Posted on 03/08/2017 1:30:43 PM PST by drewh
Before International Women's Day, when anti-Trump protesters planned to strike for "A Day Without A Woman," actress Cate Blanchett said that her moral compass is "in my vagina."
"It's all about, as you move forward in life, what's your moral compass — where does kindness and humanity sit in a really brutal world?" Blanchett, best known for her role as Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, said on "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert.
Colbert asked her, "What is your moral compass? Where does kindness and humanity sit in a brutal world?"
"It's in my vagina," Blanchett quipped, as the audience broke out in laughter and applause. The actress then pretended to leave the set, as if she'd said all there was to say.
Blanchett's statement was intended as a joke, but it arguably reveals the mentality of much of the "women's movement" against President Donald Trump. Protesters involved in "A Day Without a Woman," organized by the same people behind the "Women's March" after Trump's inauguration, seem driven by a less-than-rational anger at the sitting president.
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The event's website described the event as standing up against the forces of "fear, greed and hatred." As International Women's Day began, Trump himself tweeted his respect and honor for women, which might seem surprising to those protesting him as the ultimate misogynistic bogeyman.
But there is an explanation for this sub-rational marshaling of protesters, and it comes in Blanchett's own words. At the "Women's March," hundreds of women — and men! — dressed in vagina costumes, and there was a campaign to knit "pussyhats" beforehand. In a world where "The Vagina Monologues" are considered "empowering," this might not come as a surprise so much as a national cultural embarrassment.
There are feminists who identify with a certain part of their anatomy, and they do indeed act as though that is their "moral compass."
Indeed, the Huffington Post's Rebecca Shapiro called the vagina-moral compass declaration "another reason to love Cate Blanchett."
But what does this declaration say about feminism, the anti-Trump marches, and American society in general? What does it tell America's boys, who lack that most sacred of conscientious body parts? What do these protests tell the children whose schools have been cancelled because teachers care more about a political statement than they do about educating children? What do these messages tell employers who see their workers demanding leave for an ostensibly moral cause?
President Trump's Message on 'Day Without a Woman' Might Surprise 'Strikers'
While some see a triumph for women, others see degradation. PJ Media's Susan L.M. Goldberg explained how the "Women's March" "reinforced every negative stereotype about women ever." Debra Heine noted that the "Day Without A Woman" should really be called "A Day Without Left-Wing Women Who Vote Democrat And Want Bigger Government Controlling Everyone's Lives."
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Seems to have gummed up the works.
Unfortunately, most people aren’t that smart.
WHO?
Kate, please help me. I seek direction.
inspired-
She forgot to add: "...and it takes 3 "C" cell batteries."
She’s not very pretty at all, but she is a great actress.
I nominate GraceG for post of the day!
Snicker....
And they accuse men of thinking with their Johnsons ...
She thinks like Anthony Weiner.
As a woman living in a traditional, religious society, I do come across certain attitudes that can be annoying. But they exist more among the older generation and are fading.
I always respected the saner aspects to feminism -- greater options, opportunities, respect for women; greater feminine influence. But the problem with these women -- they are deeply confused. They don't know what's injustice & what's simple fact of life.
Basically these women seem angry at the very idea of gender roles, gender differences. They are sort of a walking contradiction -- they want to be men without the male (and moral, intellectual) framework. They're basically doing their own thing & wanting accommodation.
Maybe Freud was right -- it's all penis, not vagina, envy. I think there is a similar mentality behind transgenderism.
Her moral compass is in her what? I always knew her head was up her A$$, but this is a new one to me, though I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. After all we always knew some men thought with their peckers, it should be no surprise that some women think with their pussies.
That hole between the ditz’s legs matches the hole between her ears, apparently.
I always like to turn these things around and see how it sounds:
"...George Clooney said that his moral compass is "in my penis."
Whaddya think? If he said that, would he still be the darling of the liberal left?
Probably would, and the pretzel logic to justify it would be both frightening and entertaining at the same time.
I think that would be her head.
And One wonders why the FFathers, did not think they should VOTE, heh heh
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