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.
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.
an extreme but classic case of the psychology of victimhood.So extreme here she cannot trust her own offspring...tragic
Wow! I congratulate him.
I hate to admit it but I was once a Democrat.
I left the party when I found out that the party members were hypocrites and liars full of hate for me... and it has gotten a lot worse the three decades since I “saw the light.” A LOT WORSE!
I hate her dad......................
Sad that parents do this to their kids. Kids are innocent and loving and then their parents screw them up. Many kids and later adults can recover and go on and do great things. Others... carry on the “tradition” and abuse their kids, and on and on.
I hope her sons put her a$$ in a really crappy nursing home some day and never visit the crazy witch.
Cats are looking forward to a new feline commune with her at the helm.
When all you’ve got is a hammer (feminism), everything looks like a nail (misogyny).
I hope that they simply walk away from her, and give this grasping, controlling harpy nothing to clutch.
She's made her decision, and doubling down on it indicates that it's not that she spoke rashly, or without consideration. It's what she really thinks. Good riddance.
No ideas there that were really surprising - it's all hashed through on FR regularly. What did surprise me, though, were the "feminists". The level of hatred that they have for men is unfathomable. They're not "for women" or "for equality", they're simply misandrists, with a socially acceptable candy coating.
Let’s just say I have experience with people like her.
I cut that person out of my life a long time ago, and limit my children’s contact with them. I spent the first 18 years of my life being told I was worthless because I was a boy.
I took after my grandpa, which made her rather nuts also. My paternal grandfather was a good man. Not very nice, but good.
Thanks - I'll look for it. I suspect the hatred is down to the usual circuit - rejection, insecurity, hatred...
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