Yes, we're talking about the F-word. Feminism. And if you don't feel awkward yet just reading that, check this 0ut. It's a really smart account of women's societal roles at present. Nothing like a little awkward activism on a Saturday morning.
From aainfos.ca:
"Women live isolated from each other but close to husbands, boyfriends, fathers etc who have the potential of harming them (all men have power over women, regardless of whether they chose to exercise that power or not.) ---- Victims of this type of violence react on the oppression in a string of seemingly illogical ways; they see themselves from the perspective of the batterer, see him as the victim and themselves as worthless, they put their hopes to being spared if they themselves are just loving and caring and obedient enough, and they experience this as loving the batterer. This is a pattern that can be transferred from an individual level to a societal level and explain women's way of relating to men as a group and as individuals, given that women as a group in this society live under the constant threat of male violence (strangers and intimates) throughout our lives. ---- Women's love as defined above is a patriarchal strategy to keep women tied to men and support men's power over women."
The article goes on to touch on sadomasochism, cutting, and men/women roles in intimate relationships. (ignore all the apostrophes and question marks. Even with crazy text glitches this piece is worth it, really.)
onward HO--er, wait, why feminism needs to make a comback...
3 comments:
What? Feminism needs a reformation of the movement more than they need an expansion. That article was a continuation of the sort of nonsense that preaches isolation and separation into groups with those that are similar to you. The reason nature works so beautifully is because of the random balance. If a woman is afraid all the time around a man or around men she probably needs therapy or to reopen her sexual identity. Horrible incidents like the Puerto Rican day at Central Park in 2000 are reminders that there are men who are bad and have problems. Same thing with all the shit heads who think that being physically violent with a women is an acceptable action. Those men also need therapy, or to be incarcerated in some way to take away their freedom to do harm away.
Remember that all of those men around you may look like wolves, but that when the true wolves come out and show their colors the rest of the men, the good ones, they make changes. They treat the women around them differently. They raise their children differently. They put bad people in jail or get them help. And yes, in some instances, they hit the bad men back with the same physical violence.
Humans love the sun and the sky and the trees and the wind. They put up houses to protect themselves from the dangers. They harness the power of what they love for what they believe to be good. And they nurture that which they believe in towards the hope that by putting their hopes in being "loving and caring and obedient" they can create the change that they seek in the world. They can fill the gap they see when they look at the picture.
Women are the shit. They are beautiful, strong, miraculous, intricate creatures. Feminists are a bunch of bitches who don't know how highly men think of women. Truthfully, they are the kind of people who wouldn't accept the compliment if they knew it was true. There are men like that too. They are called chauvinist.
If somebody wants to say that a woman is always risking her physical safety with her man or with the men around her than I have to say that in that case the yin to the yang is that the woman holds the man's brain in one hand and his heart in her other. A man may be able to knock a woman down, but if he does she will be laying on the ground with his heart in one hand and his brain in her other.
YES! I knew putting up an article on feminism from an anarchist website would warrant some kind of comment. Kidding. Thanks for your input dude. Seemingly, you're a man and you did a good job of displaying why feminism is still a much-needed discourse. I especially liked the jail concept for bad people, original and open-minded, way to go!
Only your not kidding because feminists are fighting a battle that was fought and won around, oh, one hundred years ago. Don't pour the same old ingredients into the pot and stir it with the same old spoon and sit around wondering why no one can taste the change. If I was a woman you'd probably call me auntie Tom. You don't want to increase women's rights, awareness, or quality of life. You just want to be the bigger bully. And that is the same caveman shit that spawned all the problems people had to and have to deal with.
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