# YesAllWomen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277 "2014-05-26T11:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/1 "2014-05-26T11:09:28Z")
#YesAllWomen is the hashtag women are using to share their opinions and experiences with gender based violence over on Twitter. [#YesAllWomen](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23YesAllWomen&src=hash) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/2 "2014-05-26T14:48:07Z")
What about it? We ask that people do more than provide a link when starting a thread – state an opinion, ask a question, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/3 "2014-05-26T15:59:18Z")
Hey, I tweeted to that hashtag! It’s like all this internet stuff is all connected or something! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/4 "2014-05-26T16:12:58Z")
I’m gonna stick my neck out and say that my opinion of gender-based violence on Twitter is pretty low. I’m bold that way. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/5 "2014-05-26T16:18:47Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I’m gonna stick my neck out and say that my opinion of gender-based violence on Twitter is pretty low. > > I’m bold that way. > > Regards, > Shodan Ooh, going pretty far out on that limb. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/6 "2014-05-26T18:01:06Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I’m gonna stick my neck out and say that my opinion of gender-based violence on Twitter is pretty low. > > I’m bold that way. > > Regards, > Shodan It is refreshing and affirming to see a member of the board take such a principled stand. Thank you, sir. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/7 "2014-05-26T18:07:23Z")
> [@j666](#): > > #YesAllWomen is the hashtag women are using to share their opinions and experiences with gender based violence over on Twitter. > > [#YesAllWomen](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23YesAllWomen&src=hash) Wow. I’m sure this will clear that problem right up. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/8 "2014-05-26T18:08:36Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Hey, I tweeted to that hashtag! It’s like all this internet stuff is all connected or something! 🙂 Really? I didn’t see your name. I was going to, but I’m easily identifiable and I wouldn’t want my bosses and co-workers to see it. My bosses still call women older than them “girls” and some co-workers don’t think birth control should be covered by health insurance. I think I’ll print out one of those anecdotes about dogs and steaks and no for the office. > [@twickster](#): > > What about it? We ask that people do more than provide a link when starting a thread – state an opinion, ask a question, etc. I do beg your pardon. State an opinion? The level of hostility expressed in response to the topic of the unwarranted hostility women are exposed to in real life and on even the most supposedly enlightened sites on the internet is the reason this little _movemette_ is necessary. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/9 "2014-05-26T18:11:47Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I’m gonna stick my neck out and say that my opinion of gender-based violence on Twitter is pretty low. The incidents of gender-based violence _on_ twitter are even lower 😉 This hashtag made me turn off some of the people I’m following’s RTs. It’s not that I disagree that the issue is important but with very few exceptions (like the father of #BraydenStrong) I follow people for humor, not their views on social issues. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/10 "2014-05-26T18:17:03Z")
> [@j666](#): > > this little _movemette_. #withfriendslikethesewhoneedsenemies? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/11 "2014-05-26T18:43:16Z")
> [@j666](#): > > #YesAllWomen is the hashtag women are using to share their opinions and experiences with gender based violence over on Twitter. > > [#YesAllWomen](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23YesAllWomen&src=hash) Because all women are the same, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/12 "2014-05-26T19:20:13Z")
#Yes ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/13 "2014-05-26T20:28:50Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Because all women are the same, huh? No, that’s not theme. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/14 "2014-05-26T20:35:54Z")
> [@j666](#): > > … > > The level of hostility expressed in response to the topic of the unwarranted hostility women are exposed to… in real life and on even the most supposedly enlightened sites on the internet is the reason this little _movemette_ is necessary. Hostility? Really? I am not seeing it, pardon my lack of trendy hashtag. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/15 "2014-05-26T20:40:33Z")
> [@j666](#): > > The level of hostility expressed in response to the topic of the unwarranted hostility women are exposed to in real life and on even the most supposedly enlightened sites on the internet is the reason this little _movemette_ is necessary. Good luck with your important work. As it’s Memorial Day, I was going to Tweet my wife with #blackeye, but since there is a Twitter campaign that’s off. Maybe the Fourth of July. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/16 "2014-05-26T22:15:18Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > What about it? We ask that people do more than provide a link when starting a thread – state an opinion, ask a question, etc. I see your point now. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/17 "2014-05-26T22:47:48Z")
Meh, I was more impressed by #OneReasonWhy. At least #OneReasonWhy brought up discrimination in the games/tech industry which, IMO, isn’t talked about enough. Internet bullying and violence against women (in Western countries) has been talked about to death. I really don’t feel like this campaign meaningfully advances any discourse. This isn’t to say they’re not worth discussion, but posting inane snippets like “#YesAllWomen I shouldn’t have to be afraid of walking down the street” isn’t exactly a reasoned commentary, nor a particularly surprising or unheard of anecdote. There’s a place for hastag activism. #BringBackOurGirls brought attention to a legitimately overlooked issue, and like I said, I respected #OneReasonWhy, but this one overextends a bit, IMO. Especially with the “All Women” thing, which is just **begging** for one of the notable female MRAs to smugly shoot it down with “ALL women huh!?” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/18 "2014-05-27T02:22:31Z")
I hate when stuff is applied to all women, because when it doesn’t apply to me (and it usually doesn’t) then I feel gross and creepy and less of a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/19 "2014-05-27T03:03:51Z")
Is the theme that ALL women are victims of men? And/or that ALL men are pigs now (as if they haven’t always been)? The misogyny and hatred by one murderous dude is now representative of the whole of _man_kind? Columnist Petula Dvorak at Washington Post [seems to think so](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/yesallwomen-elliott-rodgers-misogynistic-ravings-inspire-a-powerful-response-on-twitter/2014/05/26/dd755e4e-e4e0-11e3-8f90-73e071f3d637_story.html): > [@Petula Dvorak](#): > > Yes, all women have been harassed. > > Yes, all women have been judged by our looks, not our merit. > > Yes, all women have been around men who have discounted, denied and demeaned us. Yahoo News mentions #YesAllWomen too, in [this little piece](http://news.yahoo.com/yesallwomen-campaign-hits-twitter-us-shooting-195429383.html) (republished from AFP), which also mentions: > [@](#): > > However the hashtag quickly spawned a rival thread – #NoAllMen. > > “#YesAllWomen are Beautiful and #NoAllMen are not Pigs! There is Evil in the World plain & Simple there always has been always will be,” one person commented. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277/20 "2014-05-27T03:11:21Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Really? I didn’t see your name. > \ There’s a Cat Whisperer on twitter, but it’s not me. > [@](#): > > The level of hostility expressed in response to the topic of the unwarranted hostility women are exposed to in real life and on even the most supposedly enlightened sites on the internet is the reason this little _movemette_ is necessary. I am reminded of a thread we had here not too long ago, with the guys trying to tell the women that our experiences weren’t happening or we were mis-understanding or something. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesallwomen/689277.md?page=2)