Posted on 01/04/2015 12:07:30 PM PST by rightistight
In an article published in the New Statesman, the self-described feminist writer who only goes by the name “Glosswitch,” explained that passing gas is now a feminist issue.
The piece, called “Why farting is a feminist issue,” explained that men are allowed “piss against a wall” and “spit in the street,” while women are not even allowed to fart.
Glosswitch explains that women aren’t allowed to exhibit behaviors that come naturally to their bodies, while men can. “It’s understood that male bodies are a part of what men are,” she explains. “Female bodies don’t have the same status.”
Women are pushed through a patriarchal society that demands they act a certain way, according to Glosswitch: “These days the phrase “real woman” is associated with Dove adverts, not with women who fart and burp and might occasionally want to cough up some phlegm while out on a jog.”
She wonders aloud if the perception that women cannot fart is harmful to women: “I’m not saying these are pleasant things to do – nor am I proposing we organize a feminist fart-in (unless it’s held at Claridge’s) – but I do think we need to ask ourselves whether the perceived “maleness” of bodily functions is harmful to women.”
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Try telling that to my wife.
This is going to be a fun thread!
I can’t wait to read some of the replies FReepers will provide.
Get writin’!!!
Men don’t give a flip if women fart. Women dress, act and live for the approval of other women. Highly successful people of either gender do not live for the approval of others, therefore the majority of women are unprepared to be highly successful without the benefit of affirmative action.
Boy I am sure glad we solved all the other problems so she could have time to write about this.
This is getting so stupid, you can’t make it up. For this she will get airtime, and I don’t mean time to air out the room from her Feminists Flatulence.
These people are demented. My grandmother Rose would rip a good one and blame it on her dog Sparky all in one move.
The vision of Fembot wymin marching in solidarity for freedom of misogynist fart tyranny somehow brings a smile to my face.
F*rting; The New ‘F’ Word.
For women who fear and/or abhor men this is all well and good. They can consort with other women who want to be just like men and who want to fart loudly.
They eat a lot of beans and cabbage before they march so as to make the proper impression.
It also proves global warming.
Oh, my! So funny!!
Some of the worst “poots” I’ve ever smelled came from highborn ladies in hats and white gloves!
First there was the “glass” ceiling.
Now there is the “gas” ceiling.
Will it never end ?????
my wife would disagree.
also, the feminist movement has now irrefutably proven it’s no longer needed. if it ever was.
you mean, it wasn’t the dog?
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