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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6868547" data-attributes="member: 177">Yep.&nbsp; I already noted that the author's approach was flawed, back on the first page of the thread.&nbsp; However, the author of the piece is likely not reading this, so critique of her style is, to be honest, not terribly constructive.&nbsp; And, as already noted, dismissing the piece for its tone is a logical fallacy.&nbsp; So, on both points we are better served by moving beyond that.You are being asked to set aside for a moment whether it &quot;warrants&quot; defense - that's about *your* rights, *your* feelings, putting focus on *you* as a victim.&nbsp; And, her perceived need to use that generalized attack to get attention is traced to... something that could have been prevented, if we were as good as we like to think. If we applied pressure to our peers, if we actually helped deal with the situation, our own feelings would need less defending, as she'd not feel a need to write the piece!&nbsp; So, you have a choice - focus on her presentation, or the root cause of the problem. We (men) took an entirely rhetorical slap, that many of us did not deserve, sure.&nbsp; Meanwhile, women are getting groped and routinely abused. By all means, continue on about how wrong the rhetorical device was... if you think that's the real priority.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6868547, member: 177"] Yep. I already noted that the author's approach was flawed, back on the first page of the thread. However, the author of the piece is likely not reading this, so critique of her style is, to be honest, not terribly constructive. And, as already noted, dismissing the piece for its tone is a logical fallacy. So, on both points we are better served by moving beyond that. You are being asked to set aside for a moment whether it "warrants" defense - that's about *your* rights, *your* feelings, putting focus on *you* as a victim. And, her perceived need to use that generalized attack to get attention is traced to... something that could have been prevented, if we were as good as we like to think. If we applied pressure to our peers, if we actually helped deal with the situation, our own feelings would need less defending, as she'd not feel a need to write the piece! So, you have a choice - focus on her presentation, or the root cause of the problem. We (men) took an entirely rhetorical slap, that many of us did not deserve, sure. Meanwhile, women are getting groped and routinely abused. By all means, continue on about how wrong the rhetorical device was... if you think that's the real priority. [/QUOTE]

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