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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thepunditpress.com ...
“that then it’s also likely that they think and feel.”
Who could have ever known that, without her letting us know? In just a half-way sane world, she would be laughed out of the Western Hemisphere.
I’m old...It got me out of jury duty!!
El Rushbo once said “I often see women farding in their cars.”
Whenever I need to go kablooie, it roars like distant thunder. Paint starts to peel. Dogs start crying.
And this is all the feminists can think to carp about?
We had been married for a couple months when I asked my wife if she ever farted. She’d always leave the room when she had to fart.
She never had a problem with farting near me after that, even if we were snuggled up.
Who is this woman who actually believes that women farting in public is seen as less socially acceptable than men pissing against a wall or spitting on the pavement? I was brought up to believe that they were low class things to do. My Grandad rattled the habit of spitting right out of me when he spotted me picking it up from my classmates, and there was nothing genteel or effete about him as a retired fireman and ex builder...
I fart while man spreading on subways.
leftists are insane
example #3,250,546,004,213
OK I thought I was well versed...when did that happen? Thats cool as hell!
It has been a help to me at various times since, to remember that sage observation.
The bottom of the barrel. We have reached the bottom of the Feminist Complaint Barrel.
I think it was back in the 60s or 70s.
The turbine coupled to the back of a quick change differential, and it acted like a mega power boost for short bursts.
Apparently the history was mixed success:
http://objetpart.blogspot.com/2010/02/part-of-day-turbonique-rocket-drag-axle.html
No wonder feminists' heads are so polluted!
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