Feminists v. Men (Round 1)

Aka The Thread That I'm Putting on Life-Support.

My question, my reply, my message of the day if you will:

How distorted is his perspective on feminism from the common view?

i don't even wanna touch this one.

:runs screaming into the night:

*reads thread. runs for life*

This is in lifestyle, why?
Your question, "How distorted is his perspective on feminism from the common view?" is pointless: his perspective isn't clear, and there is no obvious "common view" of feminism.

*rolls up sleeves, spits in palms of hands, strides in to the room*

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.... can I get back to you later?

No really. I'll leave it and come back when I have time.

more boobies please.

haha...yeah this thread is seriously lackin boobies.

My answer to that is, I have no friggin clue how distorted his perspective on feminism is. I don't understand feminism, it's agenda or it's core belief structure. So, I couldn't intelligently argue the pros or cons of feminism.

That being said, I think anyone with a radical or extremist outlook on "gender roles", for lack of a better term, is an idiot. That applies to both the male who thinks that a man's home is his castle, and the female who thinks all men are latent rapists and bent on keeping the glass ceiling firmly in place.

*stares at question, Neanderthal mind desiring more boobies*

Uh...

*notices "Round 1"*

Shit.

*backs slowly away from this thread*

This is a train wreck waiting to happen. *sits on the sidelines*

word.

'nuff said, i think.

xoxo



[Edited on Sep 14, 2003 by resonator]

allright allright...lets get this party started.

FUCK FEMINISTS AND ALL THEIR STUPID BITCHY WHINING. IT'S NOT OUR FAULT THAT GOD MADE YOU INFERIOR.

*waits anxiously/nervously for shit to start exploding*

i thought all men were rapists and bent on keeping the glass ceiling firmly in place....

A very active thread considering how little has actually been *said*.

Ok.

What I really want to hear is whether you think the man's comments on feminism are accurate with your own thoughts or understanding thereof?

There are as many perspectives on feminism as there are men and women. I also believe that there is room for as many gender roles as you care to define. It is when those roles become laden with value judgements that you get into trouble. In the US, we have generally subscribed to an inaccurate historical perspective that roles for men are based around power and rationality and roles for women are based around subordination and emotion, and that one is good and that one is bad and that these roles are sex based. We're having some confusion getting out of that, and some of the feminist militancy is in reaction to this inaccuracy, which runs deeply in our culture. I figure it's a lot like a rubber band...it's been stretched in one direction for so long that we're going to need some fairly substantial stretching in the other direction in order to get any kind of equilibrium.

Anyway, I'm not in any way "versus" men. If y'all want to help, great. If you want to be critical, that's fine. It's really nothing that we haven't been facing for a while anyway. Thanks for asking though. I hope I didn't fall for some kind of bait, I'm still new to the message boards here.

The title of the thread is a joke. To those who don't know me, I'm fond of smarmy ironical titles.

There's nothing bait-like. I'm not attempting to start a flame war. I was jus reading the quoted comment above, and it made me think that his opinions were not necessarily that unusual.

A lot of people seem to think that feminism is actually doing some sort of harm or disservice to men. And I'm curious how people feel about the whole issue here of all places, regarding how feminism and the rise there of has influenced, if at all, masculinity. And secondly, how feminism is viewed in the public uninformed eye (which is to say those who don't know a great deal about it first hand).

That's all.

who cares? all the men that don't take women seriously have the radical feminists and damsels in distress to thank for it. every time you have a men verses women thing it adds to a separation that doesn't need to exist. feminists? just be people.

hmm... I see a valid point here... Now, I agree that the feminist movement is about equal rights... and I believe women should have those same rights as their male counterparts... however, I do think one thing got messed up in this movement. Its almost impossible for a woman who choses to stay home with her kids to do so. I, myself *want* to be the "wife" in stereotypical sense, however, I want to be thought of as an equal. Just with a very different job. The economy now is set up for families with two people working... not exactly fair for those of us who choose the roll of wife/mother.

I'm not wrong your wrong. Your not better were better. Nya nya nya nya nya. There I just summarized everything that's wrong with a feminist movement in 15 words.

Hey, is that the dryer?" [slinks away all chickenshit]