Be completely honest here: Even if you saw facts that proved your views to be misled and based on fantasies of your own, would you pay them any attention? You're obviously not planning on paying attention to this documentary, because you assume it won't have any facts. But that's the point of documentaries--presenting facts and opinions to give a balanced view. Anyone presenting you with facts would only be wasting their time because you refuse to see anything beyond your own opinions, which have become facts to you. Without a willingness to see other points of view without viciously attacking those who differ from yourself, we're stuck in a circle of stagnation.
I always try to take debates and opinions seriously, but you clearly are misinformed and uneducated in terms of what feminism is and who feminists are. You've made up your mind based on vocal minorities that warp the meaning and goals of feminism. True feminism is about equality, and is against patriarchy, which happens to harm both men and women, young and old, people of any race and ethnicity in any part of the world. Progress gets stunted because people like you generalize and label every feminist attempt at bringing issues to light as something malicious and unfounded. Please make sure you are informed about the facts of the movement you are attacking before posting comments that make you look angry and ignorant.
Who or what is stopping you from making said film? If you have valid concerns that need to come to light, then you should voice your concerns. Just because this documentary focuses on women doesn't mean it's claiming men don't face any problems.
If you're under the impression that the majority of feminists are anti-male, you're severely misinformed. Feminism fights for equality. That's it. Saying most feminists are or the majority of feminism is anti-male is like saying most Christians are or Christianity is represented by the Westboro Baptist "Church."
It's disappointing to see all of the negative reactions and comments on this. The failure of so many people to recognize this as a legitimate issue is just further proof of the problem, and the vast generalizations that are being made show only ignorance and fear on the part of so many commenters. Why do you feel the need to attack women who stand up against problems?
I saw a comment that asked, where were these women when gamers were being made fun of and abused for being nerds and antisocial; but my question in response to that is, why attack women for doing now what you failed to do then?
So many people accuse these women and feminists in general of generalizing and lumping all men together in a campaign against all men as sexists, when these same people are guilty of doing what they accuse feminists of doing. The documentary never claimed to try to prove that this abuse is strictly toward women; the focus is merely on women because you can't make a decent and focused documentary about ALL of the faults of the gaming community. Making sweeping general assumptions about a documentary that hasn't even been released yet is immature and cowardly, and only encourages the problem that the documentary is trying to bring to light.
Don't get mad at and attack women for calling out inappropriate behavior just because you don't have it in you to stand up for yourself, and instead claim it's just "part of the culture" or that it's normal for the Internet; people make up the Internet and the environment it creates, and people have the power to make it a more inclusive space rather than a space of emotional violence and primitive behavior.
I know some people might attack me for my contribution, and most won't even read or pay attention to it. But when it comes to enacting change, that shouldn't stop people from voicing their perspectives. I will also leave this link here, because while it's not about this specific issue, a lot of what is said is eerily appropriate and if even one person listens, that's enough for me.
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