The Barbershop Effect

[Ol’Otis]

its only like 5 women on here

but i feel you breh

 

[4fossa]

Well, I personally act like it's only nikkas in here.

 

[The Oracle]

Men deserve to have men-only spaces, where they learn from each other, socialize and cooperate. Men-only spaces can be a growth opportunity.

However, more often than not, these men-only spaces quickly become chauvinistic. Men are encouraged by other men to lie to women, objectify women, and to generally treat women as inferior. And it's these very same attitudes that lead to so much of the physical, mental, and emotional violence women face, from men.

I disagree with your characterization that TLR is like the barber shop you've described, bc the celebrity gossip threads and "victim threads" are created almost always by men, not women. They are not created for the benefit of women. They are made by men, for other men to weigh in on. I also disagree because these kind of threads didn't just start to spring up with the influx of women posters. Many threads all over the forum, especially in The Booth, are essentially celebrity gossip threads and it's always been that way.

Men gossip a whole lot.

exactly

op reminiscing about the "good old days" when he could misogyny in peace. doesn't like those ideas being challenged.

now he wants to find a new basement where like-minded sexism reigns and they can talk about treating their non-existent women like interchangeable sex maids without getting called out

 

[MillionMills]

I agree with OP

I made a thread about finances and it went double wood. I constantly had to up it for people to chime in
I made two lowkey troll threads about black women this week and they went plat like 20+ pages

Fact is..most nikkas on this site love gossip, it's not even the presence of women that alters the way they are. You are posting with the lonely, mentally ill black people of the world.

 

[-DMP-]

I agree with OP

I made a thread about finances and it went double wood. I constantly had to up it for people to chime in
I made two lowkey troll threads about black women this week and they went plat like 20+ pages

Fact is..most nikkas on this site love gossip, it's not even the presence of women that alters the way they are. You are posting with the lonely, mentally ill black people of the world.

link to the finance thread? I love finance.

 

[cam>]

exactly

op reminiscing about the "good old days" when he could misogyny in peace. doesn't like those ideas being challenged.

now he wants to find a new basement where like-minded sexism reigns and they can talk about treating their non-existent women like interchangeable sex maids without getting called out

Reminiscent of white supremacist attitudes ain't it? Men like this treat gender the same way racist white people treat race.

Questioning the belongingness of "the other",
calling for the further marginalization of those that are different,
falsely blaming other groups for issues,
seeking to remove voice, influence and agency from those that are different,
resenting cultural change, growing tolerance and equity-based accommodations,

like you said, longing for "the good ol days".

 

[www.THUG.com]

I went to the first chair last friday


nikka leant my hairline back like a nikka was slumped

I just came from the barber and I got the best haircut of my life!

And the convo didn't stop when I walked in either

 

[www.THUG.com]

Sounds like you want TLR to be limited to men only. If that's the case just create a private group or start your own site and try to limit the membership yourself which is damn near impossible. If men can pose as women aliases, sure the reverse can happen.

 

[Billy Ocean]

@Giselle ruined TLR.

I believe that. @Giselle is a dumb mufvcka.

 

[Born2BKing]

I agree with OP

I made a thread about finances and it went double wood. I constantly had to up it for people to chime in
I made two lowkey troll threads about black women this week and they went plat like 20+ pages

Fact is..most nikkas on this site love gossip, it's not even the presence of women that alters the way they are. You are posting with the lonely, mentally ill black people of the world.

TLR is 95% bedwenches, cacs, c00ns, cacs, natural hair, hate of black feminism, c00ns, cacs, bedwenches, c00ns, cacs, cacs, more cacs, hate of black feminism, hate of obama, bedwenches, c00ns, c00ns, cacs, hate of obama.

Rinse and repeat.

 

[concise]

Should've seen TLR when the site started. "C'mon guys lets go recruit some women to talk to "

oh god, if some of those threads were to be bumped now

 

[EndDomination]

Talking to men huh?
This forum is well over 95% men, I've never noticed this change of which you speak.

 

[EndDomination]

Men deserve to have men-only spaces, where they learn from each other, socialize and cooperate. Men-only spaces can be a growth opportunity.

However, more often than not, these men-only spaces quickly become chauvinistic. Men are encouraged by other men to lie to women, objectify women, and to generally treat women as inferior. And it's these very same attitudes that lead to so much of the physical, mental, and emotional violence women face, from men.

I disagree with your characterization that TLR is like the barber shop you've described, bc the celebrity gossip threads and "victim threads" are created almost always by men, not women. They are not created for the benefit of women. They are made by men, for other men to weigh in on. I also disagree because these kind of threads didn't just start to spring up with the influx of women posters. Many threads all over the forum, especially in The Booth, are essentially celebrity gossip threads and it's always been that way.

Men gossip a whole lot.

Best post of the thread.

 

[The Oracle]

Reminiscent of white supremacist attitudes ain't it? Men like this treat gender the same way racist white people treat race.

Questioning the belongingness of "the other",
calling for the further marginalization of those that are different,
falsely blaming other groups for issues,
seeking to remove voice, influence and agency from those that are different,
resenting cultural change, growing tolerance and equity-based accommodations,

like you said, longing for "the good ol days".

it's exactly the same. when confronted about sexism, men get defensive and blame the victim. suddenly the woman who has been mistreated and marginalized is now the problem, and not the ones doing the abuse.

the vast majority of feminists are not anti-bm like this site claims...they are anti-getting treated like 2nd and 3rd class citizens. on a site that can see racism so clearly, the fact that sexism is completely invisible or dismissed altogether is really bizarre.

the only answer must be that they are being intentionally obtuse because they enjoy having the power, or they are quiet just how whites passively enjoy the benefits of racism while not openly supporting it.

the answer to why more black women are dating out is that they figure they will have to deal with racism either way, so if they can at least remove the sexism by finding who treats them equally, they won't have to deal with both racism/sexism at the same time.

 

[Man]

Ol'

ass

It's the internet nikka, the place where all people do is talk sh1t

Have constructive convo with your irl peers and stop trying to deny us of fukkery