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Barely Political / Blog / What's wrong with Feminism?
Jenn Themelis October 17, 2007

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What's wrong with Feminism?

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What's so wrong with feminism?

A new study claims that unflattering stereotypes of feminists are actually unsupported. Shocking! I wish I would have known this when I was first birthing my feminist ideals. When I became pro-choice, I thought I wasn't allowed to shave anymore. O man, we [the ladies] can be people and groom too?

Feminism has had it pretty rough in the stereotype department:
"Equal rights, equal pay? You must be gay!"
"You don't want your husband to beat you anymore? You she-beast!"
"Don't like your boss pinching your ass? Ew, you're just like a dude."

Why is everyone so angry at feminism? It's as if there is some secret yesteryear where femi-nazis roamed the earth and emasculated men aplenty. Forced men to cry and read Virginia Woolf? Or worse, Camille Paglia?! Well we must have done something scary and terrible to elicit such poor reviews.

I don't ever remember a time when we ruled and it's really not fair we're so reviled. It's just not realistic. I even went to a pretty prestigious all-girl's high school only to see girls chastised for wearing short skirts ("It's distracting to the male teachers!") rather than encouraged to think outside the box. Or with it, rather.

It's not even a hot topic in this presidential race. Except that we have a viable woman candidate and, you know, the whole abortion thing. But Hillary doesn't want to appear too feminine or feminist. Giuliani has the same problem. Everyone has pretty canned answers when it comes to women's reproductive rights. Bo-RING!

I want to do one better. I want to create an epidemic of female chauvinism. I feel it may balance out the excessive masculine energy we have in our culture. Come on let's just try it!

Ladies whenever you see a member of the opposite sex, immediately think of how superior you are to him. He lacks all of those feminine qualities that make you so great. Qualities such as:
• Intuition
• Empathy
• Sauciness
• Beauty
• Love
• Sincerity
• Compassion
Instead of trying to compete in a man's world using masculine qualities, amaze and beguile with your dazzling dame skills. Intuition will serve you in the most ways. Being able to navigate and go with the flow are important qualities in any successful person, and these are abilities built in to women!

Look down upon men in a condescending way, poor man, he'll never be as awesome as a woman. I feel sorry for him I really do.

Replace all hes with shes. We're 51% of the population, majority rules.
And don't give me that Adam came first stuff or he gave us his rib. Bullshit, that's a negotiable translation at best. And biologically speaking, women come first, everyone starts as a woman. We win!

Don't think we're tough? We have a higher threshold of pain (hello childbirth!) and we live longer.

Assume anything associated with the feminine is the better choice. Choose pink over blue, prefer dresses to pants, Ann Coulter to Bill O'Reilly. Just kidding, we all know she's a man.

But be careful, you might end up voting for Hillary just because she's a woman. (eh, no worse than not voting her because she's one, either!)

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  • One day, we emasculated, nagged, hen-pecked, under-sexed males will throw off the yoke of these Amazonian slavemasters who use our genitals to reproduce (gasp)...MORE females...
    Imagine, a world where we Men are free to engage in hours of sports, video games, and lifting heavy objects, without the She-Creatures manipulating us through our testosterone and general interest in things round and bouncy.
    One day...

    posted 1 year ago by Albert Bundy (guest) Reply to comment
  • Wemon live longer because they deal with less stress because men generaly carry the burden. Notice since wemon entered the industry the gap in life span has been decreasing. You wanted equality, ok, die 10 years early and live a life of stess. Happy?

    posted 1 year ago by Daniel (guest) Reply to comment
  • Are you really insinuating that men are incapable of Intuition, Empathy, Sauciness, Beauty, Love, Sincerity or Compassion?! Fuuuuuuuuck YOU!

    posted 2 years ago by David (guest) Reply to comment
  • Are you joking? Tell me you are fucking joking! "What's wrong with Feminism?" ... I'll tell you what: Women like you! Women like you are what's wrong with feminism.

    posted 2 years ago by David (guest) Reply to comment
  • I just heard about your blog, but I had to see it to believe it!!! As a woman and a feminist, your article deeply offended me! Are you really advocating "an epidemic of female chauvinism"?!!! Lord help us! You are just the kind of "feminazi" that gives real feminists like myself bad name. How dare you?! No wonder we have a bad reputation. Way to set the movement back! You have a lot of nerve little girl!!!

    posted 2 years ago by Kim (guest) Reply to comment
  • "It's as if there is some secret yesteryear where femi-nazis roamed the earth and emasculated men aplenty."...
    
    Secret yesteryear?!
    It's happening RIGHT NOW!
    
    It has BEEN happening for as long as I can remember!
    
    Having spent 6+ years in a serious relationship with an ardent feminist (who incidentally was in the unfortunate habit of striking me whenever her emotions got out of control), I can honestly say: YES! ... feministas are notorious emasculators who go as far as to take pride in their semi-consciously inflicted psychological violence against men. Perpetrated under the auspices of liberated autonomy.
    
    The sad part is, they feel vindicated in so-doing by virtue of their perceived stance as "oppressed minorities". Nevermind the fact that that most of them aren't even old enough to remember the sixties, much less a time when women weren't allowed to vote. Or the fact that statistically speaking, women out-number men in the US by a substantial margin.
    
    Camille Paglia is one of the FEW feminists thinkers that actually has a realistic a handle on sexual politics in this country. I for one - as a man who has been treated quite poorly by "feminists" his entire life - applaud her for her courage to speak out against the injustices wrought by reactionary feminist rhetoric!
    
    I used to be a feminist and a strong defender of womens rights. But my experiences with the "modern woman" have opened my eyes to some very ugly truths. After having been in several relationships with the kind of strong-willed, independent women that I once respected and found myself attracted to, I can honestly say: Feminism seriously needs to be put in check.
    
    Women have all but relegated men to the lowly status of second-class citizens. In family courts, domestic violence cases and sexual assault proceedings - women are automatically given the upper hand - even in situations where there is little or no damning evidence against the male.
    
    If you don't believe that there is a "yesteryear" when "femi-nazis roamed the earth and emasculated men aplenty"... I suggest reading John Irving's 1978 novel: "The World According to Garp", which documents radical extreme feminists brutally assassinating men that they happen to disagree with. I understand that - though fictional - it is based on actual events.
    
    I'm all for women's rights. But I take exception with women's wrongs.

    posted 2 years ago by godspeed2048 (guest) Reply to comment
  • sorry youll have to read from the last one up not enough room in one post

    posted 2 years ago by landon (guest) Reply to comment
  • A good man of Torah is a good husband, and a good husband will usually make a woman into a good wife. If not, then he has great reward for his patience. Our ultimate goal in all of life’s circumstances must be the glory of God and the advancement of his kingdom. If that is the case, then a bad spouse will not destroy us—discourage us from time to time, yes, but not disable us. When a persons strongest passion is to be satisfied in a beautiful marriage, they become unreasonable and desperate, actually making the thing they desire less likely to occur.

    posted 2 years ago by landon (guest) Reply to comment
  • Weaker vessel
    
    He tells us that we should relate to our wife according to the knowledge that she is the weaker vessel. That means that we should carry the heavier load. Women are not as equipped emotionally to juggle the various issues of life as are men. Of course there are exceptions on both sides. Just as there are some women taller and stronger than some men, there are some women emotionally stronger than some men. Some men might have married a woman taller and stronger than themselves. I would say to em exercise and drink a protein shake. Men are to carry the heavier load regardless of their emotional size. Wives will respect a little man who tries. They will not respect a little man who cries.
    
    Heirs together
    
    The scripture says that husbands and wives are “heirs together of the grace of life.” That is a big point. Just like a safety deposit box has two keys that must be inserted at the same time and turned together, a man cannot enter Gods “grace bank” without his wife inserting her key at the same time. He can access grace to be saved and to be sanctified from sin without her, but he cannot access what is called “the grace of life.” You know that there is a certain something of life missing from his eyes and his step. It is the grace of life. For that man, life is a burden that must be borne, not a gushing fountain.
    
    “That your prayers be not hindered”
    
    A man who is out of sorts with his wife cannot pray effectively—neither can the woman. Where does that leave the children who need there prayer? A woman who is not in fellowship with her husband but thinks shes a fountain of grace is deceived, just as is a man who neglects his wife’s needs and thinks he can minister to others.
    
    The scripture says, “Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing.” This is self-explanatory. When your spouse rails (nags, condescends, criticizes,) don’t return the ugliness. Bless them in return. That is what separates the saviours from the divorcees. In one’s own strength he cannot bring himself to bless when cursed. Only a touch of the grace of God will enable us to see beyond our needs and consider the needs of the nagging, cantankerous spouse.
    “Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Messiah forgave you, so also do ye.” Colossians 3:12-13.

    posted 2 years ago by landon (guest) Reply to comment
  • “That he might present it to himself a glorious people, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish” Ephesians 5:27. Again, Paul uses Messiah and His people as an example of how the man and woman should relate to there husband or wife. A man does not marry a perfect wife nor does a woman marry a perfect man. But with some effort, in time, they can present to themselves a glorious spouse without spots or blemishes. God doesn’t give men and woman glorious marriages. Men and women make their marriages glorious through attention and sacrifice. Nothing in this corrupt world comes to us perfect. By Gods grace we can arrive at the best thing this side of heaven. Don’t expect God to give you a glorious marriage. You must labour towards it.
    
    “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered”. (A man or a woman out of sorts with their spouse puts themselves in a place where God will not hear their prayers.) Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; [opposite to what you are receiving, give a blessing] knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. [blessing from God, not your spouse] (1 Peter 3:7-9).

    posted 2 years ago by landon (guest) Reply to comment
  • Look beyond the outward hostile words and see the hurting heart inside. Don’t dwell on your innocence and the others abuse. Dwell on there need. Try to see things from there perspective. How are they interpreting the relationship? It is not about what you said; it is about what they heard. It is not about what you did; it is about what they thought you should have done. 
    
    What do men have at their disposal to help their wives? “Husbands, love your wives, even as Messiah also loved his people, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.” Men’s tools are identical to Messiah’s tools— words. Words can be a sword that cut, or they can be a balm that heals. A saviour doesn’t cut, They heal There rebukes are patient, there judgments are measured to bring healing, not pain. There words are never the final straw that breaks. Jesus said, “The words that I speak unto you, they are a path, and they are life” (John 6:63). He prayed to the Father, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” (John 17:17).Just as a man has a natural need to be honoured, a woman has a natural need to be cherished (Ephesians 5:29). When a man learns to speak sincere words and love to his woman, she will respond in the same way.
    
    When a woman learns to speak sincere words of encouragement, respect and admiration, her man will do any thing on this planet in his capable power to make time for her in her wants, needs and concerns, he will listen to her and long for her input and passions. Learn to speak words of Honour to your man and the same will be returned.
    
    The scripture, speaking of Messiah and His people, says that he would, “…cleanse it with the washing of water by the word” (Ephesians 5:26). It offers this as an example of how a husband/wife should cleanse there spouse. Your spouse may be quite unclean in spirit. they may have, like the wife of Hosea the prophet, come to you defiled. Or, maybe they have become defiled just living under your regime. You cannot just demand that a man/woman be all that you dreamed they should be. Coming into a marriage is like buying an old house. It needs fixing from the start. It must be maintained. Some men are lazy as some woman are too. They are absorbed with themselves and want to come home to a perfect family. Men and woman are shocked that their spouse’s are fruit cakes and their home is like a preschool. Rather than taking the time to be a saviour to heal and to cleanse, they get angry.

    posted 2 years ago by landon (guest) Reply to comment
  • “For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Messiah is the head of His people: and he is the saviour of the body. Husbands, love your wives, even as Messiah also loved His people, and gave himself for them; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious people, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as YHWH His people:” (Ephesians 5:23-29).
    
    A man hopes to mary a perfect woman or the other way around, but discovers that they are a descendent of a fallen race. God has made the man a woman’s “saviour” in the relationship. Saviours lay down their lives for their charges. They bleed and they suffer. They are longsuffering and forgiving. They are patient and kind—merciful to the point of ridiculousness. That is a saviour. That’s what Men are created to be! a saviour for their spouse.
    
    Being your spouses saviour doesn’t mean being there servant. It means taking steps to help them. The text says that a man is to “sanctify and cleanse” his wife, just as Messiah does the church.
    If we husbands are not enlivened by the Word of God, we become demagogues, and put our wives in the position where if they will obey God they must obey us even to the point of suffering wrongfully. It is wicked to take advantage of a woman’s spirituality by accepting the gift of her suffering on our behalf in order to fulfill her role. Just as Believers in YHWH are forgiven and accepted into Gods kingdom when we are still un-Godly and sold under sin’s habits, so husbands must embrace the responsibility of helping their wives.

    posted 2 years ago by landon (guest) Reply to comment
  • In time, you and your wife will be happier and have a fulfilling life…
    
    No respect?
    
    It is embarrassing to demand respect and then be broken hearted when you don’t get it. Where is peoples self-respect? Determine to earn any respect you get, instead of trying to undeservedly cash in on a spiritual duty before God. Until you respect yourself based on your life outside your marriage, don’t expect anyone to respect you just to make you happy.
    
    Quit trying to make other people happy, and get happy yourself. It is the case with most women that the more a man grovels at their feet, the more they despise him. So men should get some steel in their backbone. If you are told off, keep your chin up and walk on past her like someone with another destination in mind and more important things to do. Women are attracted to men. Men are attracted to Woman, start acting as such…
    
    What does the bible say
    
    To begin with the Bible says, “Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them” (Colossians 3:19). It is a fact that God made the male to need the female’s honour, affection, and voluntary submission. Without being able to define it, all men feel that these things are their due. “For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Messiah is the head of the church” (Ephesians 5:23). So when their woman defies the natural order, a husband feels cheated, like someone has broken in and stolen what is his. When the man takes verbal steps to try to reclaim what he feels is his due, and he meets with repeated resistance, even defiance, in his frustration he will become bitter toward her. To avoid bitterness, a man has to accept the fact that he is not his wife’s God, and has no right to thunder judgment at her. He must let it go, stop dwelling on his loss, and build a full life without her. It is difficult to go forward joyfully without a spouse, but it is very possible. Paul and a number of other men have.
    
    Nature teaches a man that he is the head of the relationship. That comes through loud and clear, but there is another aspect of the relationship which, due to our fallen condition, nature does not teach us. If a man is walking in love and harmony with his wife, nature will make him act as his wife’s “saviour”, laying down his life for her. But, if she gets cantankerous, nature teaches him that he is her boss—a fallen assumption based on our degenerate minds. We men are commanded to relate to our wives as saviours, the same way Messiah relates to His People. We are told to do as He did and “give ourselves” for our wives. Read that Scripture carefully.

    posted 2 years ago by landon (guest) Reply to comment
  • Heres some research i done a while back on how men and women are to behave  based on scripture. I KNOW HOLY SHIT not that damned hate litterature male pigish crap book. Please just read through before you judge. I agree with you, woman should take pride in and nurture the qualities they are naturally endowed with same goes for men. This is what makes men men and woman woman.
    
    I can’t tell someone how to make their wife or husband into what they believe the other should be. And trying to change someone else is like banging your head against a wall. The book does tell you how you should conduct yourself as husband or wife tho. But even God wont change people that don’t want to.
     No marriage will ever get better by one person trying to change the other. 
    
    Men are always trying to be on top of the relationship, but really if you have to fight to be on top it just shows how insecure they are. Like most people their looking to others to make them happy, and when they don’t come through for them they just try harder and start looking pathetic, so then they get angry and start screaming.
    
        The apostle Paul said, “Quit you like men, be strong” (1 Corinthians 16:13). The word quit means “to show one’s self a man, be brave”. A commander would say to his soldiers before battle, “Quit yourself like men this day"; act like the men you need to be. 
    
    So if you wanna know how men and woman should act we could look at what the bible says, because knowledge and wisdom comes from that book. So this is what I found when I looked it up
    
     
    God did not command the man to rule over his wife.
    
    There are several passages that address the woman, telling her to be in subjection to her husband; for that reason men get the idea that God has given them some right to rule their wives. The Bible never gives the man license to command his wife. That is what Muslim do. God does command the wife to submit to and follow her husband, but it does not command the man to demand submission. God did not create one sex to rule, and the other to be ruled. A wife’s submission is a gift to be given. It is a praise and honour to her man. No man deserves the submission of another human being. No man has a right to subjugate another, especially not a woman whom he loves. The role of a woman’s submission to her husband is a spiritual duty before God, not a social class system to be politically enforced. When Sarah called Abraham lord (1Peter 3:6), God commended her for it because it was a voluntary act of humility and faith and an expression of her submission to God.
    
    Authority is the power to constrain. God did not give you that authority, nor even the authority to rebuke. You are not to use the scriptures, the Torah of YHWH to enforce others actions in this life. Men are to be the head of the house, and in marriage if the wife is being cantankerous, you leave her alone and move forward as if you were in charge and she were voluntarily following. Usually she will catch up on her own. We know well what her God-ordained duty was, but we also know that God had asked more of her than we deserved. He should feel that it was his duty to earn her respect and trust, not to come between her and her God, lashing her with his words when she did not obey Gods command. A man is never so arrogant and small as when he acts the dictator and forces his wife by using God as an excuse. She is a voluntary helper, not a ward of his.
    
    Any woman should make it a practice to follow her husband even when he is leading in a direction she knows maybe wrong. And men should lead without rebuke even when she doesn’t follow. The truth is that neither of you are perfect in practice or principle, but when at least one of you is willing to do his or her part, it creates a bridge until both of you were back on track together. With that kind of support, you will have a good marriage.
    
    What if you are left Heartbroken?
    
    Sorry if I’m not being sensitive like a psychologist, but my response to a broken heart is that its pathetic. Where is the man/woman in people? What woman or man loves or is attracted to a broken heart? As I think about it, there are a few, but they pick up stray cats and sick dogs who don’t need them as badly as they need to be needed. They are also attracted to men or woman who are whining losers. It gives them a sense of purpose to have the weak and broken depend upon them. A wife, is not looking to be a martyr neither is a husband. Stop crying, and get a vision outside the marriage. Enjoy life. Become exuberant with creativity and adventure. Share the gospel with others. preach in a rescue mission or homeless shelter. Get a speed boat or go wind surfing. Do some gardening or build a picnic table in your garage. Take up sky diving. By being like that, you will become attractive to everyone, including your wife. If not, at least you won’t have time to whine and feel sorry for yourself. You may not have a good marriage, but no one will know it, and...

    posted 2 years ago by Landon (guest) Reply to comment
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