Feel ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED stories

[Jive Turkey]

How many posts before someone criticizes Andres Serrano for being irresponsible with his freedom of speech though?

 

[Pearl]

This may be from 2011, but its disturbing nonetheless...

Sad to say, it pays to be a man in many parts of the world. In fact, in India, some parents are paying doctors to turn their young daughters into sons in hopes of improving the family’s prospects.
The state government in Madhya Pradesh is currently investigating claims that as many as 300 girls were surgically turned into boys in the city of Indore -- with the parents paying as much $3,190 for the privilege of being able to say: “She’s a boy!”
During the surgery, known as genitoplasty, doctors fashion a male penis from the female sex organs, according to the Telegraph. To finish the change, girls are also injected with male hormones.
Although advocates for women’s and children’s rights are denouncing the sex change operations as “social madness,” according to Telegraph, but it is not as though gender discrimination is new. In India, gender bias has existed for centuries, thanks to cultural traditions, including that the daughter’s family is responsible for paying for an elaborate wedding and an expensive dowry.

Forced Sex Change On Young Girls A Growing Concern In India

Things may be unfair here in the U.S. when it comes to contraceptives and such, but at least no - or very few - parents are changing their daughters into boys out of cultural disdain for females.

 

[Jive Turkey]

What the fuck?

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Good god.

That's insane.

 

[Pearl]

The parents of a central Indiana boy are suing Ball State University, alleging their son was subjected to "horrific sexual abuse" by fellow second-graders at a university-run school who they say acted out scenes from pornographic videos they downloaded on school computers.
The lawsuit says the boy was 8 years old when he was forced to engage numerous times in sex acts with other children at Burris Laboratory School in Muncie in late 2011. Four second-grade boys, including the alleged victim and another student described as the "ringleader," are believed to have been involved in the sex abuse, the complaint alleges.
Ball State spokesman Tony Proudfoot said in a written statement that the university learned in December 2011 of allegations of inappropriate behavior among four second-graders at the school. He said the matter was "reported promptly" to local law enforcement and the Indiana Department of Child Services.

Burris Laboratory School Officials Failed To Protect Boy From Peer Sex Abuse: Lawsuit

Why didn't the school block those sites? Many work places block porn, but a school does not? They honestly thought kids wouldn't look at them? That school failed the students - especially the victim - big time, but I also can't help but wonder what kind of homes those kids come from to think its OK to look at porn and sexually abuse other students. It appears that at home and at school, the kids had very little supervision in their lives, as well as not being taught much about morals and empathy.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Second graders were doing that? That depresses me beyond any words.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

That is one of the most disturbing things I think I've ever read or ever will read. Holy crap.

 

[Pearl]

So true. Honestly, when I hear these type of stories, I wish the world would end in December. Laugh all you want, but I just to don't want to be part of the human race when I read stories like that.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

I just to don't want to be part of the human race when I read stories like that.

No argument from me on that.

Stories like that also make me feel like any sort of faith I try and hold in humanity is futile and stupid.

 

[IWasBored]

Not Linsanity

Basketball was invented in Springfield, I've been to the Basketball Hall Of Fame there and it's awesome. Good to know that bat shit crazy is alive and well there too.

Ordinarily, I don't
1) read fym
2) quote posts from 7 months ago
But it's an unusually slow night at work, and I'm incredibly bored (for some reason my iPad will connect to the Internet, but my laptop won't, so I can't get paid to play video games). I can assure you that Springfield is doing its very, very best to keep batshit crazy alive. Yet somehow, amidst all of its non-newsworthy batshit craziness, I never so much as heard about or saw anything relating to that particular story (and now I wonder who got that call, because I'd be awfully surprised if the cops didn't call an ambulance down there to look at the guy's ear--or lack of). But then again, I normally get enough examples of how fucked up humans are at work and listen to show tunes more often than I go out looking for stories about tortures, animal cruelty, and raping babies. This is kind of a soul-sucking thread if you sit down and read through it all at once. Good thing I don't have a soul.

 

[cobl04]

A 14-year-old Pakistani student who won international acclaim for speaking out for girls barred from school by the Taliban was critically wounded Tuesday by a gunman who boarded her school bus, asked for her by name, aimed his pistol at her head and fired, officials said.

Taliban says it shot Pakistani teen for advocating girls' rights - The Washington Post

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Ugh.

I admire her courage. Here's hoping she'll make a full recovery and keep on fighting.

 

[Pearl]

According to its web site, the Wesleyan branch of Beta Theta Pi fraternity has five "core principles": "mutual assistance," "intellectual growth," "trust," "responsible conduct" and "integrity." According to a new lawsuit, it also has a cool nickname: "Rape Factory."
Nothing like the deadpan post-ironic humor of college students. "Rape Factory"! A horrible mechanized assembly line, designed and structured for a single objective: rape. An unnamed former Wesleyan student is suing the university for failing to "to supervise, discipline, warn or take other corrective action" against the fraternity, which she says had a "reputation in the Wesleyan community as the 'Rape Factory'"

Wesleyan Sued Over 'Rape Factory' Frat House

I get so livid when I read these stories, and also depressed. Seriously, what is with men, or guys in this matter? What's with the hate towards women that you have to assault and humiliate them? Or are you so insecure with your masculinity that you have to do this shit?

 

[Jive Turkey]

Seriously, what is with men, or guys in this matter?

If I were the kind to take offense, I might be extremely put off by this blanket statement. Why ask 'what is with men?' when a handful of doorknobs commit acts like this? Do you really think it's a problem with the entire gender or would it be more responsible to ask what is with these people in particular? It's stuff like this that makes me occasionally comment on the anti-male sentiment that sometimes rears its head around here

 

[Pearl]

If I were the kind to take offense, I might be extremely put off by this blanket statement. Why ask 'what is with men?' when a handful of doorknobs commit acts like this? Do you really think it's a problem with the entire gender or would it be more responsible to ask what is with these people in particular? It's stuff like this that makes me occasionally comment on the anti-male sentiment that sometimes rears its head around here

Maybe I generalized too much there. But honestly, I can't help but notice how rampant misogyny is in this world. I don't think most men realize this because patriarchy has been around for millennia, and they don't think much of their attitude towards women.

I get angry when I hear about men mistreating women like its their right. Heck, I get enraged when I am mistreated because I am a woman, and it does happen. You'd be surprised how many guys hold misogynist views and don't hide it when women are around.

I can't help but notice that when men complain about women, its OK - they're letting off steam. But when a woman complains about men, she's a crazy psycho bitch.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I understand your frustration, I'm just saying if someone here started a statement with "what is it with women..", he'd be skewered. Blaming an entire gender for the misconduct of the minority of them is no better than what you're upset with. Just pointing that out, but I'm sure it's probably magnified a bit in this forum anyway

 

[deep]

Professional Clown Sentenced for Raping 12-Year-Old - while wearing his costume and makeup

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Yeah, 10 years is way too short a sentence, especially since he doesn't even have to serve the full thing on top of it all.

Thank goodness the girl managed to escape.

 

[Liesje]

I am the only woman on my team in a profession that is generally assumed to me a male gig, but Pearl if it makes you feel any better my male colleagues have reacted more strongly against sexist comments towards me than I have.

 

[Pearl]

I am the only woman on my team in a profession that is generally assumed to me a male gig, but Pearl if it makes you feel any better my male colleagues have reacted more strongly against sexist comments towards me than I have.

It does. I just wish I had some male co-workers who would've done that.

Oh, scratch that, I'm focusing on the negative too much again. I had some male co-workers who would've stood up against sexist comments and did a few times. But I worked in places where the most influential co-workers were guys who held sexist views, and you wouldn't want to mess with those unless you want to be bullied by them. So, it was more of a bullying issue than a sexism issue in some of the places where I worked.

I guess one reason why I get so upset over sexism is because my dad is an unapologetic misogynist who never fails to bash women whenever he can, and he's been doing it more this year with contraceptives being such a big issue. I think that is why I get set off so easily. I guess you can say I have daddy issues.

 

[BoMac]

Using my Facebook feed as anecdotal evidence, I am noticing more and more misandrist comments lately, and it's starting to annoy me.

I detest when an entire group of people are painted with the same brush because of the misdeeds of a few.

 

[cobl04]

Using my Facebook feed as anecdotal evidence, I am noticing more and more misandrist comments lately, and it's starting to annoy me.

I detest when an entire group of people are painted with the same brush because of the misdeeds of a few.

Me too. Whilst misogyny is inexcusable, it doesn't make it okay to generalise about men.

A woman here was raped and killed recently and I saw a bunch of posts like "all men are fucking assholes" and "if a man offered to walk me home, even with no strings attached, I would tell him to fuck off, who knows what he's thinking".

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

I don't agree with painting any group with a broad brush. That would include Christians, and that's done here all the time. Just a thought.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I don't agree with painting any group with a broad brush. That would include Christians, and that's done here all the time. Just a thought.

I'm assuming this is somewhat pointed in my direction, but I've never in my life painted Christians with any brush. There's a difference between thinking an antiquated ideology is way past its best before date and hating those who practice. My Nana is Christian. Some of the coolest fucking people on this site are religious. Some of the lamest are too

 

[BoMac]

Fuck.

Coquitlam girl who posted bullying video takes own life - The Globe and Mail

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

I'm assuming this is somewhat pointed in my direction, but I've never in my life painted Christians with any brush. There's a difference between thinking an antiquated ideology is way past its best before date and hating those who practice. My Nana is Christian. Some of the coolest fucking people on this site are religious. Some of the lamest are too

Well you assume wrong. It was a general comment about the stereotyping and generalizing that goes on here and has in the past. Most people here (probably more like all) are guilty of it at one time for another. Semantics really don't matter, generalizing is generalizing.

Some of the lamest? Really? Lame (and cool) is in the eye of the beholder. I save my judgments about that for private conversations.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Well you assume wrong. It was a general comment about the stereotyping and generalizing that goes on here and has in the past. Most people here (probably more like all) are guilty of it at one time for another. Semantics really don't matter, generalizing is generalizing.

Some of the lamest? Really? Lame (and cool) is in the eye of the beholder. I save my judgments about that for private conversations.

Well then I'll add that I've never seen anybody generalize about Christians here. Maybe you could link to an example?
Not sure why you latched on to my last sentence. It was pretty benign. Yes, some of the coolest and some of the lamest. The whole point was that there are people here I like and people here I don't, regardless of religion. How is that worth commenting on? Not sure what that has to do with private conversations

 

[Salome]

you reap what you sow

we, as men, shouldn't complain about generalising statements in our direction
news items, like that 'rape factory' one, are too abundant to deny we still have a lot of growing to do

of course, the majority of us are not guilty of those actions
but instead of focussing on this, we should use that energy to try and rectify the issue
the issue being that still too many men seem to be unable to treat women as total equals
and what our part, however small, is in that mindset still existing

I know the entire "if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem" line smells kinda bad by now
but there is a lot of truth in it too

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Very nice post, thanks for that

 

[Pearl]

you reap what you sow

we, as men, shouldn't complain about generalising statements in our direction
news items, like that 'rape factory' one, are too abundant to deny we still have a lot of growing to do

of course, the majority of us are not guilty of those actions
but instead of focussing on this, we should use that energy to try and rectify the issue
the issue being that still too many men seem to be unable to treat women as total equals
and what our part, however small, is in that mindset still existing

I know the entire "if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem" line smells kinda bad by now
but there is a lot of truth in it too

You summed it up better than I did, Salome. Thank you.