As Mae West said,
"When I'm good - I'm very, very good. But when I'm bad - I'm better!"
Posted on 07/26/2006 9:08:52 AM PDT by FreeManDC
It’s about time that we probe an assumption that has insidiously worked its way into our culture -- the notion that women are the guardians of goodness and grace, while all those male neanderthals are emissaries from the dark side.
I will freely admit that men indulge in a number of vices, those including gluttony, greed, and of course forgetting to put the toilet seat down. Growing up in the halcyon days of the Patriarchy, I was treated to my fair share of ribald humor. But nothing quite prepared me for what I saw a couple weeks ago.
Strolling at the local mall I spotted a young lass, maybe 13 years old. She was sporting a white T-shirt with an unusual picture. The shirt depicted a girl cold-cocking a boy. Above the how-to diagram were etched these words: “How to Drop a Boyfriend.”
For the last decade, we’ve been hearing the mantra, “There’s no excuse for domestic violence.” So how could anyone even think of wearing a shirt like that?
Of course the Lavender Ladies have long scorned traditional notions of feminine virtue. In her book Feminist Morality, Virginia Held haughtily dismisses the ideal of the unselfish, nurturing, and non-aggressive woman as “the whole female stereotype.”
So now we must ask, What happens to common morality when selfishness, aggressiveness, and all-around oafishness are held up as the cultural ideal for newly-liberated women?
I’m not going to dwell on the abortion issue. That’s because no one, not even the most rabid feminist, will claim that baby-killing is a virtuous action. Their excuse is that we must allow abortion so as to not put a crimp on a woman’s lifestyle options.
Let’s agree to put that one in the “selfish” category.
And what about our epidemic of hyper-aggressive females?
Our society is reeling from stories of sexually-assertive school teachers who prey on their male students. We find it incomprehensible that teenage girls would form into gangs and lurk in the alleyways. And research now shows that female-initiated partner violence is more common than the male variety. [www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2006/may/em_060519male.cfm ?type=n]
Think of Xena the Warrior Princess with premenstrual syndrome.
Which brings me to another one of my favorite T-shirts: “Girls Lie.”
Our society has become inundated with so many feminist prevarications that it has difficulty separating truth from falsehood.
Here goes: the oppressiveness of marriage, the stifling effects of childrearing, the gender wage gap, the epidemic of domestic violence against women, the exclusion of women from medical research, the shortchanging of schoolgirls, the catch-all insensitivity to women’s needs, and much, much more.
Which makes you wonder, How did the Nervous Nellies ever get through college without a Take Back the Night rally to steady themselves?
This is my personal favorite: “Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat.” That insight comes to us by way of HRC.
Now visit any of the radical feminist websites – they seethe with anti-male diatribes and epithets. I’ve seen outright bigotry in my life, but nothing that quite compares with the rants of Andrea Dworkin, Catherine McKinnon, or Kate Millett.
Then there’s the fairness gene – or lack thereof.
Feminists squawk and fuss about “gender equality,” but once men become an endangered species on college campuses, all of a sudden the message shifts to “female empowerment.” When men die five years sooner than women, why does the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services fund Centers for Excellence for the ladies, but not the lads?
And if the women’s libbers want true equality, why aren’t they burning their bras so they can win the “right” to trek over to the post office on their 18th birthday to register for government service?
And now for the dirty little secret – feminists are the most intolerant people on the earth!
Last week the flap was over the Screen Goddess calendar that was adorned with 16 IT vixens. [www.itgoddess.info] Naturally the Champions of Choice became apoplectic. “Girls are often excluded from the possibility of the profession by its cultural maleness,” one woman shrieked.
And remember Larry Summers? He said there was a slight possibility that discrimination was not the reason for the small numbers of female physicists and rocket scientists. Even though he became a serial apologizer, the red-fems tarred and feathered the poor man and sent him packing from his Harvard U. presidency!
There’s a lesson to be learned here: You can never appease a feminist.
Napoleon Bonaparte once observed, “Female virtue has been held in suspicion from the beginning of the world, and ever will be.” That’s why as feminism gains, virtue wanes.
FYI: IMHO, I think that raising a child is the most important task a human ever has placed in front of him/her in their lifetime.
With that said, generally speaking, because of God-given strengths, inherently different, but good, which should be sincerely appreciated, most women are the best choice to stay at home to raise the offspring. Women, in general, are naturally 'tuned in' to tone of voice, body language, facial expression, what is implied in conversation, etc. So, therefore, women are much more apt to pick up on a child's emotional state much more quickly, and being the child's mother, that maternal bond makes that 'in-tuneness' even more acute. A 'government raised child' does no one, or society, any good, especially the child.
The future and success of humankind rests upon the quality of the upbringing of our children. Sadly, these days, so many self-centered individuals are hell-bent on personal satisfaction, rather than implementation of personal sacrifice, wisdom and forethought about the future of this country and mankind.
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. ~ Proverbs 21:9
Gotta love the Proverbs!
That's right...there's never a good reason to hit a woman, but if she hits him, he must deserve it...what did he do to provoke it?
I dunno. I know of some pretty devious women. Hell hath no fury.
Ok...OK! I stand corrected.
Good rant, there, Hamilton, but what the h*ll did I say that set you off?
As Mae West said,
"When I'm good - I'm very, very good. But when I'm bad - I'm better!"
lol! She must be my soul sister! It sounds like maybe the guys would like to see more of us tomboys who still love being women 8-))
You were looking for the definition of a feminist before, I think...maybe it's a little bit like porn. Like the Supreme Court Justice said...I may not be able to define it, but I know it when I see it.
Take a look at that post of yours.
It's always funny when the victim is male. What do you say to a woman with two black eyes? Nothing. She's already been told twice. Ha Ha. Flame on hypocrites, and make my point.
I don't know what men you have been hanging out with, but nothing could be further from the truth.
The difference between a strong woman and a bitch is a difference as vast as the Pacific Ocean. The first is never the latter, and the latter always thinks shes the first.
You want to know what I see in todays younger women? Far too many that are so fixated on themselves, that when the realities of what a relationship are are put in front of them they are unable to deal with it.. because their warped view of a relationship is.. I GET WHAT I WANT.... IF HE LOVES ME HE'LL DO WHAT I WANT.... etc etc etc...
A generalization I know.. not every young woman is like that, but the number like that has definately increased drastically over the past decade or two.
I know if I found myself stuck on Manhattan, single and looking for a mate, I'd be most likely be dating 1st or 2nd generation immigrants, because they haven't been so corrupted by lunacy that they understand, men are not women with penises, and they should be expected to be.
Call me weird, but, I'll call it like it is with me:
That is nothing but pure male dominated mental sex. I just love it. A mental home run. I think that is what always kicks my testosterone up 20-25% every time.
In all fairness, sad it has to come to that, but hey, don't screw with reality....it can bite you!
Personally, I'm very independant but very much appreciate the courtesies extended by the men. If they want to help me with something, then go for it guy!
All of those feminazi's are loon's and don't know what they're missing.
feel free to wade in LOL
I know you wanna ;)
Grab 2 rods, the tackle box, a beer cooler and go fishin' and leave the cell in the glove box.
Oh sorry it wasn't directed at you personally, just at feminst mindset.. nothing personal.. you just happened to be who I responded to.
I think this was covered yesterday, although I may be wrong...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671793/posts
;^)
TT
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