is the flame war which always results from both sides in such a case. There is nothing appropriate about flame wars but I'm disappointed that you think it needs extra attention because the the person in question was a male and most of the complainants are perceived as feminizes.
Well many of those thread/post ARE drawing attention to the achievement a thing even the media is not focusing on ..... A thread can have dual purpose.
A pointless flame war which was result of some people not being happy with the statement the scientist made with that shirt and his defenders - you cannot stop people from insulting and abusing and trivializing the basic issue which may have irritated those complainers but you want the complainers to suck it up because the guy is a legend.
You say the guy was bullied when he was probably not even online answering anything and it was mostly just a few sites like twitter. It wasn't one sided either since enough guy and "I'm a cool girl not a feminist" group were defending him and the feminists got death threats and insults as well. That lead to escalating things more.
Blind internet reactions make everything big and out of control when they get more attention than they deserved. You don't solve an issue by making people shut up for the irritations they have. You just pay only as much attention to it as the complaint deserves on the occasion.
Comet landing ..... not mars ..... I can very well see the need of discussing that, but being a a layman in this field I would trust on the wider source to provide clues but you know what they are too busy with appeasing the 'feminists' ....
How many feminists commented and how many defenders he got from both sexes? Why this much reaction to an objection to a shirt? It's not like they were picketing outside his house or throwing stones demanding an apology or his head/resignation or going for a candle march in protest. So why exaggerate the feminist reaction to the shirt?
Gathering news is really hard when that happens. (Though I can easily gather that the technology involved definitely has precision remote control, very good adhesion techniques, would be great for dynamic decisions but not so great energy reserves which is kinda expected).
Gathering news is difficult only because more people are posting about the shirt and the evil feminists than actual curiosity about the subject. It's not like feminists have hijacked and hacked into internet to make it about them.
You are choosing to make it about them because some of them didn't like a shirt and said so when you think they should have just sucked it up.
Most of your points were already answers in other posts I made so I don't see a reason to repeat myself. But one should be able to differentiate between individual comments and opinions posted on internet social networking sites and actual feminist concerns with the issues involved which affect them on ground level- The ones which get officially acceptable and included in reform policies or need to be.
If that was the end of it ...... as I said, u might like to look into the thing closely.
I looked into it as close as it picked my interest and read a few articles. And I am already done. Should I fake more interest in it for the sake of looking cool?
But Femme, they just did to a man what they don't want to be done to them. So where does that put their argument?
Men shouldn't be judging because they failed to notice the problem with the print till the images were zoomed in and was pointed out. :devil: ( JK Don't get arms in air to fight against feminists)
As for fashion police it will always judge you no matter who you are and what else you do. People always comment negatively when they don't like what you are wearing and if they are going to make a point of it you will hear all kind of tall claims about why everything is wrong with it. Because once they dislike it they come up with all kind of arguments in the favour. Some maybe real, some a stretch and some completely outlandish. Or there wouldn't be lists like this:
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(*Remembers Aishvarya Rai's fashion fiasco at Cannes- she didn't bother to pick something too special and just got her clothes from the regular boutique and did her own hair for the event- She was not representing anyone but herself. She got insults and hate for years to come and all the designers and stylists from India blamed her for letting India down as if they were the flaming her in national interest.- that's human nature.)
People are angry at Sasuke marrying Sakura so now she has somehow battered wife syndrome and in an abusive relationship- we got people who turned feminist overnight when just last week before chapter 700 they were making sexist joke. Just pointing out the nature of opinions on social networking sites on net. )
When most women ask not to be judged on the basis of what they are wearing, they usually mean being dressed up in certain way which maybe attractive to a guy doesn't mean the girl is consenting or asking for advances from that guy. That doesn't mean people would let them get away with dressing stupidly not suitable for the occasion. Women are first to comment on other women too in such a case. So there is a difference.
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