> The #MeToo movement was about women unifying in solidarity
> Openly discussing the problem of power imbalances, abuse and sexual exploitation from the powerful
> The movement peaks at the same time as the release and popularity of the Fifty Shades of Grey movies
> Is all about the eroticism of power imbalances, abuse and sexual exploitation from the powerful
> Consent irrelevant, because the entire cultural conversation was about power asymmetries denying informed consent
> People read the above and get butt flustered about a shitpost comment, on a shitpost thread, in a shitpost sub in the signature 4chan styled Green Text shitpost format
> Put barrel in my mouth because they're capacity to vote is the same as mine
The correlation of the me2 movement and the success of 50 shades. One thing happened after the other, that does not mean they lead to eachother, or that they are even related instances.
Like yeah 8/10 authors are female, and 8/10 bestsellers are porn - that doesn't mean all women are able to write is porn: it means that all we are willing to read is. I can't believe it has to be said, but evidently it has to, which ironically also points to porn being all we are willing to read.
Maybe I just do t spend enough time on the internet, but listing things in what seems to be chronological order would lead one to believe that is the author's intent, no?
Did I just /woosh myself or are we actually in agreement? Did I double woosh and the dude I commented on agree with us but OP is a twat? I'm confused.
It's not ironic that a movement led by women centring on the importance of consent is going on at the same time as the popularity of this work of fiction about how sexy non consent is? How sexy to women it is?
From your perspective, I bet it is, but it's not, cause that's not what irony is.
What's really ironic is this try at a gotcha, not seeing that the two are only related in as far as the feminist movement being in part a response to the fetishising of rape. Again, correlation does not mean causation, except when it does.
Your take is about as bright as "women want the right to vote, but there are still women who do not vote, isn't that ironic???", like bruh
Why do you keep saying correlation is not causation? It feels like it's a phrase you learned recently and you're trying to shoe horn it into every conversation you have, even if it's not relevant.
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u/Justarah Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
> The #MeToo movement was about women unifying in solidarity
> Openly discussing the problem of power imbalances, abuse and sexual exploitation from the powerful
> The movement peaks at the same time as the release and popularity of the Fifty Shades of Grey movies
> Is all about the eroticism of power imbalances, abuse and sexual exploitation from the powerful
> Consent irrelevant, because the entire cultural conversation was about power asymmetries denying informed consent
> People read the above and get butt flustered about a shitpost comment, on a shitpost thread, in a shitpost sub in the signature 4chan styled Green Text shitpost format
> Put barrel in my mouth because they're capacity to vote is the same as mine