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On-Line Chat Tonight
posted by Scott on Wednesday July 11, @10:17AM
from the announcements dept.
Announcements Remember, our weekly on-line chat will begin tonight at 9:30 PM Eastern Time. You can join the chat at this page. While we welcome all kinds of discussion in the chat room, tonight's main topic will be the way men are portrayed in the media. We're looking to put together a page on Mensactivism.org that tracks anti-male companies that abuse or defame men in commercials. Readers would then be able to see a list of companies that they might consider boycotting or writing to in protest.

Men's Hour Broadcast Number Two | LA Times Columnist Supports Threatening Men With False Accusations  >

  
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What a great idea! (Score:1)
by cheddah on Wednesday July 11, @11:07AM EST (#1)
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"We're looking to put together a page on Mensactivism.org that tracks anti-male companies that abuse or defame men in commercials."

I can not make the chat time tonight... but I think that the anti-male web page is a great idea (hopefully I can contribute too!)
Re:What a great idea! (Score:2)
by Nightmist (nightmist@mensactivism.org) on Wednesday July 11, @11:16AM EST (#2)
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I have a truckload of companies against which I have personal boycotts because of anti-male advertising. Can't wait to share them. :)

Re:What a great idea! (Score:2)
by frank h on Wednesday July 11, @02:29PM EST (#3)
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I can't participate tonite (things to do with my son...), but I have two thoughts: 1) Someone please take notes and post the list; it might be nice to include a rationale, if it can be kept short; 2) Remember if the final list is TOO long, then there will be no focus. For example, if we were to include all of the companies who make or sell toilet paper, then life would be difficult, wouldn't it?
Re:What a great idea! (Score:1)
by Scott (scott@mensactivism.org) on Wednesday July 11, @04:20PM EST (#4)
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Good points, Frank. Perhaps it would be a good method of selection of we only included companies that have a history of being anti-male, with more than one instance to focus on. Of course, if the particular case is extremely inflammatory, it could be included even if it were the first offense.

I'll enable logging in my IRC client, and a "transcript" of the chat will be available on request by e-mail.

Scott
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