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21 Oct 2013, 6:41 pm

LKL wrote:
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/20/new_campaign_uses_real_google_searches_to_expose_how_the_world_talks_about_women/

my results, even with my search history:
1)know their place
2)shut up
3)be controlled
4)be wanted

First three results still based on some repulsive ideas that are apparently pretty common.
vs. 'Men need to'
1)feel needed
2)ejaculate
3)grow up quotes {?}
4)cheat


Try writing "men only think", "men are", "men should", "men can't" or "men deserve". The last one reinforces the notion that it's "romantic" and "exciting" for a woman to cheat, but that it's still one of the worst things a man can do. As a bonus, try writing "MRAs are". Anyone can cherry pick with Google to prove a point.



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22 Oct 2013, 12:25 am

women are
1)worthy
2)boring
3)aren't funny
4)aren't funny movie

men are
1)from mars women are from venus
2)better than women
3)like rubber bands
4)like waffles
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women deserve
1)rape
2)better
3)quotes
4)respect

men deserve
1)to die
2)respect
3)to be cheated on
4)all the advantages
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feminists are
1)ugly
2)annoying
3)stupid
4)crazy

MRAs are
1)stupid
2)losers
3)sexist
4)idiots
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women only think
1)about themselves
2)why do women only think about themselves
3)why do women only think of me as a friend
4)only women think about love

men only think
1)about themselves
2)about one thing
3)about {?}
4)with their
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Women can't
1)have it all
2)drive
3)take a compliment
4)be trusted

men can't
1)be feminists
2)lift chair {?}
3)be friends with women
4)control themselves

I don't see anything in there that suggests that google searcheres think that cheating women are being romantic or exciting. Maybe it's your particular search history.

It is true that these searches have a somewhat more balanced level of nastiness, though. There were a couple of responses for the male side fo things that didn't make sense, as if there are more non-native-English-speakers maknig those searches or something.



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22 Oct 2013, 2:58 am

a different aspect, but still fits under the thread title.
http://labroides.org/2013/10/17/guest-p ... rt-is-not/



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22 Oct 2013, 2:59 am

LKL wrote:
Feminists should
1)die
2)be shot
3)be killed
4)be ashamed

MRAs should
no responses.

Men's rights activists should
no responses.


Way more people have problems with feminism because it has hurt more people than it has helped around the world.



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22 Oct 2013, 3:57 am

redriverronin wrote:
LKL wrote:
Feminists should
1)die
2)be shot
3)be killed
4)be ashamed

MRAs should
no responses.

Men's rights activists should
no responses.


Way more people have problems with feminism because it has hurt more people than it has helped around the world.

so it's morally ok to say that feminists should die, be shot, be killed, if you feel that feminism has 'hurt' you?



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22 Oct 2013, 4:33 am

No but those are the feeling people have towards them in many places all over the world this and many other countries didn't have near as many social or economic problems until feminism started to change laws. People see women holding up signs and yelling kill and castrate all men they hear them call all men rapists and slave holders. The rest of the world doesn't want there to be problems where there really aren't any they have families that they put first those families have dads brother sons uncles and nephews that they care about. People the world over value family more than anything else they don't care what gender that person is they just want to do whatever makes them and their family happiest and most successful without hurting or hindering the people they care about. In this country it seems to be all about you other people don't matter which is why people continue grow and behave progressively worse hear kids aren't taught real morals any more only backward and useless ideologies that have no basis in reality.



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22 Oct 2013, 9:57 am

glow wrote:
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Woman, what would you have me do?
Maybe grow into a trained chimp? :)

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22 Oct 2013, 11:38 am

I don't think it's that significant. The google autocomplete statements are generated by the most common phrases and associated words around the internet, not necessarily by the most common google searches. That's what the cause was of the controversy, when we discovered a google autocomplete that said "autistics should die", ironically that was actually generated online autistic communities like Wrong Planet talking about parents who kill their autistic children. Autocomplete phrases like "feminists should be shot" are likely generated by the MRA sites and blogs around the internet, it does not necessarily mean that most people who do searches on topics related to feminism actually think that.



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22 Oct 2013, 12:02 pm

We could - of course - worry about real world problems instead...



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22 Oct 2013, 6:21 pm

redriverronin wrote:
No but those are the feeling people have towards them in many places all over the world this and many other countries didn't have near as many social or economic problems until feminism started to change laws.

What social or economic problems are the result of 'feminists changing laws'?

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People see women holding up signs and yelling kill and castrate all men they hear them call all men rapists and slave holders.

citation needed.



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22 Oct 2013, 6:22 pm

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We could - of course - worry about real world problems instead...

because only problems that affect men are "real"?

Wrt. the statistical significance of google's auto complete, that's likely the issue for at least a couple of the responses, but it doesn't explain the overall trend.



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22 Oct 2013, 6:34 pm

How are men like waffles?the only thing I can think of is they like to be covered in syrup and eaten.


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23 Oct 2013, 12:34 am

LKL wrote:
feminists are
1)ugly
2)annoying
3)stupid
4)crazy


I think you'd find a similar level of vitriol if you punched in virtually any ideological group, as their opposite number aren't going to have much nice to say about them. Also, there are some really obnoxious people describing themselves as feminists, as we've previously discussed, and unfortunately it's those people that come to mind for many when the term "feminist" is used.

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MRAs are
1)stupid
2)losers
3)sexist
4)idiots


Hell, I've seen all that and worse right here on WP.


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23 Oct 2013, 3:20 am

True. Those two, like I said, are more balanced in their negativity than the other ones.



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23 Oct 2013, 6:24 am

Fnord wrote:
glow wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Woman, what would you have me do?
Maybe grow into a trained chimp? :)

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Hahahaha. neither. I was thinking about it when this youtube vid made me think of you.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjDVFe2oHWQ[/youtube]



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23 Oct 2013, 1:58 pm

LKL wrote:
GGPViper wrote:
We could - of course - worry about real world problems instead...

because only problems that affect men are "real"?

Indeed. My lack of astonishment when exposed to a tirade about auto-complete results on Google is clearly a manifest representation of male chauvinism, and in no way a genuine concern about the lack of meaningful content in aforementioned tirade.