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by Anonymous User on Sunday May 25, @03:20PM EST (#1)
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I am aware of the removal of FHM, Maxim, etc. while keeping Cosmo, Cosmo-girl, Cosmo-slut etc., but other than that what exactly does Wal-Mart do to make itself seem anti-male?
I'm not doubting it but to me it seems just as anti-male as everything else in our culture.
Fill me in.
Mark
p.s. has anyone else noticed this or does anyone disagree?
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I go to WalMart occasionally to buy things like shampoo, vitamins and paper towels. I've never noticed that they were particularly anti-male, but then I've never thought about it up until I read this post. It may be true. But I tend to believe it's probably along the lines of the way Mark describes.
Do they not stock items that are popular primarily to men? I just never noticed.
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by Anonymous User on Sunday May 25, @06:04PM EST (#3)
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Last time I was there they still have Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World, etc.. plus a big games section in electronics department, so I don't think they are anti-boy.
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I don't ever shop at Wal-Mart because its founder contributes to the Christian Coalition, which is attempting to destroy the public school system. So even if I had no problem with this concerning men's issues I wouldn't set foot in there anyway. The one time I DID go to a Wal-Mart it seemed to be stuffed full of junk, the aisles were too narrow, the lighting was bad, and it was full of filthy inbreds. (I am not kidding, I didn't even realize there were inbreds hanging around in California but they were there.) People running around in untied shoes with no socks, women wearing beaters and exposing their hairy pits, the whole nine yards. And they SMELLED.
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by Anonymous User on Monday May 26, @05:55PM EST (#7)
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damn, that sounds pretty scarry.
Mark
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I used to be scared of groups like the Christian Coalition.Now,even if I am not religious at all,I feel sorry for these groups.
First of all,they lost the culture war.It's all over.Now,we live in a value free world.It's actualy a pretty scary place.It has made the human race less civil and more animalistic in nature.
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Oh, I think the world is far less animalistic now. Look back on the crusades, slavery, and the American genocide. As time passes, some things get better and some things get worse. It is the nature of things. But ultimately we are trending upward.
Some say that man needs religion for a moral compass. I say he doesn't. There are six billion people here and anyone who wants to forge an ethical code of conduct need only observe human interaction. Here's a little example.
Q: What happens if I rob a bank?
A: Many people are frightened and the American dollar is devalued slightly.
Ergo: Robbing banks has a negative impact on society. I have to live in society so even if I don't care about anyone else I shouldn't do it because it will have a negative impact on me.
...Ergo: It is in my best interest to care about society. The Bible says to do unto others as you would have otheres do unto you, but you could have figured that out for yourself with a 30-second intellectual exercise, and you'd have a full explanation of WHY it's that way at the end.
There was a murder case thrown out of court recently because the jury was referring to the bible for guidance. Good. What they did is irresponsible intellectual laziness. If you want to live in a free society you have to take responsibility for what you do. If you send a man to the gallows his death is on your hands, not God's.
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If only the criminals took responsibility for what they do.Yes,it was silly and ignorant for that jury to look at the bible for guidance.At the same time,setting this criminal free will not make us any safer."An eye for an eye" would keep us civilized,while releasing violent criminals so they can prey on the innocent makes us more barbaric.
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I'm tellin ya,Walmart is the headquarters of the Chinese Peoples Army.They are the ones providing the slave labor to assemble a lot of the things sold in Wally World.Along with Kim Jong-Il s gang.
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"...the Christian Coalition, which is attempting to destroy the public school system."
The public school system has been in complete disarray for a long time, and nothing the Christian Coalition can do will make it better or worse. The whole system is made up of faithless robots, selling moral relativism and the preternatural superiority of womyn. The most egregious sin the Christian Coalition can be legitimately accused of is advancing the notion of home-schooling, a concept that is certainly NOT restricted to conservative Christians. As far as the installation of "Christian values," I really don't find Christian (or Jewish or Muslim) values to be all that threatening, especially when the alternative is considered. I've come to the conclusion that, as onerous as organized religion can be, it is the most effective way to deliver a value system that sees to the general recognition of good and evil. For many (perhaps most) people, fear of Yahweh and the hereafter is the carrot/stick that keeps them from becoming barbarians. The logic that you presented in another post in this thread just doesn't work because most people (among them the "inbreds" that you refer to above) cannot or will not think that far ahead.
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Exactly.
People get so bent out of shape about religion, I know more people who spend more time trying to figure out ways to avoid typing "God" and using things like "xtian" thaat it makes me have to ask - for someone that doesn't exist (God) or something that is irrelevant (religion) it sure seems to have a lot of power over your life, eh?
---- Burn, Baby, Burn ----
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Can I get an Amen!
Amen brother!
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Women, as a whole look for employment that allows them to take off on a moment's notice because they are having that time of the month, their kids have to stay home from school and they don't have a sitter lined up, or they just don't want to work the overtime and such.
As a result, they tend to get retail type jobs on a higher rate then men.
Peek into the back room of your local Wally-World, and you'll see most the folks toting the barge and lifting the bake - pouring the F*****g slab, as it were - are men. The light floor work; which has contact with the public, are women. The managerial work, which requires the long hours, and has the "Gee, sorry to hear that about your kids, so we expect to see you at 7:30 as scheduled, right?" requirements are also men.
---- Burn, Baby, Burn ----
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It is not hard for me as a Canadian to boycott this establishment. It has been sleazing and horing its products into the homes of many of my frriends. A popular place indeed but thier homes are beginning to resemble one anothers to the point where thier styles have been dictated to them by the massive corporate entity (Right dowl to the toilet paper holder-yeesh). In Canada, thanks to free trade (which many of us curse to this day) we can purchase an issue of Cosmo-slut for 2 dollars more than what my American comrades to the South. This lack of male products and hiring is no different here my friends. The only males working at the Wal Mart here are ones mopping the floor (which is also reserved for people with Special needs- yes things are improving for them too ) and those that are stocking shelves or working in the hunting and sporting goods department. A little too typical if you ask me. I could go pon about this plastic Baron of junk but I will save you all from that suffering.
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I honestly do NOT see Walmart as misandryonous. They employ males, the are well stocked in male specific items (like beard trimmers, shaving cream), are well stocked in male-preferred items (like exercise equipment and beef jerky). I happen to like Walmart as a buisness. I can see how people could have complaints about their use of Chinese-manufactured items or monopoly status, but I think they are pretty gender-neutral.
I think this anger would be better focused on the many legitimate anti-male sentiments out there
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I agree. Wal-Mart needs to be more overt in their misandry, or it needs to be demonstrated that it is more pervasive than it appears to be for me to get excited about it.
There are just too many other things to be offended by right now.
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