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    "Looking Away Supports Violence"

    United/Nations: Ghida Anani On Addressing Violence Against Women

    Patrick Stewart: "The Truth Is That Domestic Violence Touches Many Of Us."

    Downward Spiral

    Ending Violence Against Women: A Day At The U.N.

    The Cyclical Nature Of Songs About Sexual Violence

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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    12/03/09

    In reply to "Looking Away Supports Violence"
    I would have liked to be a fly on the wall during the conversation between the advertisers and apartment owners.

    "Wait, you want to put up what now? Here?"
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    Image of BeckySharper BeckySharper
    12/03/09

    In reply to "Looking Away Supports Violence"
    I am THISCLOSE to breaking Godwin's Law right now.
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    Image of bowleserised bowleserised
    12/03/09

    @BeckySharper: Don't, please. The people who brainstormed this ad, and most of the people who walk by it were born after 1945, or were only children then.
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    Image of BeckySharper BeckySharper
    12/03/09

    @bowleserised: Yes, that's true, which is why I'm refraining. The vast majority of the Germans who will see this are not the same Germans who looked the other way in the 30s and 40s.
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    Image of UrbanAchiever UrbanAchiever
    12/03/09

    @BeckySharper: I don't think the comparison would be appropriate here, anyway. This is not about ignoring/supporting the rise & impact of a fascist regime while regular citizens are carted off wholesale with implicit societal approval (we might compare that on a slightly more benign level to our previous administration, but that's a discussion for another post).

    This is about the violence citizens regularly perpetrate on one another.
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    Image of effgeevee effgeevee
    12/03/09

    @BeckySharper: Aaand you went there anyway. Booo.
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    Image of BeckySharper BeckySharper
    12/03/09

    @effgeevee: So sorry to have disappointed you. I hope you'll be able to carry on somehow.
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    12/03/09

    @UrbanAchiever: It's the implicit societal approval that strikes me as relevant, i.e. when you know something bad is happening to your neighbor in the next house or on your block, but you choose not to help them.
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    Image of effgeevee effgeevee
    12/03/09

    @BeckySharper: I will struggle onward.
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    12/03/09

    @BeckySharper: Domestic violence isn't exclusively a problem of the former Axis powers though.
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    12/03/09

    @bowleserised: Of course not. Never said it was. Just think it's ironic that this nation is the one running this ad campaign.
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    Image of Ratinski Ratinski
    12/03/09

    @bowleserised: What I was going to say. It's not like it doesn't get ignored, oh, everywhere.
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    12/03/09

    @BeckySharper: I think it's ironic to generalise and stereotype about a nation which, in the past, generalised about and stereotyped others with horrific results.
    What's "this nation" anyway, if most of the individuals weren't born in the 1930s?
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    Edited by bowleserised at 12/03/09 12:24 PM bowleserised was starred bowleserised was unstarred
    Image of BeckySharper BeckySharper
    12/03/09

    @bowleserised: History doesn't cease to be relevant as soon as the active players die out. Things that happened in the recent past--we're only talking one generation here--most definitely affect the culture of the present.

    I don't pretend that America's history of slavery, genocide, injustice and brutality no longer matters and no longer affects me simply because I wasn't alive when those things happened. Why should Germans?
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    Image of chainsawmascara chainsawmascara
    12/03/09

    @BeckySharper: Shouldn't you be happy that they're making steps forward to ensure that such acts of violence no longer occur in their country? I don't understsand what you're trying to say here. Because something has happened in the past they can't try to stop it in the future? Germany has moved onward and is working to better itself. Please don't muck up the past in order to negate their work against domestic violence.
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    Image of bowleserised bowleserised
    12/03/09

    In reply to "Looking Away Supports Violence"
    Notice the slogan is in English...
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    12/03/09

    @bowleserised: Because English is WAY cooler than German. At least that's what most commercials are trying to tell me.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    12/03/09

    @bowleserised: "Schadenshocktacticundgetrigger" wouldn't fit on the window.
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    Image of bowleserised bowleserised
    12/03/09

    @clockwise contemplates going counter: I know! I can't get over the amount of English used in ads here.
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    12/03/09

    @andBegorrah: They could overspill onto the wall.
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    12/03/09

    @bowleserised: A few months ago the "Spiegel" had an article about the hilarious misunderstandings that were caused by English advertising pitches, I wish I'd kept it.
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    12/03/09

    @clockwise contemplates going counter: The toilet paper brand "Touching" is the best I've seen so far.
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    Image of clockwise contemplates going counter clockwise contemplates going counter
    12/03/09

    @bowleserised: Oh, there are unfortunate ones. I'm still in love with "come in and find out" translated into "komm rein und finde wieder raus".
    I'm also not sure what to think about this: [blog.lernziel.de]
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    Image of Coldwine Coldwine
    12/03/09

    @bowleserised: Don't forget "Happy End" toilet paper!

    Also, I think *this* version of the ad is in English because it's the one used as a submission for awards. I'll have to ask my friend who works in advertising...
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    bowleserised promoted this comment Edited by Coldwine at 12/03/09 12:20 PM Coldwine was starred Coldwine was unstarred
    Image of bowleserised bowleserised
    12/03/09

    @Coldwine and Clockwise: Oh my...
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    Image of Coldwine Coldwine
    12/03/09

    @bowleserised: And then there's "Pearls & Dents" toothpaste.
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    Image of pirukas pirukas
    12/03/09

    @clockwise contemplates going counter: Do you mean this article: [www.spiegel.de]
    I think the publish it once in a while, at least I've read it this year again somewhere.
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    12/03/09

    @pirukas: Yeah, that's the article, thanks!
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    Image of Penny Penny
    12/03/09

    In reply to "Looking Away Supports Violence"
    I think that copy is the most brilliant part. Simple, and it drives the point home. Hard.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    12/02/09

    In reply to United/Nations: Ghida Anani On Addressing Violence Against Women
    I hate that being forward or standing up for myself is seen as being pushy or bitchy. So if I ever attempt to advocate for myself, I risk doing myself harm.
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    Image of BuffySummers BuffySummers
    12/02/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: Nail on head.Also, I'll add: I hate knowing (some of the) men in my workplace will always I'm dumber than they are, no matter what.
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    Zombie Ms. Skittles promoted this comment Edited by BuffySummers at 12/02/09 4:58 PM BuffySummers was starred BuffySummers was unstarred
    Image of Cassidy_Bayou Cassidy_Bayou
    12/02/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: This is number one for me. Take the abuse, or be socially ostracized for being "an opinionated bitch."
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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    12/02/09

    In reply to United/Nations: Ghida Anani On Addressing Violence Against Women
    What do I hate most?

    Knowing that I will often be held to a different professional and social standard than my male counterparts.
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    Image of PilgrimSoul PilgrimSoul
    12/02/09

    In reply to United/Nations: Ghida Anani On Addressing Violence Against Women
    "that I should be the one defending the country or bringing food to the table"

    Hmm. So I don't disagree that gender roles are binding per se, but, umm, sometimes I hear things like the above from men and sort of think they are only interested in gender inequality insofar as it means that they won't have to "shoulder the burden" or whatever.
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    Image of Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd) Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
    12/02/09

    In reply to United/Nations: Ghida Anani On Addressing Violence Against Women
    What gender role imposed by society do I hate the most? The idea that the most important indicator of my worth is whether or not men want to have sex with me.
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    Image of BuffySummers BuffySummers
    12/02/09

    @Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): This thread is making me stabby! You all are so damn good at saying the exact right thing.
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    12/02/09

    @BuffySummers: clarification: stabby about all the annoying gender roles, not stabby out of jealousy of your awesomeness. Though, I have that too, duh.
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    Image of andromedeia andromedeia
    12/02/09

    @Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I hate that I have internalized that to the point of hating myself. :(
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    Image of tweak23 tweak23
    12/02/09

    @Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd):
    THIS. It is both hilarious and heartbreaking that emotionally and physically HIDEOUS lunks think that by calling me sexually unnattractive to them, I will be sore offended.
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    Image of filet-of-swedishfish filet-of-swedishfish
    12/02/09

    @Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): agreed. i had a boss who made a point of criticizing my appearance every day (i have curly hair that frizzes sometimes, and very fair skin) until one day i was like "yeah mike. cause i care so much if im attractive to *you*." /dripping sarcasm @ mike.
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Patrick Stewart: "The Truth Is That Domestic Violence Touches Many Of Us."
    I LOVE THIS MAN.

    Side Note: have just started rewatching TNG, this time in the company of my four-year-old son. As soon as my son saw Capt. Picard, he said, "THAT guy's COOL!" Yes, yes, he is.
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    Image of applejuice applejuice
    11/29/09

    In reply to Patrick Stewart: "The Truth Is That Domestic Violence Touches Many Of Us."
    I recently googled "Patrick Stewart Feminist" because I had heard he was part of that "This is what a Feminist looks like" campaign. One of the pages that came up was one of the most VILE things I have ever seen.

    It was a page called "antimisandry.com" and it's tagline was "curing Feminist indoctrination". They were badmouthing Stewart for being and "awful liberal" and they were also saying all kinds of stuff about awful "man-hating" feminists who they said actually want to KILL men. I stopped looking after that, it was just to gross.

    Sometimes I worry about the future of the human race.
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    11/29/09

    In reply to Patrick Stewart: "The Truth Is That Domestic Violence Touches Many Of Us."
    When I was 8 I had a crush on Data.

    Until 12 my dream man changed to Picard.

    Patrick Stewart, you are so.... :::swoon::: !

    Now this makes it even worse because I love to take care of men. Both mentally and otherwise. My heart goes out to you Mr. Stewart.....
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    Image of cand86 cand86
    11/28/09

    In reply to Patrick Stewart: "The Truth Is That Domestic Violence Touches Many Of Us."
    His article made me tear up, which, if you know me, you'll know is no small feat (being someone who has had no personal experience with domestic violence, nor has anybody close to me, and also being someone who rarely has emotional reactions).
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    11/28/09

    In reply to Patrick Stewart: "The Truth Is That Domestic Violence Touches Many Of Us."
    And worst of all was silence. When I could only hear footsteps it was the signal to be super-alert.

    Man, do I know how that goes.
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    Image of girlarchaeologist girlarchaeologist
    11/28/09

    In reply to Patrick Stewart: "The Truth Is That Domestic Violence Touches Many Of Us."
    *luffs Patrick Stewart*

    This is what men should aspire to be.
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    Image of Ri_L Ri_L
    11/28/09

    In reply to Patrick Stewart: "The Truth Is That Domestic Violence Touches Many Of Us."
    Captain Picard is indeed a hero of the republic.
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