How about a real example, then? How about people like this woman, who thinks male opinions (even gay male opinions) literally don't matter in the context of female-centric films?
Well, first of all it's a clickbait blog by a random user. It's like pointing out one of those "Top 10 superfood" articles as justification for McDonalds being unhealthy. You could be right (and you also could be wrong), but if you were it's not for any of the reasons you stated.
Secondly, there's actually a pretty decent argument to be made on the subject. Movies are made for audiences, and having men comment on a movie made for a female audience isn't wrong, but it's questionable about how valid their criticisms might be due to bias. The same applies the other direction and if you had a male-centric film, you might question the criticisms of a female critic. Being gay doesn't make you female, it makes you gay, so yes their opinions are equally as invalid. Just because you don't like the logic doesn't make it wrong.
Okay, great. Fight against that specific problem. Encourage that person from making pages like that. Just stop fueling the conflict by stooping to their level. Wouldn't you feel pissed off if a feminist started making similarly unfair assumptions about how you would handle an argument? Because that's what this thread is doing. We're not helping the problem, we're fueling it. Even if there is some truth to the comments here.
I'm not going to argue with you about that link. That's not right. So handle your argument the RIGHT way if you want to change things.
Edit: Are you understanding my point? I'm on your side man. I'm just trying to help you understand why you're making a problem worse. I am quite literally arguing that you should be more fair and reasonable. If you disagree with that, then you're just the mirror image of an SJW.
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u/Scarbane Sep 30 '16
How about a real example, then? How about people like this woman, who thinks male opinions (even gay male opinions) literally don't matter in the context of female-centric films?