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Feminist Blogger Who's Afraid of Her Own Sons Doubles Down
TruthRevolt.org ^ | 7-24-2017 | M.J. Randolph

Posted on 07/24/2017 7:09:13 AM PDT by servo1969

TruthRevolt has been following feminist blogger Jody Allard who admitted she was afraid of her own sons. Her piece, called, "My teen boys are blind to rape culture," caused her non-raping/non-abusive sons to be nationally humiliated. Allard wrote about one son's reaction:

He doesn't understand why I lumped him and his brother together in my essay. He sees himself as the "good" one, the one who is sensitive and thoughtful, and who listens instead of reacts. He doesn't understand that even quiet misogyny is misogyny, and that not all sexists sound like Twitter trolls. He is angry at me now, although he won't admit that either, and his anger led him to conservative websites and YouTube channels; places where he can surround himself with righteous indignation against feminists, and tell himself it's ungrateful women like me who are the problem.

Of course, her tone-deaf response caused conservatives to throw their hands in up despair. Many called her abusive. Though she swears she doesn't read all of the email, tweets, blogs, or articles that absolutely slam her parenting, she wrote another piece defending herself.
Setting aside the "abuse" claims for the moment, one of the most interesting aspects of the response to my essay is that it's emerged that many people don't actually understand what "rape culture" and "toxic masculinity" mean. Many readers were enraged by what they characterized as my calling my sons rapists or saying that being a man is toxic. Neither could be further from the truth. "Rape culture" does not mean holding a belief that men are rapists (whether my sons or men in general); it refers to a set of societal beliefs that blame women for sexual violence and misogyny, while normalizing sexual violence and aggression. Likewise, "toxic masculinity" does not refer to the idea that men are toxic, but rather that societal conceptions of what it means to be a man are harmful or toxic (particularly to men). With those definitions out of the way, it should be clear that discussing how particular men, even my children, absorb these cultural ideas is in no way "abusing" them.

Um, no. Not really, Ms. Allard. See, most normal people reject the idea that "societal conceptions of what it means to be a man are harmful or toxic." We also don't believe society "normalizes sexual violence and aggression." You can't just make up stuff and assume it's now "out of the way." We're objecting to your very premises... as well as your characterization of your sons as "unsafe." (Not that you read any of critiques of your writing. Right, Ms. Allard?)

Feminism causes mothers to turn on their children, to turn away from healthy relationships, and to embrace ideologies that - frankly -- can't be explained even in a series of inane blog posts. For the sake of your children, step away from your laptop and step toward apologizing to your children for your disgraceful writing.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: allard; culture; feminism; jody; rape; slut
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To: servo1969

Isn’t she completely defying her ideological premise by referring to her children as “sons”? I thought these weapons grade feminists abhorred socially predefined gender designations.

She should move to a country that allows euthanasia and do her children a favor.


41 posted on 07/24/2017 7:29:54 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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To: servo1969

What an ignoramus. She’s insulted because her sons do not seem to have the appropriate ‘sensitivity’ to her concerns. So her solution is to write about it and mention her sons in the oped. She is totally self-centered and makes no attempt to acknowledge her sons’ feelings about her insult.

This is the major problem that liberal have. They see themselves as having the monopoly on ‘feelings’. They alone are well-intentioned and anyone who does not agree with the are therefore ‘evil’, and likewise a danger to her.

She needs some serious counseling, but I fear most of the people who are doing the counseling are just as unbalanced as she is.


42 posted on 07/24/2017 7:30:27 AM PDT by Gumdrop (She made her bed and is now lying in it.)
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To: Red Badger

If this woman were not so toxic, she’d be funny.


43 posted on 07/24/2017 7:30:57 AM PDT by Savage Beast (You can drive coast to coast without ever crossing a district run by Democrats! MAGA = Renaissance!)
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To: servo1969
stooopid cow... feh
44 posted on 07/24/2017 7:32:06 AM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: dhs12345

Not necessarily, but with support and real education he will develop a compassionate, avuncular attitude towards her: “You’re wrong, Mom, but I still love you.”..................


45 posted on 07/24/2017 7:32:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: servo1969
har·ri·dan /ˈherəd(ə)n/ noun a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman...
Or as my dear Mom would say, yenta, meshugganeh . This nut job doesn't have issues, she has VOLUMES!
46 posted on 07/24/2017 7:33:02 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: Savage Beast

She’s educated way beyond her intelligence................


47 posted on 07/24/2017 7:33:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: relictele

... and it promptly gave up the ghost under the weight of all that ideological stupidity.


48 posted on 07/24/2017 7:33:39 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: servo1969

> [archaic] scold <

Many years ago, a woman berated my father on the street for some little thing she thought my father had done. My father listened to her calmly, then said, “I will have you arrested as a common scold.”

I don’t know where he got that phrase, but it worked. The woman turned and walked away.


49 posted on 07/24/2017 7:34:41 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: servo1969

She’s a NASTY woman.


50 posted on 07/24/2017 7:36:28 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the War on White People, is to recognize it exists.)
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To: servo1969

The sad part about men raised in such an environment, is that many of them will chose a wife who acts just like the mother.
Why? Because they were brought up to see this as normal behavior for women. Sometimes, the guy breaks this pattern, but it takes a conscious effort to resist going toward what is familiar.


51 posted on 07/24/2017 7:37:42 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: servo1969

Feminists, liberals, gays, vegans, progressives, greens, BLM, pajama boys, professors, Democrat politicians, SJWs, basement dwellers, Hollywood posers, deep statists ...

God help us!


52 posted on 07/24/2017 7:37:45 AM PDT by polymuser (There's a yuuuge basket of deportables.)
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To: MGG

“She could rationalize killing you both.”

Postnatal abortion.


53 posted on 07/24/2017 7:39:53 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.”)
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To: dangus
Well said.

Some women complain about being objectified and yet make themselves sexual objects either by their actions or by they way they speak and communicate. That is not a justification for men's behavior, either. But is it surprising?

And who do they (the leftists, feminists, ....) blame — the people like us pointing a bright spotlight on this utter hypocrisy. For good or bad, the culture and social mores of the past benefited everyone involved.

Lastly, maybe she is bitter from he relationship with her ex-whatever (the father of her boys). Maybe he left her because of her rabid hatred.

54 posted on 07/24/2017 7:39:56 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: servo1969

If she wishes to address a rape culture among men, that is her free speech right but she should also address the whore culture among women. They are two sides of the same coin.


55 posted on 07/24/2017 7:41:06 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: Red Badger
Agreed. But psychologists would agree that the parents relationship with the child, determines future success or failure once the child becomes an adult. It becomes part of a child's programming and nature and it is difficult to overcome.
56 posted on 07/24/2017 7:42:03 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Flatus I. Maximus

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Imagine a man who tells his daughters they are sinful with their vile bleeding things between their legs. That they are responsible for all the evil in the world because they are like Eve — the original sinner.

I bet this lady could never envision herself in that way. I bet she would find it laughable. But to her sons - it’s not far from their reality.


57 posted on 07/24/2017 7:42:19 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: caseinpoint

That is the double standard that exists.


58 posted on 07/24/2017 7:43:21 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: servo1969

She says she doesn’t feel safe with her sons (emotionally, because they don’t validate her experiences.)

But, her duty as a parent is to make them feel safe with her first.


59 posted on 07/24/2017 7:44:31 AM PDT by heartwood (If you're looking for a </sarc tag>, you just saw it.)
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To: servo1969
"...and tell himself it's ungrateful women like me who are the problem."

It is women like you who are the problem... I bet you don't even recognize some ACTUAL 'rape culture' in the 'migrants' I bet you support... It's amazing your son grew up without serious mental problems, if he was raised by you, lady...

[see how I called her 'lady'... that's sure to set her off I bet]

60 posted on 07/24/2017 7:45:35 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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