E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSSI covered a lot of protests back when I was a daily newspaper photographer. I believed then, as I do now, that women protest because they have deeply held convictions, and they believe in trying to change the world. Most protesting men, on the other hand, do so because they want to be with those women. Maybe I'm wrong. What do you think?
Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
Demonstrators, dressed as characters from the film Avatar, protest against British mining company Vedanta Resources during their Annual General Meeting in London July 28, 2010. India-focused Vedanta Resources faced protests at its shareholders' meeting on Wednesday from investors and pressure groups over its plans to build a bauxite mine in India's eastern Orissa state, in an area sacred to indigenous people.
Leave a Comment:
What a sexist remark o_O
That is such a ridiculous statement. And one that is so insulting to most men who have protested about something that mattered to them and a cause they deeply cared for. To suggest that all is down to thier relationship with women rather than their engaement with the rest of the world is just shocking.
So Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi just wanted to get laid, right?
So you are willing to reduce the 3 or 4 thousand Chinese students shot down by their government in Tianamen Square and all the other people over the years who have died in protests and demonstrations fighting for their cause to simply pursuing women?
Actually, Robert, I agree with you.
Yea, some of guys share the same convictions as their gal, most of them want to support their gal, you know, stand beside her, a Dudely thing to do, and yes, some of them are simply taking advantage of the situation, but I think they are few.
Take Kent State for example-as I sit here listening to CSNY on The Box-a lot of those guys went out and stood up for their own beliefs, and since it was a potentially dangerous, hostile place to be, a lot of guys went out there to protect their women.
But I also feel, and it's just my opinion, I could be wrong, most Dudes would rather watch it on TV.
Ribbit!
Allow me to apologize for not being as clear as I should have been. I understand how my comment could be interpreted as something that it was not intended to be.
My comment is only a personal observation that came out of experiences I had while I was a daily newspaper photographer. It’s something I noticed time and time again over the course of several years. As SPPhrog suggests, I believe it has a lot more to do with the love and support of a partner than it has to do with any physical reward from a partner.
I also believe there are events that transcend my observation. The civil rights movement, and continued political protests in troubled places around the world are prime examples of meaningful and necessary protests.
As, yes, a guy who has been active in various political movements over the last 30 years, I find this not only ludicrous and sexist, but a very shallow understanding. Maybe it has more to do with the response evoked in you by the women who were protesting (as opposed to the men).