"Shagger of the Year" for three years straight

Adamson, the marketing consultant, noted “the sex, the drugs, the open shirt, the leer” that defined Brand. “That is exactly why the behavior never registered as a warning sign; it was him marketing his brand,” he said.

Blame goes also to the media at the time, Adamson noted. “The media did not just cover the persona — they co-authored it. When a national newspaper hands you a trophy three years running for sleeping around, you are not hiding anything. You’re building your brand.”

Attorney and anti-misogyny activist Cheyenne Hunt noted that Brand’s raunchy behavior almost served as a pre-emptive defense.

Someone like Brand “is trying to create a persona such that if someone comes forward, there is this ... defense available to them, that is, ‘Well, what did you THINK was going to happen?’” Hunt said.

While I'd love to, it sounds like they're good for now and will find another moderator if/when they need more help.

I'm okay for now thanks, was just wondering if that was the expectation haha

I'll seek out another mod if it becomes a two person job I suppose

I did end up going with the other volunteer, but it sounds like that might appreciate a helpinf hand - would you mind if I appointed you underneath them to help mod here?

Sorry for the delay, my inbox is overflowing right now. d'oh!

Would you like me to add the other volunteer from this thread? I'm glad to do so. Typically a single mod is sufficient for most communities, however it never hurts to have more than one, for sure. :)

I'd be happy to add them if you'd like :)

It's also literally how the Christian Bible is written. Man just was, and Woman came from a rib.

It's reflected in our language. It's not that mankind was named after men, but male humans were named after mankind, while women just kept the old "wifmann" name old English. Which is where "wife" also comes from.

We literally had "wif" and "wer" that just straight up meant female human and male human but we ruined that.

Thank you!

Do I have to pick other mods? I see that I am the only moderator at the moment.

Thank you, this comm looks like a battlefield 🫡

Good luck!

Lemmy has a sizable population of Reddit rejects.

You're in the feminism comm what tf are you talking about

The context (post was a day or two ago) is that the girl in question routinely physically attacks the boy, the teachers aren't stopping it, and it's gone on long enough that the boy is expressing a fear of going to school/kindergarten/whatever to their parent.

I'm 48 and have been full blown menopause for two years. Too young my ARSE!

Except the advice is literally to hit this girl to restore his pride and self esteem.

Semi-anonymous loosely moderated forums always attract people seeking outlets for things they can't say on other social media or in real life.

This hits home. I was severely bullied and ostracized at school.

It was only when I snapped and kicked a bully that the bullying stopped and simply became avoidance. There's a point to be made about setting personal boundaries "Don't do onto others what you wouldn't want done to you".

I don't think it's about restoring self-esteem or pride but simply setting personal boundaries in a situation where "turning the other cheek" wouldn't help.

It’s the language he chose like “it’s not like a grown man hitting a woman”

Just referring to both sides, if the bully is a boy or a girl, the response should be similar.

Certainly agree that the advice emphasizes the value of violence rather than accepting it as a last resort and measured response, but I'm not so sure it is a sexist sentiment, as could easily see that comment going the same way if it were two boys or two girls or the genders reversed.

My statement about teaching boys doesn’t mean girls should be taught to meet violence with violence in their stead. They’re not mutually exclusive statements.

Is it sexist to suggest the answer should be different depending on the gender of the people involved?

I can see trying to emphasize de escalation and self defense that isn't just hitting back harder, but I don't think the gender of the children involved should change the answer.

You're the one who was trying to make a point about the pride stuff here, not me. I'm just responding to your points.

My only point was that the original comment in the screenshot is, in my opinion, pretty obviously talking about the (very flawed, and inappropriately applied) concept of "fighting back will restore pride" and not "hitting girls restores pride".

Were talking about 5-6 year olds. What pride?

Yeah, it it was just "he should be able to defend himself" I think the comment would be okay, but the commenter is clearly saying he should get physical.

Additionally, the "its not like a grown man hitting a woman" and "restore his pride" definitely makes it sound sexist.

Lemmy has a huge population that has a hard-on for violence in general.