Posted by Deltron at ac866a48.ipt.aol.com on December 08, 2002 at 21:46:55:
In Reply to: "I think feminism is bullshit." posted by who cares who sent the paper on December 08, 2002 at 19:21:34:
I didn't want to include all of this in a poll. It was a fun, playful little poll, and my little manifesto on feminism would have made it long and boring. I really don't think anyone here gives a shit about my personal views on why I don't think feminism works anymore. But since you asked...
Feminism, at it's core, is a marvelous movement. Out of the 1950's, yes, women needed an equal place in society. They had none then, and we've progressed and I'm glad that women are now treated as equals.
The problem I have with feminists is the problem I have with the NAACP. They're not happy with what they have. Instead of saying "wow, we used to be housewives, now we're senators, now we're corporate CEOs, now a woman tops the most powerful people in Hollywood list," they're saying "wow, men can pee standing up," "wow, men don't have to go through childbirth."
If I hear one more feminist whine about men objectifying women, I'm going to fucking smack someone. Men can't objectify women anymore out of fear of legal retribution, but women can objectify men all they want, because they've got the power now. A man can't say "woh, you have nice breasts," but a woman can say "wow, you have a nice build," or "wow, you have nice abs." A woman can SUE a man now just because he looks at her.
Specific examples of why I think feminism, as of late, is a pathetic idea: a woman lobbies to be the first female cadet at some military academy. I think it was the Citadel, I'm not sure. She lobbied and lobbied and bitched and whined and moaned about equality, and they let her in. Then she left after a year. It was too hard for her. Or the woman who sued Duke, I think it was, because she didn't make the football team. She tried out and she didn't make it, and she WON. Nevermind the fact that she was a shitty kicker, she was a woman, she didn't make it, so she gets money.
I completely support the idea of women being treated equally. Just like I completely support the idea of minorities being treated equally. I don't, however, support the idea of women being able to hold their sex over a man's head and say "I'm a woman, I deserve more than you do." That's not equality, that's superiority. That's taking the roles of fifty years ago and reversing them. THAT'S bullshit.