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		alxp on Sept 12, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Myths about prostitution > Yes, this is the nasty little secret at the heart of feminism. The straw man version of feminism you hold in your head is not the one that exists in real life. Google "patriarchy hurts men, too".

mseebach on Sept 12, 2010 | [–]

There's a big slice of the feminist segment outside the intelligentsia for whom feminism is pointing to a stat that says that X% of all Fortune 500 C-level execs or some such are men, and being outraged.

gaius on Sept 13, 2010 | [–]

All -isms are an attempt to justify the self-interest of their sponsors.

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