I'm ready to overthrow the patriarchy. Have been since I was about 12.

ROFLMAO -- Wonderful bit on her part, and she made some valid points along with being funny. As for the response from the men, I have a feeling they are threatened by any woman who makes sense and has the courage to speak out. Many of them are walking around with millennia of conditioning that they are the superior part of civilization in all respects. Fortunately, some of us have never had that idea and it appears that number is growing. Waiting for our species to mature is often frustrating.

It's unfortunate but I've noticed a similiar response on a couple of my posts.
I expect better. I demand better from any man in my life.

I totally agree about your post. If whole planet would stop crapping on each other, the world would be a better place.

I took it as humor. Kind of lame humor, but most politicians aren't comedians, so not a big deal. There is a huge difference between poking fun (or "bashing" if you think that's what she is doing) at a group that traditionally enjoys privilege, and poking fun at a group that is traditionally oppressed. When it's an oppressed group, the same humor can seem far more sinister and takes on meanings that may not have been the intent of the originator. One cannot cry hypocrisy on such an uneven playing field.

I have a strong suspicion that these guys who posted in the FB thread did not watch the video or understand that she was speaking in support of men. There are a lot of dumbass guys on FB (and on the interwebs in general) who, any time anyone posts something gender-related, automatically assume that it's anti-men. Which is what I'm assuming these guys did, did not even bother watching the video, and just popped off their opinions like the bunch of assclowns they are because they assumed the senator was speaking up for women and not for men.

However, I stand with the women in your FB thread who disagreed with the senator. While I'm certainly no misandrist, the subtext of her statements in this video clip read an awful lot like support of priviledged white men, which we don't need any more of on this planet. Privileged white men have commandeered enough support for themselves already. They don't need women, particularly privileged white women in positions of power, speaking up for them. They've historically had an audience of their peers and all the marginalized people they've stepped on and continued to marginalize for centuries. They don't need anyone else speaking up for them, whether humorously intended or not. Senator McCaskill should be spending more of her words and actions on raising up women and not speaking up for an already over-privileged group.

I personally find it better to just ignore the idiots of society. Social media has just given them a louder voice. I choose to tune it out. And I also am not so convinced it's always necessarily a matter of groupthink so much as it is people seeking attention and approval, or hopping on the PC bandwagon.

Love this. Savvy lady.

Lol! She is absolutely right. Men need to just shut up from time to time. A practice that I put my best effort in, even though I fail. Like right now.

Sexism, racism can be helped and not acted upon. Xenophobia, transphobia can't be helped; but don't have to be acted upon either. Bigots want to be discriminatory, they want to be loud and heard, and want their will inflicted on everyone.

I condemn imposing inequality based on sex, religion, sexuality, nationality, skin color....etc

I feel like I shouldn't share my opinion about this. hahaha

People don't always read, listen, or view everything. They put too much emphasis on first impressions instead of the facts. I'm sure there are some people who thought she was completely serious because they didn't watch the whole video and see the Stephen Colbert tag at the end. It's supposed to be a funny video, but there are some truths to what she is saying, e.g. men have no say on the legality of abortion or if/when a woman should get an abortion (unless it involves his child, but the woman should still have the final decision).

There's always going to be stupid people, and there's always going to be sexism. All we can do is try to teach our friends and family that, whether you are a man or woman, everyone should be equal.

We like to make generalizations. We like to observe poor behavior and then paint everyone who looks like that individual with a single brush. It makes a complex issue seem simple. And we like simple solutions. But we need to put down our paint brushes. We are not going to be holding everyone responsible for the actions of a finite number of individuals. Group punishment is not justice. We hold culprits responsible for their actions. That is justice.

Love this video. I'm a missouri person. I hope she wins

I never understood why women would not look out for each other, instead of what is happening. Women are the ones who mostly bring up children and have a big influence on them, it is about time that they started to teach their children to show respect towards each other.

i love mccaskill. (and did you see who she ran against one time? the guy who said that women can't get pregnant through rape!) i have heard her speak about the sexism and gender bias she has encountered throughout her career. she had good cause to notice it whichever direction it takes. but you know what else? i might disagree with one thing she says, or one vote she makes. that doesn't make her a creature, or an idiot, or a dumbass. that makes her someone who, surprise, isn't my clone!

i am perfectly capable of making jokes like "men have a y chromosome. it often makes women ask "why? why? why?" is that sexist? i don't know. but i don't think it's demeaning. there is no need to be demeaning -- although i would make demeaning jokes about nazis, as soon as i stopped vomiting.

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ameriKKKa. The era of empires lasting a thousand years is over. Third reich comes to mind... and so the decline of ameriKKKa. America will never be the same. Men had shown being in "power" in other lands did not solved much despite controlling "history". I don't think women will be better though. We are Doomed... Okay... I lived a long life. RUDE IS THE NORM AND THE ENEMY AT THE GATE. Double Standard to improve your Agenda is Standard Operating Procedure... In a Tribal Society I am opting for belonging to No Tribe.

I didn't think the video was funny or constructive. I'm not a fan of the rude replies to it, either. However, I'm not sure it's such a clear case of hypocrisy overall.

"So, a post about decreasing gender bashing toward men is full of gender bashing toward this female senator."

Males' comments #1 and #3 toward McCaskill aren't gender-bashing. #1 is just bashing her individually, not a class she belongs to. #3 is senator/politician-bashing and ...bus-rider-bashing?

I guess #2 probably is gender-bashing, on account of "creature". IDK how many readers would necessarily pick up on that and agree, though.

"One of the men posted that 'I would so much feel better if I would just go get one of those overpriced, pumpkin spiced drinks.'"

Gender-based insult, yeah.

The positive about the -isms is that they are learned. We are not genetically programmed, hence we can also teach love, tolerance, equality. Remember, there are almost 8 billion humans. It only takes a small percentage of idiots to vitiate anything.

I'm fairly far left and almost always enjoy colbert, but complaining isn't satire, the bit was annoying and not funny. It's not that it came from a woman it's the fact that if you string twenty complaints together about anything, it's just annoying.

There are no double standards. Witness the increase in in support of republican women towards Kavanaugh since the attempted rape allegations surfaced.

I live in Mo., this woman is a piece of shit!