The #ThingsFeministMenHaveSaidToMe Hashtag Is The Best And Worst Thing Ever
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It’s a day ending in -Y, so
men don’t understand feminism, and women are spearheading
another ridiculously awesome hashtag
on Twitter. The hashtag comes on the heels of a Twitter battle that took place between a BuzzFeed staffer named Grace Spelman and a washed-up, disgusting, rude ex-podcast host by the name of Ben Schoen. You can see their, let’s call it an “interaction,”
in full here, but here’s the gist: Grace politely declined Ben’s various aggressive social media advances, and much like Tinder did to a recent Vanity Fair article, Ben pretty much went off on her. It was a delight to watch.
Ironically, Ben is one of the original founders of a site called
Feminspire, the goal of which is to create a positive community for women online (LOLOLOLOL). Ben’s interaction with Grace appears to have culminated in a response to the Daily Dot, wherein Ben says that he has “done more for the cause of advancing women’s rights than any of the people who are criticizing [him],” and that Grace’s outrage at his treatment of her was simply a “way to increase her profile as a social justice warrior.” #Bye.
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But, because women are awesome, a related hashtag has sprung up and is now trending on Twitter: #ThingsFeministMenHaveSaidToMe. Women are taking it upon themselves to tweet the most absurd things that “feminist” men have said to them, and the tweets range from mildly comical to flat-out appalling. It’s full of all of the male ignorance and female snark you’d expect from such a hashtag, but that doesn’t make it any less perfect. Here are some of the best responses:
This very confused gentleman:
If someone could direct me to the section of the United States Constitution that addressed the rights of women’s breasts, I’d be greatly obliged.
This man who might not know what “patriarchy” is:
Yeah, can we get this guy a dictionary, maybe?
This guy who’s concerned with the real issues:
OMG you’re so right! Society is
so
unwelcoming to men nowadays.
This guy who was sticking to his guns:
Actually, this particular Twitter user has a bunch of other pretty great tweets about this whole debacle.
You should check the rest of them out.
This guy who has it all figured out:
I guess my little lady brain just can’t handle all of the issues.
This guy who doesn’t see the inherent flaw in his logic:
Okey dokey, then.
This guy who honestly just sucks:
Yeah. He just sucks. He sucks so bad that Twitter didn’t even want to hear the rest of what he had to say.
This guy who has his priorities in check:
Okay thank you for cheering me up I totally feel better now OH WAIT A MINUTE.
And this guy who inadvertently summed male/female inequality in four words:
PLEASE SIR TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE.
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Click here
to check out all of the #ThingsFeministMenHaveSaidToMe responses, and prepare have to your day made.
You can reach this post's author, Sara Steinfeld, on twitter or via e-mail at ssteinfeld@defymedia.com.
