Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[HaughtyFrank]

Echoes is literally this

[Jansen]

I want to jump off of this quote to push back on some of what's listed in the OP.

You're dismissing the counterpoint of how this also applies to men characters, with no argument. Since this isn't about lewd characterisation and overtly male-gazy fetishized characters (like Stellar Blade), this is just the reality. People generally want the characters to be attractive, regardless of gender. Practically, the vast majority of popular male characters are attractive and "sexy". The only one I could think of is maybe Marcus from GoW, Trevor and maybe Nico from GTA.



I also wouldn't dismiss the "puritan" argument when discussing this general topic. You see this every fucking where online (with games, movies, etc) and even in this right here thread. Plenty of people online seem to be under the mentality than femininity = inherently bad/problematic, and we really can't have this discussion without highlighting this, cause it's a problematic and misogynistic facet that seemingly rears its head whenever this topic is brought up.



Also, and I'm sorry but as a gay man, I want more of that Marvel Rivals Captain America stuff, not that it's a "solution" or anything of the sort, but because it's playful, less problematic than overtly sexualizing female characters and way overdue. But tbh, as I'm typing all this, I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing
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[Uncle]

Wakanda isn’t real 

User Banned (3 Months): Dismissing concerns of Black liberation

   

[Besticus Maximus]

The never ending burkah spiral is proper death of a civilisation stuff 

Frivolous nincompoops 

[Vertigo]

[USER=40323]TheEchosOfTheCyborg[/USER] I echo the sentiment. Agreed about all your points, and can see why this gets so frustrating as time goes on.

If Messo was such a trans ally, why didn't he get his parents to buy him a trans wife?

His 'allyship' is probably him subscribing to multiple transwomen onlyfans.

[Bootsthecat]

Britain does the logical thing the vast majority of the populace wants, ree in shambles.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-government-legislates-for-the-public-segregation-of-trans-people-coming-into-force-august-5th.1577950/

'i just want to live my life!' says the mongoloids in dresses that want to utilize women's spaces.

Love these dudes.

Like, if you passed, 1/2 this stuff wouldn't even apply to you. But you dont

[killamajig]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-government-legislates-for-the-public-segregation-of-trans-people-coming-into-force-august-5th.1577950/

With this commencement order the UK Labour Government have taken the final step in enacting the segregation of trans people from much of public life. This will come into effect from the 5th of August. Segregation isn't a flippant term either: it is what this is, as recognised and used by members of Parliament and advocacy groups fighting against it.

This guidance will ban trans people – nationwide – from using services of their gender. This includes toilets, changing rooms, hospital wards, and extends out to other areas like breast cancer screenings and a de-facto ban from sports. In the former areas we will instead be expected to use 'third spaces' outside of the usual male and female toilets or changing rooms, and the hospital wards corresponding to our sex assigned at birth. If we deny we will likely be placed in a corridor, knowing the shortages of private rooms available in general.

This heavily impacts trans people's ability to engage in public life and working within offices/internal spaces. When the primary safe toilet is the one you have at home, your trips out start to involve watching how far you go and what you eat or drink in order to avoid needing the loo. At work you decide between using the toilet of the gender you aren't, or risk outing yourself by now deciding to only use places like the disabled toilet. It is in effect a urinary leash designed to restrict the freedom of trans people within public spaces. In tandem with the restrictions on healthcare, removal from education, forced detransition of young people, and dismantling of legal gender recognition – the eliminationist element cannot be denied. Wait times for first appointments for gender affirming care on the NHS are currently measured in decades.

Many will refuse to self segregate and will continue to use the spaces we have been using so far. The risks involved are not minor though, particularly at a point where tall cis women, those with short hair, and so on, are being 'transvestigated' by others who suspect them of being trans. Opening the bathroom door carries the anxiety of being called out by either a woman in it, or someone seeing you enter or queue to enter. They may call for staff to get involved, harass you, or start recording you on their phone. In the latter case, there's a not-insignificant chance that said photo/video could end up on JK Rowling's twitter feed, who recently posted an upskirt shot of a trans women as part of harassing her. As it stands I know a number of trans people who feel the need to bring their passport with them when using the bathroom, in the thin hope a changed marker will temper any accusation that comes their way. All of this also heavily affects the less privileged in our community – those who can't access or afford healthcare or surgeries, those who can't pass, those only starting their transition.

This also extends further than harassment and social media. Trans women already face disproportionate rates of sexual violence, even relative to cis women. The Equality and Human Rights Commission themselves acknowledge in their own impact assessment that this legislation risks increasing the instances of violence and sexual assault against trans women, yet they continued on regardless. Even the guidance itself has to meekly acknowledge that trans people "may" be discriminated as a result of it, and "may" have their rights lessened.

Sarah Owen MP, Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, said:

    "The inconsistencies are in there and make it unworkable and unjust. Challenge someone, but don't cause harm or embarrassment challenging. How is that possible? How do you prove? How do you disprove? Ask trans people to use a third space, but somehow get them to keep their rights to a private life."


We know from the past year there is no "may" about this, it's just the fact of what they're doing.

It's worth reminding people as well that Labour were voted in on the promise of reforming the Gender Recognition Act and introducing Self-ID. Instead they have applauded the removal of our ability for legal gender recognition, permanently banned trans youth from accessing the healthcare they need, are attempting to prevent them from being able to even socially (change names/pronouns, present as the other gender via hair/clothing etc.) transition among their peers in school. Now they introduce segregation of us across broad areas of public life – all without so much as allowing for a vote or a debate on it before passing. 166 MPs called for the guidance to be disapproved, and they were ignored.

None of this is required by law either. The For Women Scotland decision does not require this guidance to go this far. The EHRC aren't translating the law, they're interpreting it, in ways designed to segregate trans people. The Labour Government, which has the power to change the law however they want and could reject this, restoring the situation to pre-FWS, are accepting this interpretation, welcoming it, and closing the door on changes to it. Andy Burnham, soon to be Prime Minister, wants the guidance implemented 'in the fairest and most compassionate way possible', as if you can implement segregation compassionately.

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Written in collaboration with Uzzy

What the actual fuck...
Utterly revolting, shame on everyone responsible for this
Disgusting inhumane ghouls.
Unbelievable and so fucking cruel. History will not be kind. At least I hope.
Ghoulish fucking country.
Fuck JK Rowling and TERF
Ye, they can fuck themselves. I'll continue using what I need when I need.
Fucking cruelty for the sake of it. Fuck Starmer and the rest of the TERFs.

[StandingOvation]

With this commencement order the UK Labour Government have taken the final step in enacting the segregation of trans people from much of public life. This will come into effect from the 5th of August. Segregation isn't a flippant term either: it is what this is, as recognised and used by members of Parliament and advocacy groups fighting against it.

This guidance will ban trans people – nationwide – from using services of their gender. This includes toilets, changing rooms, hospital wards, and extends out to other areas like breast cancer screenings and a de-facto ban from sports. In the former areas we will instead be expected to use 'third spaces' outside of the usual male and female toilets or changing rooms, and the hospital wards corresponding to our sex assigned at birth. If we deny we will likely be placed in a corridor, knowing the shortages of private rooms available in general.

This heavily impacts trans people's ability to engage in public life and working within offices/internal spaces. When the primary safe toilet is the one you have at home, your trips out start to involve watching how far you go and what you eat or drink in order to avoid needing the loo. At work you decide between using the toilet of the gender you aren't, or risk outing yourself by now deciding to only use places like the disabled toilet. It is in effect a urinary leash designed to restrict the freedom of trans people within public spaces. In tandem with the restrictions on healthcare, removal from education, forced detransition of young people, and dismantling of legal gender recognition – the eliminationist element cannot be denied. Wait times for first appointments for gender affirming care on the NHS are currently measured in decades.

It goes on, but I don’t need to quote the entire thing. The change is dumb, for some reason the focus is primarily on the need to urgently urinate everywhere, maybe that’s a kink? Anyway, whatever…the main issue was:

Thanks for writing it up Kyuuji. It's bleak but I'll keep finding my own light and pushing forwards.

I want to be super clear about this - as someone that knows Uzzy in person; they look just like Keith from The Office, goatee and all, but with some hastily applied colored nail varnish. If they rolled into a Women’s restroom they absolutely would (and should!) be reported.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-government-legislates-for-the-public-segregation-of-trans-people-coming-into-force-august-5th.1577950/#post-157950034

[Daffy Duck]

With this commencement order the UK Labour Government have taken the final step in enacting the segregation of trans people from much of public life. This will come into effect from the 5th of August. Segregation isn't a flippant term either: it is what this is, as recognised and used by members of Parliament and advocacy groups fighting against it.

This guidance will ban trans people – nationwide – from using services of their gender. This includes toilets, changing rooms, hospital wards, and extends out to other areas like breast cancer screenings and a de-facto ban from sports. In the former areas we will instead be expected to use 'third spaces' outside of the usual male and female toilets or changing rooms, and the hospital wards corresponding to our sex assigned at birth. If we deny we will likely be placed in a corridor, knowing the shortages of private rooms available in general.

This heavily impacts trans people's ability to engage in public life and working within offices/internal spaces. When the primary safe toilet is the one you have at home, your trips out start to involve watching how far you go and what you eat or drink in order to avoid needing the loo. At work you decide between using the toilet of the gender you aren't, or risk outing yourself by now deciding to only use places like the disabled toilet. It is in effect a urinary leash designed to restrict the freedom of trans people within public spaces. In tandem with the restrictions on healthcare, removal from education, forced detransition of young people, and dismantling of legal gender recognition – the eliminationist element cannot be denied. Wait times for first appointments for gender affirming care on the NHS are currently measured in decades.

It goes on, but I don’t need to quote the entire thing. The change is dumb, for some reason the focus is primarily on the need to urgently urinate everywhere, maybe that’s a kink? Anyway, whatever…the main issue was:

Thanks for writing it up Kyuuji. It's bleak but I'll keep finding my own light and pushing forwards.

I want to be super clear about this - as someone that knows Uzzy in person; they look just like Keith from The Office, goatee and all, but with some hastily applied colored nail varnish. If they rolled into a Women’s restroom they absolutely would (and should!) be reported.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-government-legislates-for-the-public-segregation-of-trans-people-coming-into-force-august-5th.1577950/#post-157950034

I hope you haven’t doxxed yourself with that info and he gets arsey with you for sharing this information

[killamajig]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/anyone-else-developing-text-message-fatigue.1577833/

I'
ve enjoyed text messages since they became popular. Across various medium, not smartphones. Internet text messaging was my first foray. Then came smartphones. Then stuff like Discord, LinkedIn, Slack, Facebook Messenger, WhatApp, Instagram DMs, etc.

I'm just tired, boss lol.

I find it hard in dating because, at least in today's dating landscape, many people see texting as a courtship dance. And you will get judged if you don't respond quickly or "banter" in text. I have to tell people that I prefer in person communications and prefer texts for logistics (time, place, etc).

Not just romance, but I do have some friends that communicate via text mostly and I have to also let them know the same.

1st reply

entremet, you're clinically online, no wonder you're tired

and you're sure it's not because of the 40 threads you create a day here?

guy who posts on resetera 200 times a day has text message fatigue I wonder how that could be

The bot responds...

Actually old school internet is not draining in at all. So forums, RSS, email. I still use those technologies for fun. I also read a lot of dead tree stuff-magazines, newspapers and books.

Where do you think I get my ideas lol.

You guys complain about using a forum for what is it, being an active participant. We all play our roles. Some our lurkers, others "thread complainers" lol, like you, and others thread creators. It's all good, my man.

Trust me, creating threads is not hard or stressful. We need more of us, but you guys are too shy or afraid of the "backlash".

Also, no offense, it's just a boring reply. "Har har, you create a lot of thread, entremet".

Here we again lol. Not related since I don't care about you guys. No offense.

You should not care about me. It's an anonymous forum.

But people in my social circle. Yes.

[StandingOvation]

With this commencement order the UK Labour Government have taken the final step in enacting the segregation of trans people from much of public life. This will come into effect from the 5th of August. Segregation isn't a flippant term either: it is what this is, as recognised and used by members of Parliament and advocacy groups fighting against it.

This guidance will ban trans people – nationwide – from using services of their gender. This includes toilets, changing rooms, hospital wards, and extends out to other areas like breast cancer screenings and a de-facto ban from sports. In the former areas we will instead be expected to use 'third spaces' outside of the usual male and female toilets or changing rooms, and the hospital wards corresponding to our sex assigned at birth. If we deny we will likely be placed in a corridor, knowing the shortages of private rooms available in general.

This heavily impacts trans people's ability to engage in public life and working within offices/internal spaces. When the primary safe toilet is the one you have at home, your trips out start to involve watching how far you go and what you eat or drink in order to avoid needing the loo. At work you decide between using the toilet of the gender you aren't, or risk outing yourself by now deciding to only use places like the disabled toilet. It is in effect a urinary leash designed to restrict the freedom of trans people within public spaces. In tandem with the restrictions on healthcare, removal from education, forced detransition of young people, and dismantling of legal gender recognition – the eliminationist element cannot be denied. Wait times for first appointments for gender affirming care on the NHS are currently measured in decades.

It goes on, but I don’t need to quote the entire thing. The change is dumb, for some reason the focus is primarily on the need to urgently urinate everywhere, maybe that’s a kink? Anyway, whatever…the main issue was:

Thanks for writing it up Kyuuji. It's bleak but I'll keep finding my own light and pushing forwards.

I want to be super clear about this - as someone that knows Uzzy in person; they look just like Keith from The Office, goatee and all, but with some hastily applied colored nail varnish. If they rolled into a Women’s restroom they absolutely would (and should!) be reported.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-government-legislates-for-the-public-segregation-of-trans-people-coming-into-force-august-5th.1577950/#post-157950034

I hope you haven’t doxxed yourself with that info and he gets arsey with you for sharing this information

Nah, believe it or not, they have a decent amount of friends/people they know. But the bleating about being a hard done to trans person just incredibly rubs me up the wrong way that getting my grievances out here is the only place I can do it. No chance of being known.

[Jansen]

[jooseloose]

I'm sure that Fortnite puritan thread will be "locked due to a high volume of reports" soon and never reopened once the usual lot have been through it reporting all the CIS men.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

With this commencement order the UK Labour Government have taken the final step in enacting the segregation of trans people from much of public life. This will come into effect from the 5th of August. Segregation isn't a flippant term either: it is what this is, as recognised and used by members of Parliament and advocacy groups fighting against it.

This guidance will ban trans people – nationwide – from using services of their gender. This includes toilets, changing rooms, hospital wards, and extends out to other areas like breast cancer screenings and a de-facto ban from sports. In the former areas we will instead be expected to use 'third spaces' outside of the usual male and female toilets or changing rooms, and the hospital wards corresponding to our sex assigned at birth. If we deny we will likely be placed in a corridor, knowing the shortages of private rooms available in general.

This heavily impacts trans people's ability to engage in public life and working within offices/internal spaces. When the primary safe toilet is the one you have at home, your trips out start to involve watching how far you go and what you eat or drink in order to avoid needing the loo. At work you decide between using the toilet of the gender you aren't, or risk outing yourself by now deciding to only use places like the disabled toilet. It is in effect a urinary leash designed to restrict the freedom of trans people within public spaces. In tandem with the restrictions on healthcare, removal from education, forced detransition of young people, and dismantling of legal gender recognition – the eliminationist element cannot be denied. Wait times for first appointments for gender affirming care on the NHS are currently measured in decades.

It goes on, but I don’t need to quote the entire thing. The change is dumb, for some reason the focus is primarily on the need to urgently urinate everywhere, maybe that’s a kink? Anyway, whatever…the main issue was:

Thanks for writing it up Kyuuji. It's bleak but I'll keep finding my own light and pushing forwards.

I want to be super clear about this - as someone that knows Uzzy in person; they look just like Keith from The Office, goatee and all, but with some hastily applied colored nail varnish. If they rolled into a Women’s restroom they absolutely would (and should!) be reported.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-government-legislates-for-the-public-segregation-of-trans-people-coming-into-force-august-5th.1577950/#post-157950034

the real holocaust

[Besticus Maximus]

You’ve got two types of posters in this age, you’ve got your neets and your computer dorks

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

should really not use 4chan anon quote tbf

[Jansen]

I've given up on this issue because a singular person, myself, isn't going to move the needle within the gaming industry. Like, I've known that since I started gaming when I was younger. At the time, it doesn't dawn on you as a kid about how much objectification happens with women in the general media because those concepts are just not something that you think about as a kid with more depth and critical thinking.



It's only something that you start questioning as you get older and understand the difference between "She's made this way to look pretty" as opposed to "She's made this way because men want and inherently like it". You can argue that there is a subset of women who believe that characters were made to look pretty to appeal to women's aesthetics with liking pretty things, and there are; I'm one of them. I prefer pretty things to look at, and at the same time, I also prefer pretty things to look at where the character in question is not purposely hanging her chest so low in your face that you can see the cleavage. It's very obvious when those things are done and who they were made for.



One of the most annoying criticisms is the feedback of "Well, just don't play the game". Alright, that's fair. However...



Then, you have to ask how often men receive that feedback in the gaming sphere, and how often they actually don't immediately go to Twitter and demand something to be catered to or fixed for them before they are willing to play it? That's the difference between men and women gaming. This isn't to say that women don't also do this too, because they do. You see it with gacha games, like with the recent LADS nonsense where women were offended about a male character for looking too chiseled. The major difference is that the occurrences of women pulling that shit are astronomically lower compared to the men who go on to make petitions for keeping characters "sexy and objectified" or petitions for making them too "woke".



The end result is that men don't receive that feedback often, and if they do, they're immediately pandered to so nothing about that mindset gets challenged.



There are very few games that don't pander to sexualization for men to actually skip out on simply playing. That ratio is not the same for women.



For a guy to hold fast with the "well, don't play the game", that's like, and this is just an estimate, 20 games maybe. For a woman, that's practically almost every single RPG, Action, Adventure, Casual, etc.



So it's not as simple as "don't play it". For a woman to adhere to this, they would barely have anything 
noteworthy to play.

They gave up the fight

[DavidCroquet]

“Urinary leash” sounds exactly like something these types would enthusiastically engage with in basically any other contexts.

[malfoyking]

That's the segregation? Am i missing something here?

[HaughtyFrank]

Unfortunately we cannot control the artistic output of humanity as a whole, so this always gonna be a problem because too many people want it.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rant-im-sick-of-the-objectification-of-women-in-gaming.1577593/post-157942732