# Misogyny, victim-blaming, and the board culture (yet again)

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**Created:** [November 15, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-victim-blaming-and-the-board-culture-yet-again/843504 "2019-11-15T19:37:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-victim-blaming-and-the-board-culture-yet-again/843504/327 "2019-11-22T02:19:04Z")

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> [@Bone](#):
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> I’m willing to address any argument on the merits. But I’m told that if I disagree with an individual’s assessment that something is misogynistic, that makes me a misogynist. And since the charge can be leveled at basically anything, it becomes circular and unassailable. That’s not a discussion any longer.

I have not seen that claim made by any poster in this thread.

What has occurred is that you have made statements that posters have decried as misogynistic. They specifically cite these statements, and, in one form or another, point out why they believe the statement to be misogynistic.

These posts cannot be dismissed as “not a discussion,” or “not on the merits.” You have stated that you do not see Hurricane Ditka’s statement as misogynistic. The statements you are making are ones that purportedly show that his post is not misogynistic. So pointing out that said argument does in fact contain misogyny is entirely relevant to the merits.

Or, in the case where you said that you do not count women’s opinions more than men’s opinions, it’s relevant because that is elevating uninformed opinions to the same level as informed ones. Such is still on the merits, because properly weighing the opinions of what is misogyny is important in determining what is misogynistic.

There are a lot of arguments in this thread that you have not responded to, including the bulk of those made by women. I simply request that you respond to these people, rather than dismissing them.

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