https://yummy-wakame.com/weblog/2009/08/words-are-not-fists-some-thoughts-on-how-men-work-to-defuse-feminist-anger/ UX Designer + Full-Stack Dev Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://yummy-wakame.com/weblog/2009/08/words-are-not-fists-some-thoughts-on-how-men-work-to-defuse-feminist-anger/#comment-8639 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:52:00 +0000 http://www.yummy-wakame.com/weblog/?p=4236#comment-8639 I absolutely agree Jason. I've been thinking about your comment seriously for some time. it occurred to me that the tactic doesnt actually diffuse anger, it uses embarrassment to muffle it, resulting in a very distorted debate.

]]> https://yummy-wakame.com/weblog/2009/08/words-are-not-fists-some-thoughts-on-how-men-work-to-defuse-feminist-anger/#comment-8638 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:49:00 +0000 http://www.yummy-wakame.com/weblog/?p=4236#comment-8638 Since when has diffusing anger in order to allow reasonable debate been a bad thing?

]]> https://yummy-wakame.com/weblog/2009/08/words-are-not-fists-some-thoughts-on-how-men-work-to-defuse-feminist-anger/#comment-8637 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:46:00 +0000 http://www.yummy-wakame.com/weblog/?p=4236#comment-8637 The important thing I noted from it however (if you check out the full blog post on my site) is that its not deliberate. I think its learned behaviour that just happens automatically. On both sides.

]]> https://yummy-wakame.com/weblog/2009/08/words-are-not-fists-some-thoughts-on-how-men-work-to-defuse-feminist-anger/#comment-8636 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:44:00 +0000 http://www.yummy-wakame.com/weblog/?p=4236#comment-8636 hahaha Bronny!! you don't say….

]]> https://yummy-wakame.com/weblog/2009/08/words-are-not-fists-some-thoughts-on-how-men-work-to-defuse-feminist-anger/#comment-8635 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:36:00 +0000 http://www.yummy-wakame.com/weblog/?p=4236#comment-8635 sneaky bastards – i know! when men do this it really irks me – i used to care about hurting feelings when ypunger now not so much –

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