See also: men who call women TERFs and who are vehement trans activistsI feel like he was arrogant enough to expect to get away with it after the podcast came out last year. He has such an avid (rabid possibly at times?) fan base I think he assumed they would take his side, similarly to what happened with the Johnny/Amber court case
My husband, who is (now was) a massive fan, couldn't believe it when I first told him, and wondered if it was a consensual BDSM relationship that ended bitterly or maybe it was Amanda trying to smear his name. He's definitely changed his mind now and sees it for what it is, which is abuse, but his initial reaction was disbelief because this was someone he admired. Unfortunately I think this is why Neil has been able to get away with this behaviour for so long. People don't want to believe their heroes are actually horrible people
I also was a fan (though not as much as hubbie) but I never fell for his 'I'm a feminist' routine. In my experience, with men who say that it's usually a ploy to get women to sleep with them. They don't anything constructive to further women's rights like taking a pay cut so they are all equal pay with you.
They are also the same men who say 'Sex work is work' and porn is empowering to women
Spot on. Male feminists are not to be trusted, sorry
He calls himself a "male feminist" often. And like you, I can't remember a time a good man felt the need to announce that he saw women as equal to men. I mean... who does that?! If I went around announcing that I thought Black people deserved equality with white people, everyone would rightly be like "What the fuck, why are you announcing that like it's a cool idea you just came up with? All normal people think like that as default."
She groomed and trafficked women. The part where she doesn’t pay the desperate nanny is an obvious way to control her and make her dependent on them.
no, it felt glib to say it given *gestures at everything else* but there's something desperately wrong with someone who, rather than employ, you know, a qualified background-checked childcare professional to take care of your child, you just hand your kid over to someone you *literally* met on the street.
I think more than that - he does and he enjoys it. Rapists know they are raping. The rape and the emotional suffering/distress of his victim afterwards are both things he enjoys and thrived on. Look at Andrew Tate. He coaches thousands of men how to groom and abuse women. It is not an accident.
One of his stories deals with this exact situation. A male writer brags about being a feminist while at the same time enslaving and repeatedly raping a goddess (the muse Calliope) to magically gain inspiration and talent. It's chilling considering what has now resurfaced.I feel like he was arrogant enough to expect to get away with it after the podcast came out last year. He has such an avid (rabid possibly at times?) fan base I think he assumed they would take his side, similarly to what happened with the Johnny/Amber court case
My husband, who is (now was) a massive fan, couldn't believe it when I first told him, and wondered if it was a consensual BDSM relationship that ended bitterly or maybe it was Amanda trying to smear his name. He's definitely changed his mind now and sees it for what it is, which is abuse, but his initial reaction was disbelief because this was someone he admired. Unfortunately I think this is why Neil has been able to get away with this behaviour for so long. People don't want to believe their heroes are actually horrible people
I also was a fan (though not as much as hubbie) but I never fell for his 'I'm a feminist' routine. In my experience, with men who say that it's usually a ploy to get women to sleep with them. They don't anything constructive to further women's rights like taking a pay cut so they are all equal pay with you.
They are also the same men who say 'Sex work is work' and porn is empowering to women
That whole statement is
, but this paragraph is especially poor:
