[beckett]

The entire interview (much longer than this small excerpt) is worth reading just to explore the disconnection from reality that Daly, a Boston College prof who refuses to allow males in her classroom, equates with a higher feminist consciousness.

Gearhart and Daly don't specify the means by which they would drive men from the planet, but one must assume that, in order to achieve their goal of a "less violent world," oceans of blood would have to be spilled, and the heavy hand of a totalitarian state be put in place.

[TheSpottedOwl]

MD: First of all, if it's only matrilineal and matrifocal, it's not really prepatriarchal. Prepatriarchal would be really ancientgynocentric. And so what he's speaking about, as I understand it, is already patriarchy on the way. I'm talking about a really woman-centered society of which we have no direct memory. But, as Monique Wittig said, "If you can't remember, invent." Part of it has to be created because most of the records have been destroyed. All of what he's talking about is an intermediary stage.

Good holy Christ. When will these lunatics finally go away, and leave us alone????

Only ten percent of the world's population will be male? (I just edited myself ;-D )

[Lancey Howard]

Hmmm. I wouldn't mind ten women for every male, as long as the women can't vote.
Except FReeper women, I mean.

[NeoCaveman]

A world run by women, we'd have a war every 28 days.... lol

(Wearing my flame suit)

[Polybius]

Gearhart and Daly don't specify the means by which they would drive men from the planet, but one must assume that, in order to achieve their goal of a "less violent world," oceans of blood would have to be spilled, and the heavy hand of a totalitarian state be put in place.

What these fools do not acknowledge is that, in purely Darwinian terms, women would not survive for ten minutes in the War of the Sexes.

American women have rights simply because the much villified American male have willingly shared political and social power with women.

In more primitive and, yes, less chivalrous societies such as Saudi Arabia, Ms. Gearhart and Ms. Daly would have only slightly more social and political rights than my Black Lab.

[boris]

John Varley wrote a short story, "Mannikins," which was included in his collection The Barbie Murders. In it, he basically lays out this nut job's entire worldview...from the point of view of a woman in an insane asylum.

In fact, I would be willing to entertain the proposition that she lifted her entire body of "thought" from that very story.

--Boris

[boris]

Name three great female mathematicians. I'll give you one: Sophie Germain.

Name three great female composers. I'll give you one: Camille Chaminade.

Name three great female scientists. I'll give you one: Madame Curie.

Well?...I'm waiting. I guess "the patriarchy" just suppressed and oppressed all of those potential geniuses with two "X" chromosomes.

--Boris

[taxcontrol]

Does that mean I would get to have 9 wifes? Might be fun at night - though I don't know if I could keep up with the honey do list.

[independentmind]

. I hate the "human species"look at it! I hate what it is doing to this earth: the invasion of everything.

This appears to be one of the more lucid and accurate statements made by the creature Daly.

What a neat trick of logic she performs. Everytime she doesn't want to consider something, she merely refuses to recognize the meaningfulness of words.

[Revolting cat!]

Well, we'll then all be in Surf City!

"Tooooo girls for e-e-e-e-e-vry boy!" --- Jan and Dean

[glory]

How can this moron continue teaching if she discriminates against men in her classroom? I'm sorry, but I am NOT ok with a 10% male population. I would like my daughter to marry a MAN someday, not have children via artificial insemination from a limited selection of donors. I would also like my son to grow and have his own family and I find this disgusting woman offensive and would even to venture so far that she embodies a female terrorist group targeting males. Have these dolts ever even considered the genetic impact of such a small pool of males repopulating with a high percentage of women, or the resulting violence of women, who are fiercely protective of their young, when they find them competing with each other? Also what do they plan to do with males in womb? I guess they are suggesting forced late term abortions once it's discovered a child is male? SICK! Every parent with a student at Boston College should get a copy of this interview.

[Oberon]

Hey, I'm all for it, as long as I'm one of the remaining ten percent.

Talk about a full dance card...

[Future Snake Eater]

See, right now, I would be totally joyous to have a great community of women

Oh, good call. Who wouldn't want a nation/community constantly discussing their monthly cycles while knitting sweaters for their cats?

< ducking >

[The Raven]

>>who refuses to allow males in her classroom,

Not sure I'd want to in there.

[cynicom]

Where would the "ugly" women find a man?????

[Rytwyng]

Only 9 women to every man? Why not go even further? How about 72 virgins for every man? Oh, wait, that idea's already been tried. Funny how these psychos keep coming up with the same demented themes, century after century.

[HitmanLV]

You know, if Hugh Heffner made such an observation, it would be war!!!! :-)

[Mr. K]

Who would lift the heavy loads, run the heavy equipment, and kill the spiders?

[Billthedrill]

The object of a species is to procreate. The object of a society is rather more than that. Daly doesn't seem to understand the difference.

If, in fact, we only need men to breed babies, then I'm afraid that's all we need women for as well. Daly thinks that second point is an archaic remnant of patriarchy; in fact, it's the clear implication of her own argument.