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by pharrington 3389 days ago
See dang's reply. I don't know much about Iceland, so I can't comment there. The UK has a very strong history of banning "socially dangerous" material. Not only did you imagine an outrage against a hypothetical "Magic Melissa," and not only does such a movie actually exist and received none of that outrage, but the whole thought exercise directly contradicts your premise that western culture is obsessed with shaming men.

One huge problem, at least in the US, is the cult of social justice. By cult, I mean there is a status hierarchy among the social justice warriors; those at the top consistently shame and abuse perceived enemies, internal and external, and they operate with a high degree of secrecy while putting on a front of transparency (hence the constant Twittering). It is not "women of the west" attacking men, it is SJWs using the old and well understand tactics of high-control groups. Why were self-proclaimed feminists recently attacking Emma Watson and trying to dictate what she is and isn't allowed to do?