In my experience, most women hate being told their being overly emotional. She can't come out and say "In short, learn to control your emotions."
The comments however, were not so enlightening: Here's a lovely interaction I had, regarding an article that, most unusually, pertained to women's issues. It's something I've felt time and again.īut, for reasons that still escape me (I'm stubborn? I refuse to look for other sites that offer good aggregations of content? I think that all social media sites will pose the same problem?) I did return to reddit, and I encountered more of the same. I left it thinking that a women's voice and opinions are not welcome on reddit. I didn't leave it feeling that I should return, either. Needless to say, I didn't leave the conversation feeling happy. They called out the so-called hypocrisy of many of the members of reddit's female community (myself included) for getting upset about “female circumcision” but not male circumcision. Most of the commenters talked about how it wasn't that big a deal – how it's the same thing as a man getting circumsized. Several months back someone posted a photo essay about a young girl undergoing genital mutilation. But honestly, if I did submit women-friendly stories, I don't think they'd get modded up. It's becoming more and more apparent each day – from the photo montage of Russian school girls that makes the front page, to the commenters who feel that the word “cunt” is an acceptable term for a woman they dislike. But it's like pushing a bowling ball uphill with a feather. I'm addicted to it, yet I don't enjoy any of it.Īnd yet, I keep visiting, in hopes that things will improve. I think if I say the magic word, somehow, things will get better.
I keep visiting, keep commenting, keep frantically checking my comments every hour or so to see if anyone's replied. And I keep going back, thinking I can somehow change things. I'm in an abusive relationship with reddit. This is a topic close to my heart as well, and one that doesn't deserve to be buried just because it's uncomfortable. Intro from Rand: Despite Mystery Guest having misgivings about contributing to SEOmoz, I was able (after months of pitiful pleading) to cajole her into one more post.