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Good Women

7/21/2015

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Getting men to accept women's equality (and what I mean by that is women are of equal value to society, just different) is just part of the mission of feminism, we also have to have women accept it as well.

There are three types of women, those who think women are of equal value to men, those who think she alone is of equal value to men, or indeed all women are inferior, and those women who sit on the fence. The fence sitters are often feminists because they believe in the equality of women but the 'label' has been so polluted for them and sometimes think it's about taking stuff from men, namely power or that it tries to emasculate men. Of course feminism is not trying to do this. The second role of feminism is about freeing men (and women) from stereotypes, such as the one where they cannot reach out for help, they feel isolated and alone. Often they commit suicide as a result of the stereotype of men just do not need help. Perhaps feminism needs a new name - like people-ism or something.

I think there are two types of women, it seems, 'good' and 'bad' women. 'Good' women are 'good', they follow what society tells them too, they make sure their arm-pits are shaved, they never talk about periods in polite society, they don't have abortions, they shame sluts because they themselves aren't sluts, they are 'good' women and the rest of women are 'bad'.

I'm browsing through facebook posts and I find this article about women not shaving their arm-pits and the women who posted the article were horrified, and women chimed in promising the men they shaved their arm-pits (like any good woman would). Thank god, I thought, a woman who knows how to toe-the-line, she fits in with society's expectation of what a woman should be. Curiously, a number of men chimed in saying they weren't opposed to it although some were. But generally it's a mix, some women are supportive, some men aren't. I don't know why we have discussions about women shaving their armpits - really don't people have better things to think about?

No doubt this 'good' woman makes the appropriate comments about other women's bodies, thinks abortion should be banned, thinks boys will be boys and daughters will be told how to think and feel about abortion and her strictures on the subject is the last word on the subject.

Until all women think all women are of equal value to men, we have an uphill battle in convincing all men we are. Because those men who don't will happily quote some woman like Phyllis Schlafly to say women are not equal as if she was elected by all women to speak on their behalf. Indeed I know men who have told me that something was written by a woman to put women down, so therefore it's true.
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Asking For IT

6/6/2015

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I'm sitting here viewing the umpteenth million copy of the vanity Fair cover featuring Caitlyn Jenner and wondering if conservative "Christians" would think "she is asking for it".

Of course I don't think anyone is asking for it but recently a number of men have claimed young children were "asking for it".

I know a lot of libertarian males say rape is bad but admonish women to be careful.  I wonder if Caitlyn has to be careful too? You see women generally are careful but the implication is a) that we are stupid and need this sage advice, and b) this implies that women who are raped are to blame for their rapes because they weren't careful enough, so basically yes, it is implying it's the woman's fault. But it's not women's fault, it's the rapists' fault - and I refuse to be sexist and say men just can't control themselves, men can control themselves.

I welcome all transgender people because it might get people to think more about gender. I think we know so little about ourselves, and hopefully it will impact what they are really saying when they make accusations of "asking for it". We never say men are "asking for it" and we know men have to survive rape too.

But in a country that is as "Christian" as many US GOP representatives would say it is, why are there so many men being caught out behaving appallingly? Between Hastert and the Duggars, and that the Duggars are now saying it should never have been brought to the media attention because the incident was so minor... (I can only wonder how the daughter feels...) so, basically, this is just the tip of the iceberg, because the Duggars feel it is so commonplace. In other words, these aren't aberrations, they are the norm. Surely something is very rotten with conservative "Christians".

It's well known that red states view the most pornography, I can only assume that this is because conservative women are taught that they shouldn't enjoy sex or otherwise they'll be sluts. With the purity movement in southern red states and the endlessly increasing list of sexual impropriety by conservative "christians" and the GOP, the party of conservative "Christians", isn't it time to run like hell from the loud and proud self-righteousness of being conservative "christian"?

For the record I have no problem with people who are genuinely Christian but you can tell who they are by their actions rather than what they say.
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