Okay, I found this fascinating on rationalwiki.
We have Moff's Law, the Feminist Corollary of Godwin's Law, the Unicorn Law (good lord, I've seen this a lot), Lewis' Law, and Anita's Irony, which is spelled out here from the link:
Without going into too many specifics, online discussion/debate has repeatedly shown many examples of these various internet laws. I find it fascinating that after reading the article on internet twitter trolls that Sunstone posted earlier, that some of the comments under that article revealed the very thing that the article was pointing out, which only proved feminist internet laws that have taken place.
Which brings us back to here at RF.
Which laws have you seen online? I ask for members to refrain from calling anybody out specifically if you have seen anything on RF. That being said, I can safely say I've seen examples of all of them online repeatedly. It's interesting to note how a public discourse on rape culture would get attention of people threatening to rape the feminist speaking out about it, or that people would suggest that the feminist wouldn't get raped (but wishes for it), because of a perceived lack of beauty.
I wasn't aware of the Feminist Internet Laws until today. But I find them to be accurate.
We have Moff's Law, the Feminist Corollary of Godwin's Law, the Unicorn Law (good lord, I've seen this a lot), Lewis' Law, and Anita's Irony, which is spelled out here from the link:
Anita's Irony is an internet law that exists because of the work of Anita Sarkeesian, who spends a lot of time talking about the way women are portrayed in popular media. The Irony (which could also be called "Anita's Law") states: Online discussion of sexism or misogyny quickly results in disproportionate displays of sexism and misogyny. This exists because Anita is a feminist who usually focuses on how women are either not shown as advancing plot on their own, not shown at all, or shown in highly stereotypical ways. But the responses to her are often incredibly over the top, including threats of violence.
Without going into too many specifics, online discussion/debate has repeatedly shown many examples of these various internet laws. I find it fascinating that after reading the article on internet twitter trolls that Sunstone posted earlier, that some of the comments under that article revealed the very thing that the article was pointing out, which only proved feminist internet laws that have taken place.
Which brings us back to here at RF.
Which laws have you seen online? I ask for members to refrain from calling anybody out specifically if you have seen anything on RF. That being said, I can safely say I've seen examples of all of them online repeatedly. It's interesting to note how a public discourse on rape culture would get attention of people threatening to rape the feminist speaking out about it, or that people would suggest that the feminist wouldn't get raped (but wishes for it), because of a perceived lack of beauty.
I wasn't aware of the Feminist Internet Laws until today. But I find them to be accurate.