Because perpetuating underhanded aggressions towards your own gender so that the menfolk will like you more for being breezy is TOTALLY what it means to be free and empowered.
Because perpetuating underhanded aggressions towards your own gender so that the menfolk will like you more for being breezy is TOTALLY what it means to be free and empowered.
Because perpetuating underhanded aggressions towards your own gender so that the menfolk will like you more for being breezy is TOTALLY what it means to be free and empowered.
Like the book or not, I think the "cool girl" passage in "Gone Girl" summed this up very nicely and I actually had a strong reaction to it.
I was especially shocked and saddened that a female solider feels this way.
Some do. Some told me to stfu when I complained about sexism. They got peered higher than me too. I mean, we had rape jokes week one. I'm guessing at her MOS from her photo, but I'm guessing 88M. Not a ton of females to sit around and talk about stuff with. Even I convinced myself I was being over sensitive about some pretty serious sexism issues. And I'm 29 and had other strong women around. It's fucking courageous and strong as shit to be a feminist in the military. I was destroyed for standing up for myself. And I was alone in being vocal. Because it's more courageous to say something than to fall in line with the anti woman culture. And I failed sometimes. Too often.
I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books? I shall only engage in commerce if books are the coin. -- Catherynne M. Valente
I saw this yesterday and was astounded. The internet never forgets and I hope when the penny drops, these women are thoroughly ashamed and embarrassed about this
I saw this yesterday and was astounded. The internet never forgets and I hope when the penny drops, these women are thoroughly ashamed and embarrassed about this.
On a side note, did anyone after reading the article, click on the one about the elephant who was rescued in India? OMG the poor elephant, he cried when he was rescued.
Fucking free riders. They enjoy the benefits that women before us fought and won (right to vote, attending college and post-graduate institutions, etc.) but lack the appreciation for how hard-fought it was to achieve these basic rights. They thumb their nose at the feminist movement as American women are still being denied equal pay for equal work and having our health choices dictated by our employers and the state legislatures. These recent court decisions and policy enactments suggest that women need to fight just as hard (if not harder) to truly have equality. Fuck these ladies. Oh, and the demographic (and perhaps socioeconomic?) similarities among these women are probably not by coincidence.
Woke up thinking I didn't feel that hungover, and then I clicked that link. Suddenly there are a dozen angry woodland creatures clawing at the backs of my eyeballs.
Recognizing the fact that women's equality still has a ways to go does not preclude the existence of issues that disproportionately affect men. This is a red herring as this is not a zero-sum game. Just as women being denied economic and social equality can affect men as well, these “male issues” (e.g., combat deaths, accidents in the workplace, and—yes—custody issues) also can affect women (through the loss of financial security, absent fathers, husbands/sons deaths, etc.). It is a mistake to assume that any discussion of feminist thought (or “women's issues”) means that men's issues are deemed unimportant, irrelevant or nonexistent.
Recognizing the fact that women's equality still has a ways to go does not preclude the existence of issues that disproportionately affect men. This is a red herring as this is not a zero-sum game. Just as women being denied economic and social equality can affect men as well, these “male issues” (e.g., combat deaths, accidents in the workplace, and—yes—custody issues) also can affect women (through the loss of financial security, absent fathers, husbands/sons deaths, etc.). It is a mistake to assume that any discussion of feminist thought (or “women's issues”) means that men's issues are deemed unimportant, irrelevant or nonexistent.
I recognize this - but that infographic is implying that there is no male privilege because of those things. At least that's what I got out of it.