I still have no understanding of (or much desire to either) this “straw man” thing.
What I do know is that I just popped out at lunch, and there was one of those calendar stalls. It had nearly all one side “hunks” calendars with various men on it in varying states of undress. If I was playing victim I could say I felt oppressed/threatened/part of some objectification/sexism or whatever. I didn’t. I have more important stuff to be thinking about. I equally showed my mrs this thread the other night and asked if she felt oppressed/offended etc by it. She said no and she couldn’t see why she would need to be. In fact, her words were “why do these kind of people need to keep looking for something to be offended by?”.
Life is hard, and it’s not fair – and there’s nothing wrong with that. Change the things you can by positive action, and quit complaining about the things you can’t. This open letter was not positive action. At best it was venting (which is a wholly worthless emotional outpouring), at worst, a cynical plea for self publicity.