I dunno, she wasn't exactly subtle but not that exaggerated either, besides if you didn't like her there was still shani wich you would probably consider more "normal".

I don't disagree, it's just kind of hard to win the average person over to your cause when they think you're being dicks. Feminists are far from the only cause that could learn this lesson.

*cough* PETA *cough*
Agreed.
Reminds me of the green chicks from ST: TOS

I think you need to replay the game, because Triss just wasn't that exaggerated. Huge by the standards of actual women, yes, but not that big by the standards of video game characters, and definitely not physically impossible.

Furthermore, it was quite clear from the start of the game that Triss was a strong woman and not just there to provide gratuitous fanservice. Of course if you pay more attention to character models than to the dialog, you wouldn't know that.

Maybe Hawk and others should start a self hating "womanizers" club. :\

You guys ever see "Moon"? Sam Rockwell's ass. Ruined Hitchhiker's Guide for me forever. The remake, anyway. I've still got the BBC miniseries to enjoy, which was more "complete" than the movie to begin with.

The point being that male nudity is unattractive for all parties involved.

It's starting to change a bit, very slowly. I think October is the specific month to deal with male domsetic violence issues.

I do have a few links which I hadn't had time to post in terms of wanting to dedicate actual time to responding if need be.

Some of the better articles I've seen are:
http://www.theroot.com/print/29125
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/20/us-men-too-suffer-domestic-violence-idUSPAT97046720080520
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013743521_domesticviolence26.html
When your platform is based largely upon moral authority it definitely is a big deal. It's one thing to make an argument that rape, sexual abuse and domestic violence are wrong, and quite another to qualify it by indicating that the sex of the individuals matters.

There's no basis in reality for feminists to claim the high ground on those issues in the US, in the last few months around here we've had 3 teachers arrested for sexual relations with students 2 were women and 1 was male.

Personally, I tend to feel really strongly just because I've seen with my own eyes how brazen women can be about it without having to worry about getting caught. Having feminists marginalize something which is that common amongst the male experience really undermines the legitimate arguments they make about these sorts of crimes being wrong.

Not to mention male on male rape and "domestic violence". And not just in prison. It happens in or around bars and clubs, and in the victim's own home. At least one guy's been brought into the ER after being brutalized in the hallway of his own dorm house. People think that just because it happens on screen that it's Hollywood sensationalism. For the most part that's true, but sometimes it really happens.

[…Annoying conservative guy emerges from the shadows after a year of absence…]

It's unfortunate to see CDP advertising in a magazine that is built on stripping (no pun intended) the human body of its dignity (soft pornography is still pornography. Just because there is more filthy stuff around does not stop it from being filthy). It's all calculated I'm sure – few sales lost, more sales gained. Just some of those new buyers will be surprised when they find out that their laptop's Intel HD graphics will be unable to display Triss' butt.
Anyway – as a result of this “interesting” campaign (and the Securom stuff) – the Witcher 2 for me has fallen from “first month buy” to “wait until it hits bargain bin”. I don't have problem with the game , but I do have a problem with the marketing. I'll still buy it at some point – just not now and definitely not at a full price. I'm patient. I'll wait 3 years until it costs 30 PLN.

[…Annoying conservative guy goes back into the shadows…]

I will get around to reading these. I can no longer find the name but there was an old feminist writer that was a dude, in the last 10 years or so he's been calling for a masculinist revolution (I'm not sure that's the term he uses), men are largely treated as disposable by society which is a throwback to old needs and really outmoded (essentially, you need a lot of uteruses to repopulate but a few penises will do).

He had a lot of interesting research like how young males are 5 times more likely to commit suicide, way more likely to go to prison, and will have seen death something like 10,000 times portrayed in the media by age 20, over 9000 of those deaths will have been of male characters.

The upshot is that he feels society is finally starting to value women but still treats men barbarically (a few alpha males rise to the top, but that's rather exclusive). If anyone has this fellow's name, I'd love to recall it. He's written a lot of books as I recall.

EDIT: off topic

People forget that a significant number of early feminists were men. And that early on, particularly during the 60s, the movement was as much about bettering society for men as for women. The belief of the time was that there was an imbalance and that everybody was being harmed by it, definitely not just women.

During the late 70s and early 80s that was tossed from the movement and there was a lot more focus put on more material things and an increasingly hostile view towards men.

As a sexual minority it's even more concerning to me being caught in the middle of all of this. As was pointed out earlier, domestic violence in same sex relationships is high, the numbers I've seen run extremely high, although 1/3 of men in general having been abused in a relationship is alarming to say the least.

Take a look at the times article, it's probably the most disturbing indictment of feminism you'll ever read. Note that it wasn't their goal, just pointing out how incredibly callous and ignorant the movement has become.

The sense I get is that the time is definitely coming for a men's rights movement, you can definitely see in various parts of American society the frustration and anger at being treated as cannon fodder. And it's becoming easier and easier to find information about these sorts of issues.

Yeah I knew physical abuse rates and rape in male/male relationships are especially high. I always wondered if the external pressure and societal stress that gets unjustly heaped on such couples plays a role in that.

Men seem to be more common victims of financial abuse and some other odd forms of abuse. The part that really gets me is that the measurable differences in how men are treated in court extend especially in this area (not even counting that women perpetrators are far less likely to ever be prosecuted in the first place). They are way less likely to receive prison time in cases where other forms of punishment are available and way more likely to have sentences commuted down.

But again, that's assuming anyone even believes a man can be abused at all, it seems a lot of people really will maintain it's crying wolf when men claim it happens.

Just don't get me started on paternal rights, I'll really go off:)
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