Why, despite my misgivings I am still a "feminist"

[ineffabelle]

P: Well, I guess she must have been raped repeatedly or something to have such a demoniacally negative opinion of the male sex. Fine, I'll die alone and the world will continue its descent down the toilet into chaos. Just lovely.
A: The "male sex" (a concept that needs deconstructing in a big way, but we'll take it at conventional value) has not been very worthwhile except as a sperm donor, until very recently.
Morally there's no justification for the way they have behaved vis a vis the "not male sex" historically.
You can call for a truce, but you certainly can't ask for acceptance of the past behaviors as "proper".
(A is me, btw)
P: Fuck you too, sugarplum.

Comments

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

wow. there's so much out-of-wack with that conversation.

The one that springs to mind the most, however, is that "should a woman truly have a demoniacally negative opinion of the male sex because of some hideous traumatic experience, then wouldn't that mean that perhaps you, as a male, ought to perhaps have a bit of sympathy for such a beleaguered female? or is it really just ALL ABOUT YOU?"

Call me crazy but I have met some women who have been through seven shades of hell at the hands of a man (or several) and yet still somehow manage to still fall in love with and be with a very special man they managed to find who would not give up and fall into that stereotypical visage of "you have good reason to avoid men? WELL FUCK YOU TOO!" and instead decided said woman was worthy of their patience and caring and gentility.

I know, I expect SO MUCH Of men. I must hate them all. 'strue