Women Are Discriminated Against On The Internet–Wah! Wah!
July 29, 2008 / 10:40 pm • By Dr. Melissa ClouthierHere we go again….
I wrote about this boring topic a couple years ago, last year and again here and my opinion hasn’t changed. Women are discriminated against on the web just like men are discriminated against. That is to say: life is not fair. People discriminate when it comes to what they want to read. Stomp my feet, there are women who get more readers than I do! Couldn’t possibly be that they’re more talented or interesting or funny. It must be The Man.
Oy vey, nothing reinforces the stereotype of whiny women like women whining. Newsflash ladies: If you’re blog isn’t being read, it’s not because you have ovaries. It’s because no one gives a shit about what you’re saying. Newsflash #2: There are lots of men who have blogs that suck that no one reads, too. Are they being discriminated against? Newsflash #3: You can be writing like Shakespeare himself, and there are a gazillion other talented people writing, too. It’s called scale. The internet is a big place, finding more than a handful of people who are remotely interested in what you have to say might be a problem.
Robert Stacy McCain says this:
And as for you, you idiot HuffPo woman whining because the New York Times ran this story in the “Style & Fashion” section: Look a gift horse in the mouth, why don’t you? You’re lucky they even bothered to cover your stupid “BlogHer” conference. As for your big claim, “Women are outnumbering men on the web” — you know what that is, don’t you? It’s (a) my sister-in-law forwarding me spam e-mails about Obama-the-secret-Muslim, (b) my daughter MySpacing “OMG ROTFLMAO” to her friends, and (c) desperate, slightly overweight 37-year-olds with “nice personalities” trying to find a date on Craigslist.
Snort. Too funny. As an aside, in real life, I’m not interested in hearing about the constitution of a baby’s poop or the state of your lactation, unless, that is, you’re my patient and you’re paying me to give an opinion about said topic. Otherwise, save the discussion for your doctor or mother’s group. Bleh. Speaking of lactation or is menstruation? Anyway, Rachel sez:
Anyway, so the BlogHer chicks were upset about not being taken seriously, and then the fembloggers spontaneously menstruated when they noticed the article was in the Fashion/Style section of the Times. I would like to thank the writer of that post I just linked to for reminding me how important it is to use the F-bomb in moderation. Jesus. Also, I don’t know about anyone else, but I’d find it easier to take the feminists seriously if they didn’t express their displeasure like this:
“Yeah, those fucking laydeez are so heinous, they even took over the manly-man bathrooms!! And they’re such feeble-minded superficial silly bitchez, all they care about is “nurturing messages”, neck massages, and the trappings of femininity. LACTATION!!1!!!!11!1!! Why aren’t those bitchez at home taking care of the damn baybeez properly, anyway!?!?”
Yes of course, that is exactly what the NYT was thinking. Pigs!
Oh, those lovely BlogHer ladies. I got in their cross-hairs two years ago about this topic. Don’t tangle with those women. They’re brutal. And don’t disagree with abortion either. The hate mail, I’d be distressed, but then again. I’m not. Because I blog like a real woman and can take it. They’ve got nothing on the Obamacons who bring the hate to a whole new homicidal level.
Meh. Life is hard. Life on the internet is no different. If anything has pissed me off, it’s been having my ideas, whole sentences lifted without attribution. Now, that gets my dander up. Haven’t been quite sure how to handle it. But discrimination? Bull and shit. Men have linked my blog as much or more as women. And as a sign of honor, men have derided and hated my views and spewed their venom to my face, man. Actually, not. Mostly, the girly-men have posted shitty anonymous comments that sound a lot like whining. So, actually, the BlogHer women are in great company.
The blogosphere is full of whiners. Just get better at it ladies and maybe someone will give flying flapjack about yours.
