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by daeken 2214 days ago
> why implicitly promote objectification of women by explicitly being ok with (crazy in my opinion) the personal choice of objectifying onseself?

A woman choosing to own the term "bitch" doesn't promote objectification of women any more than me owning the term "queer" promotes homophobia/transphobia. Bigots will always find an excuse to be bigots; they don't need a woman to give them that excuse.

Additionally, your use of "crazy" and "sane" in this context is exactly the type of tone policing that hurts women (not to mention very directly propping up the stigma against those suffering from mental illness). You're not helping.

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If the writing were good enough to stand on its own merits, the attention seeking title wouldn't be necessary.
That statement is hard to prove. Most people do not read "all" content - they look for headlines that will draw them in. It's hard for any content to reach critical mass without first getting a bunch of eyeballs on there evaluating it.
Actually you're probably right. The world isn't rational or fair!