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Comment on About by Lipstick Terrorist

Lipstick Terrorist — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:36:04 +0000

Lucky you! Your period has come early! (My obscure sense of humour.) I have nominated you for a WordPress Family Award because I think your blog is great. Congratulations! Read about it here: http://lipstickterrorist.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/ive-got-an-award/

Comment on Feminism in the Morning by Tom

Tom — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:16:46 +0000

I found this blog via a site dedicated to putting food on your breasts. I think you’re confused about what’s making you angry.

Comment on Who Wore It Best? by Pluto Goes Retrograde April 12th. What Does This Mean? | Love and SexScopes

Pluto Goes Retrograde April 12th. What Does This Mean? | Love and SexScopes — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:46:47 +0000

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Comment on Nice Legs, Sweetheart by Rachel @ Skull and Crosstales

Rachel @ Skull and Crosstales — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:14:54 +0000

I hate that young women are taught how not to be raped (ie. never go anywhere on your own, watch your drink, don’t walk the dog after the sun goes down, etc) as if the onus is on them to prevent this thing that men can’t stop themselves from doing. It needs to be turned around and we need to teach people NOT TO RAPE.

(generalising with the men/women thing here to make a point)

Comment on Please Don’t Cum on My Little Pony© by jacksonjackson

jacksonjackson — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:17:55 +0000

:O the poor ponies! My god, my childhood is ruined because I saw a picture of some random dude’s semen on a colored piece of plastic moulded in the shape of a pony from a TV show! Oh no! Save the plastic from the 0.0001% of bronies that have this fetish! Blah blah blah, this post is so fucking stupid it’s unbelievable. Never have I read through such a rediculous blog post. Ranting about some dudes ejaculating on mlp toys. Wow, big fucking deal. (I can’t believe I actually took the time to comment on this totally irrelevant and old blog post. I must be bored as hell.)

Comment on Feminism in the Morning by David Wilderness (@frogythegreat)

David Wilderness (@frogythegreat) — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:36:18 +0000

“I also think it’s inaccurate to say “sexual desire is genetically hardwired” in men.” Wow, take a biology class. lol.
Yes, there are men AND women all points on the sex drive spectrum. And across the whole sexual preference spectrum too.

You’ve also proceded to answer arguments I simply didn’t make. “But men aren’t genetically dispositioned to be tremendously more sex hungry than other genders, it’s just not true.” Never asserted it was. Just that humans, on average, want sex.

I don’t even want to get into your stilted sensationalization of a modest proposal so I’ll just point out: After a month or so of daily harangues by campus co-eds on a construction site I worked, I put my t-shirt back on. Guess what? Problem solved. Inconvenience? Minor. Should we have to? No. Does it work? Yes. In nature they call this the plumage effect.

It’s this sort of blind adherence to parroting rhetoric spawned in a narrow context and attempting to apply it ubiquitously to arguments that are at best tangential; that is hindering progress of the ‘feminist movement’.
I like Jacque’s response below on this point. Some the strongest women I know have VERY strong mothers. Some of the strongest men I know do, too.

The BitchyEditor isn’t a ‘bad feminist’ for buying an Archer DVD. Unless her guilt makes her feel that way. But more likely I suspect she slid a few notches over on one of those spectrums you referenced and was enjoying the proceedings right along with her gentleman. To err is human. If it really is an err.
In fact she’s a terrific female because she’s got the strength and opinions to stand up to more colloquial lines of thought and say ‘no, that vision of feminism just doesn’t work for me’. [She does this frequently, if indirectly if you've been following along the last year]

Form your own opinions.

Comment on Feminism in the Morning by bitchyeditor

bitchyeditor — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:32:34 +0000

Thank you! I couldnt agree any more, it’s a challenge for us ladies to balance the bra-burning-man-hating sentiments of the early feminists with the “slut power” feminism of the new millennium. I’ve realized that as long as I am shouting and mad and never complacent in the idea that we are equal (because, seriously, come ON), I am not a bad feminist. I am just a confused human, and that’s okay, too.

Comment on Feminism in the Morning by thisisnotalex

thisisnotalex — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:51:00 +0000

Oh my god, everything about this made me so happy. Ridiculously happy. I agree with every point (including the: wait, I did this, am I a bad feminist? Which I think about lots of things all the time.)
It drives me mad when ambitious, smart female friends claim not to be a feminist. It’s like it’s a dirty word. I mean, what part of feminism doesn’t work for you??? It’s about equality, not man-hating.

This is awesome, thanks for writing this.

Comment on Feminism in the Morning by Feminist Bhai

Feminist Bhai — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:11:37 +0000

There’s are some basic assumptions of responsibility here that should be questioned. “Avoiding/removing temptation” is the responsibility of the person being tempted. We shouldn’t expect the world to know what you’re tempted by and accommodate you. Asking women to dress more “modestly” puts the responsibility to control *your* temptations on the ~3.5 billion women of the world. Men should take responsibility for our own temptations before we ask women to do or change anything–they’ve already accommodated us enough!

I also think it’s inaccurate to say “sexual desire is genetically hardwired” in men. There’s a wide spectrum of desire among all humans, and for some it’s greater than for others. Some of us desire women, some desire men, some a whole range of things in between. But men aren’t genetically dispositioned to be tremendously more sex hungry than other genders, it’s just not true.

Women shouldn’t be asked to accommodate men’s uncontrollable sexual rage or else pay terrible consequences. We, men, should work on what gets in our way of getting to know women and appreciating them for who they are beyond their bodies. Getting at the root of our own desires is an action that will speak louder than words ever could!

Comment on Feminism in the Morning by bitchyeditor

bitchyeditor — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:57:44 +0000

Yes! I wholeheartedly believe change is still happening, and I presume it will be generational. I hope 50 years from now the ladies of the world are able to look back at this time and enjoy an actual laugh about “the way things used to be,” instead of the joke being on us. Maybe some day ladies will recall the days of “slut shaming” and “legitimate rape” with an embarrassed cringe, like looking a photo of ourselves with a mullet.
When we have equal pay, when we have equal respect, when we have equal representation amongst our world leaders, I will laugh about feminism. Until then, I’ll be on my little soapbox shouting!