Posted on 05/03/2005 3:18:19 PM PDT by CareyRoberts
A woman named Mary took the open microphone. Hello, my name is Mary Man-Hating-is-Fun, she explained. Ever since I learned to embrace my feminist nature, I found great joy in threatening mens lives, flicking off frat brothers and plotting the patriarchys death. I hate men because they are men.
The 40 women in the audience, many wearing scissors around their necks, laughed and clapped, then broke into a light-hearted song about castration.
This event, advertised as the Patriarchy Slam, took place at the University of New Hampshire on March 10. [www.rense.com/general63/dur.htm]
Some might be tempted to explain away this event as an aberration, perhaps some strange Wiccan initiation ritual performed at the end of a long New England winter.
For years, disdain for men has been nurtured in Womens Studies programs around the country. Required reading for these courses typically includes the works of Andrea Dworkin, author of such books as The SCUM Manifesto. SCUM is an acronym for Society for Cutting Up Men.
Hows this for warm-hearted commentary on gender reconciliation: Every man is the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman and Hatred of women is a source of sexual pleasure for men in its own right. Those insights earned Dworkin the status of a feminist cult-hero.
But on April 9 Andrea Dworkin unexpectedly left this earthly existence.
Five days later arch-feminist Catherine MacKinnon, grief-stricken over the passing of bosom-buddy Andrea, showed up on the Stanford University campus. There MacKinnon launched into a paranoid rant about the ever-lurking patriarchy: Just like terrorist attacks, acts of violence against women are carefully planned, targeted at civilians, and driven by ideology.
Under normal circumstances, anyone making such irrational claims would be quietly led away to a padded cell.
But Stanford Law School dean Kathleen Sullivan only saw fit to add to the loonier-than-thou atmosphere: There are many other prominent feminist theorists in our times, but none of their philosophy is as sweeping and profound as MacKinnons.
Then on April 16 MacKinnon published an article in the New York Times in which she extolled the mentally-deranged Dworkin as an inspiration to so many women. Seeking to turn her into a feminist martyr, MacKinnon argued, How she was treated is how women are treated who tell the truth about male power. [www.nytimes.com/2005/04/16/opinion/16mackinnon.html?ex=1271304000&en=626a94afad2e2a76&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss]
But Boston Globe columnist Cathy Young took sharp exception to MacKinnons fig-leaf eulogy. To put it plainly: Dworkin was a preacher of hate, Young countered, and if she deserves credit for anything, its helping infect feminist activism with anti-male bigotry and paranoia. [www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/04/18/the_misdirected_passion_of_andrea_dworkin]
Anti-male bigotry and paranoia can have harmful consequences for women, as well.
Last November 17 Desiree Nall, a student at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL was cornered in a campus bathroom and raped. The police placed the campus on high alert, warning female students to stay indoors. Women were in a panic. An investigation ensued, eventually costing $50,000.
But the case began to unravel when Nall, a local womens rights activist, gave inconsistent details about the incident and refused to assist with the composite sketches. Two days later, Nall called the police and admitted the whole thing was a hoax. Police officers later speculated that Nall was trying to make a statement about sexual violence. [www.ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2005/0420.html]
Equally worrisome is how some persons dismiss feminists malicious antics as harmless fun.
A few days ago Jeffrey Zaslow wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal about girls who wear T-shirts with the slogan, Boys are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them. Festooned with the light-hearted title, Girl Power as Boy Bashing, the article implies that hate speech is somehow a legitimate expression of female empowerment. [http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/nononsensedating/2005_04_21_nononsensedating_archive.html]
Sometimes I feel a little silly stating the obvious, but girls wearing clothes that preach violence and hate is not normal.
Its no coincidence that feminist hate speech revolves around the issue of domestic violence. Thats because years ago the rad-fems highjacked the federal Violence Against Women Act, and have relentlessly milked the issue to inflame the fears of women. This, despite the fact that women are just as likely as men to commit domestic violence. [www.law.fsu.edu/journals/lawreview/downloads/304/kelly.pdf]
The Violence Against Women Act, which underwrites the radical feminist cause to the tune of $1 billion a year, is set to expire on September 30. As of this writing, no renewal legislation has been introduced, and time is running short.
Is it possible that the end of feminist hate speech is at hand?
"Is it possible that the end of feminist hate speech is at hand?"
Wishful thinking.
What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
If you exchange white for women and black for men, these people sound exactly like the KKK. They are applauded for their hatred and their radical speech is called forward-thinking and visionary.
The Liberal universities in this country have done nothing but rip apart the society in which we live with classes for each inidividual trait in the society. Pretty soon we'll have Liberal Democrat Studies, followed by Addadictomy Studies, Rap Ganagbander Culture Studies and of course to be fair, they'll have to have Evil Racist White Capitalist Studies.
Her parents must be proud.
Methinks she may not like men That way.
what do you suppose would be the reaction ,if a group of MEN got together on a college campus, and started talking this way about women? my guess is they would all be expelled and then arrested.
All part of the big plan.
Sounds like a nice place to pick up chicks.
If one was a butch lesbo.
Cash a a boatload of booze.
later pingout.
NO, she needs to be sent to back-country Afghanistan.
Do you think that these man hating fests are either worthy or understandable? What exactly do you mean by "you don't or can't judge why women often have a problem with the way guys handle situations that are of the utmost importance to basic human rights."?
There are rape victims and victims of other kinds of abuse who do not hate all men as a result.
BTW, I was privy to some of the original "womens' movement" meetings in the late 60s in Berkeley and I can assure you and everyone else that feminism is based on man hating, lesbianism, envy, hate and irrational rage against - well, against almost everything.
And the rantings and ravings of feminists everywhere say the same thing.
No matter what, it is never ever ever right to tar and feather a whole group because of your bad experience. And I am speaking as one who has been threatened and abused and such. Aiding and abetting hate like this doesn't cure.
THIS is the kind of women, for which I coined my little pet name:-- FEMILEZIS. Anyone on this site who wishes to use this term ,feel free to do so.
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