I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
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Here on G+ a feminist actually tried to tell me it was rape if a woman said no and the man tried to seduce her.
If a woman says no, then its no. What you see as seduction is seen by others as pressure. The whole point of feminism is to get across to men how women feel about things, and its different to men. So its not so much about 'its called rape', but trying to explain that yes it could potentially be called rape due to the pressure put onto a woman thinking she has to do it or else she will be ridiculed or put into an uncomfortable position either socially or otherwise.
Women often feel more pressure to do things or be things because of mens behaviour eg men always posting pictures of near naked women make women often feel they have to wear those kinds of clothes/makeup to be 'normal' or desirable.
Whilst i am fairly assertive, and would tell the guy to get lost, some women are not so much like that, and have a hard time standing up to anyone (particularly when younger and less assertive)