Dealing With Cretins
Feminism, while not easy in theory, in way easier in theory than in practice. In practice, you have to deal with cretins on a pretty much constant basis. These leads to dilemmas, like:
“How to I tell Uncle Willy to bugger off about my not changing my name?”
“How can I deal with the guys who tell [...]
The Burden of Knowledge
Does someone want to talk to you about how Sarah Palin is a feminist Role Model who just doesn’t fit feminist stereotypes?
Does someone want to whine about the massive sexism they thinks undermines boys’ achievement (it couldn’t possibly be macho ideals)?
Does someone want to carp at studying women’s literature and history?
Tell them that the burden [...]
The Hook-Up Culture
Independent Women’s Forum loves to talk about hook-up culture and how it damages women. The latest essay on this subject is a representative entry: Kylie Harrell, Duke student, argues that casual sex takes an emotional toll on women because women produce a hormone during sex called oxytocin. This hormone produces a sense of bonding, which [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Against “Against the Theory of ‘Sexist Language’”
The word “sex” — clearly evocative of an unequivocal demarcation between men and women — has been replaced by the pale and neutral “gender,” and the words “man” and “he” — now avoided as if they were worse than obscenities — have been replaced by the neuter “person” and by grammatically confusing, cumbersome, or offensive [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Hate Feminists? You’re Gay.
A segment of the web-world loves to jabber about how dumb feminists are. Occasionally they decide to search for like-minded others, and then they somehow find this site, not realizing that the words “stupidity” and “feminism” can come up in more than one context.
These men hate women so much, and make such a point of [...]
Christianity and Feminism, Part 2
Let’s re-state the stakes: Christianity is the West a powerful force. It is often a force antithetical to full equality of women with men. Lamenting that is useless; trying to ignore, change, or breed contempt for Christianity is also useless and often counter-productive. Feminists, whatever their beliefs, should hunker down and pay attention, not to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Not a women’s libber? You’re dumb.
Loved your speech during the announcement. I’m a mother of 6 and you go girl!! I am not a woman’s libber at all. Infact, I blame women libber’s for me having to work outside of the home! I think it should be a choice not mandatory! I’m a realtor…wanna buy a house in CA, they [...]
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