Kevin Myers in racist asshole shocker

[mollydot]

_unhurt_ linked to one of Kevin Myers shit stirring, racist, sexist articles: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/sex-makes-beasts-of-men-and-leaves-women-at-risk-1570477.html (warning, talks about gang rape

Comments

[unblinkered]

I am *so* glad he's not writing for the IT anymore....that way I don;t stumble upon his drivel by accident when I'm home.

Haven't clicked the link yet, mostly because I'm enjoying my Sunday morning too much... Shall investigate later, though!

[mollydot]

My in-laws get the indo, so I'm actually at greater risk now, as I read the paper there more than I do at my own parents, and we rarely buy a paper ourselves.

But I do always skip over him in the paper. It's only when people online point out things that I find myself unable to resist.

[drusillamac]

That article made me so pissed off. Yes, he condes rape but comparing human sex slave trafficking to gang rape does not help matters. Why do bloody male writers always subscribe to the notion that male sexuality is an uncontrollable beast, needing to be tamed? That is the kind of argument men have been using against women for centuries.

Ethnicity is an issue in that article but rape FULL STOP is a criminal act that does not see much coverage. The number of rape cases that actually end in a conviction are pathetic and shameful on a society that attempts to project equality.

It is the age old black men raping good little white girls rearing it's ugly head. True, if more victims were white it is possible to speculate more media coverage would be awarded. Perhaps it is in "fine" publications such as the Daily Mail.

[mollydot]

Yes, I think your last paragraph is exactly what he's trying to do. But the numbers just don't match his claims.

And his turned-around, made-up-stats example is complete bollocks. Yeah, if 60% of the victims were black I'd think race was a factor, because only 11% of the population is black. OTOH, I wouldn't think anything of 63% of the perps being white (on its own), because that's in line with the population.

[biascut]

Why do bloody male writers always subscribe to the notion that male sexuality is an uncontrollable beast, needing to be tamed?

Anti-feminists: doing misandry so much more effectively than feminists since 1000AD.

[mollydot]

Feminism: the radical notion that men are grown up, capable people.

[_unhurt_]

woo, intelligent analysis! (as opposed to, er. ranting, as in my case).

i am most angered, i think, by the way he's using mock outrage and concern on the behalf of women and girls who have suffered horribly to shore up his vile racist and sexist arguments.

plus he's a hatemongering jackhole, but that brings me back to the ranting!

(it's also making me think about some stuff i've read on american feminist blogs where black and latino women have pointed out that demonising men from their community does not in fact help them in any way with regard to sexual assault OR racism. which, yeah.)

[mollydot]

> most angered

Yeah. I feel like he's doing a bait and switch. The first couple of paragraphs make me think he's actually going to write something fair. I was going "yes, yes, huh? WHAT?!?"