Ohio State students recently protested a speaking engagement starring generally sexist bro-blogger Tucker Max (this photo was labeled "Tuckerbiggirls"), and in response, student reporter Molly Gray wrote a particularly ire-inducing editorial admonishing the protesters for being, in her words, "stupid." "I do not, and will not, feel bad for women who are objectified by men like Tucker Max," she writes, going on to say, "Read his work and you'll see, every girl he has taken advantage of is usually drunk, seeking attention, and is always acting stupid."
According to her brand of twisted psuedo-feminism, we can't expect men to refrain from taking advantage of women. But women, well, we should know better!
It reminds us of a similarly caustic diatribe aimed at young women penned yesterday by Linda Hirshman over at DoubleX, which called out Jezebel bloggers for being sexually provocative and insinuated that they'd brought unwanted male advances on themselves.
Bottom line is that both Gray and DoubleX seem to think we should excuse men's douche-y frat-boy behavior (and even rape), blaming it all on the women who "provoke" it instead. But we'd rather jump into bed with a guy like Tucker any day than get in bed with his ideology by blaming the women he objectifies. At least if we had sex with him we'd get something out of it.














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Wednesday 13 May
By coco
you'd get something out of it all right ... cervical warts.
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Thursday 14 May
By Horse Nipples
So women are allowed to get extremely drunk and wear provocative clothes that show half their a$$ and I'm just supposed to hang back and act like a gentleman and not take advantage of the situation? Yeah right!
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Friday 15 May
By CaroJ
Yeah, you are. Because that's what good people do. But apparently you don't think you are responsible for your own actions. After all, if a woman is in that situation, she must be begging for it! That's what all rapists think.
Sunday 31 May
By Sara
Its a two way street. Women cant act out and do things that attract that kind of man without actaully attracting some negative behavior. At the same time no man should use a womans manner or wardrobe as an excuse to take advantage of her because its still wrong. Even though it would be smarter for women to take precautions, their is no excuse for a man who mistreats a woman.
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