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Originally Posted by Marsh.

Sexism is an issue of its own.

But, discarding one very real and very important issue by shouting "Well, there are other bad things happening in the world! " is kind of childish.

Yes, sexism is awful too but that's not the topic of this particular discussion, and let's not pretend sexism isn't a huge debate of its own across the world.

As far as "airtime" on TiBB, the very fact that such a large portion of the forum were completely outraged by a lot of "the truth's" ridiculous posts shows that thankfully we're largely a forum that doesn't tolerate sexism and the abuse that comes with it.

That was because the Truth’s views on women were pretty extreme but non-extreme views simply questioning allegations of racism are repeatedly labelled racist on here. I made a definitive link between men dressing as women for fun and entertainment as people dressing as zulus for the same reasons but judging by the reactions of some they see that as different - what is the difference? There is no difference.

Women are and always have been a maligned group and treated as a second-class by many men worldwide despite making up 50% of the population, which is worse. I am not aware of any shouts of sexism when men dress as women but it’s very different if a white person dresses as a Zulu. It’s double standards.

It proves to me that the constant uproar about so-called racism has more to do with what is fashionable and PC and being seen to be doing the right thing than it does with any real concerns with equality as any such genuine concerns would not be so selective.