I like women because they are female AND different! What a concept!

I found myself in a “situation” the other day where some people were rather displeased with my “less-than-sweet” view of women, or at least in what I had written.  I am not out to deliberately hurt people’s feelings by what I write BUT I am aware that some might not take my approach the way that I might intend it.  A great deal of my “chauvinistic” writings are MY “tongue-in-cheek” opinions of men and women’s actions.  On TV they call it a sitcom; on here I am often seen as an egotistical jerk.

There is however one group of people that enjoy getting to…that being the radical feminist.  I don’t have much problem with anyone standing up for their rights or being outspoken about their likes and dislikes but I feel that these same people wish to be exempt from rebuttal.
The radical feminist comes across to me as a person that sees that women are treated “poorly” by men and wants to fight back.  The way that they fight back is very similar to the way that terrorists fight…like cowards.  The terrorist has an issue, feels that nobody cares to listen so makes sure that someone listens by involving  “innocent” people into his/her personal fight.  The radical feminists do the same.  They have no interest in meeting in the middle, no tolerance for discussion, no time for talking, they are tired of being oppressed and now it is THEIR turn.  THEIR turn to act the same way that they will say they hate.  They don’t want to have gender equality…they want the typical gender roles reversed.  The radical feminist doesn’t want equality, they want the ability to oppress.  This says to me that rather they actually want to be the same as those they hate.  Did I miss something?

I have been reading a blog from a radical feminist recently.  I say radical because the first words in her post is “I hate men”.  She goes on to explain why she and all women should hate men, basically because men hate women.  Most women don’t see this fact, or they are too “trained” not to revolt against the oppression that men force on women so this woman (on behalf of all women) is presenting the facts.

The problem with me taking on this role of stating my opinion of such “radicals” is this comment in her blog:
“Men have such fragile and pathetic little egos that even though they enjoy almost complete and total world domination, they are awfully threatened by women speaking up for themselves even a little bit.”
By me having the audacity to in any way question what she says it is apparent that her words have hurt my ego, that I am threatened and so in typical male fashion I am (by way of MY post) trying to oppress her.  The radical feminist sets everything up so that any rebuttal is taken as oppression.  That is convenient!

That is what I find difficult to comprehend with ANYONE that has a radical viewpoint.  It is THEIR way or the highway.  Radical feminists are famous for this. I have no problem if you hate me and you think I am an asshole.  Bitch!  Now you see, I am not calling you bitch because you are a woman, I could call you asshole too but YOU already used that name.  The reason I called you bitch is that you have decided that rather than having a debate over human rights, you wish to “show” your superiority by name calling.  I, on the other hand should not say anything to you because:
a)    You are right in all that you say.
b)    Any response I would make is “typical” AND proof that I, being a man, wish to dominate you.

People that are of the both genders that stand up for human rights of bother genders impress me.
The radical feminist that I wrote of stated that she “had never met a man that did not actively condone in any way, shape or form, any of the following:
Rape
Murder
War
Environmental destruction for the sake of “jobs”
Wife beating
Girlfriend beating
Porn
BDSM
Street harassment of women
Forced veiling of women
Incest
Statutory rape
Forced pregnancy and birth
Giving fetii more rights than the women in whose bodies they are growing

What amazed me is the fact that rather than looking at the issues from a “human” perspective, she is stating that MEN (as in the gender with a penis) is solely responsible for condoning the above.  I will readily admit that some of the above ARE in fact issues that are gender specific to men but in general the list is of societal issues on the whole as opposed to ones that can be blamed on all men.

The same way as the terrorist groups say “the American People” when quoting their enemy, the woman that states he hates ALL men for the reasons shown above puts herself in the same class as a terrorist. The problem with terrorists AND feminists are that they both go too far to make their point, they both broad-brush demographics and genders and to a great extent they are both misguided.

The radical feminist that I spoke of listed 10 reasons to hate men and the bulk of the reaons were sensational and disgusting and the perpitrators should be hated…but ALL men didn’t carry out these crimes and I am sure that ALL men don’t condone the events…rather I am sure that most that live in the same society that this woman lives in would find the acts appalling.

When it comes to the issue of feminism…I have been told many times that I am egotistical and chauvinist.  I do take heed of what is said to me in so far as I try and be apathetic to the “other side of the story”.  I do try to look within and I do see at times, although not all of the time that I AM sexist.  I do not work at sexism however like it were a hobby.  I don’t try to be a typical male, some of it comes naturally but in most cases it is in response to a feminist.  In the big picture my tolerence for the differences between men and women is greater than most but I am still a man.  Better than you?  No….equal.  Let’s keep it on that level shall we?

Female Chauvinist Sows

While I enjoy poking fun at myself and men in general, when it becomes a pasttime for someone to “bash” another because of their gender, male or female, it has gone too far.

A woman is resting after giving birth to her baby. The doctor comes in to her room, and he says, “I have something to tell you about your baby.”

The woman sits up in bed and says, “What’s wrong with my baby, Doctor? What’s wrong?”

The doctor says, “Well now, nothing’s wrong, exactly, but your baby is a little bit different. Your baby is a hermaphrodite.”

The woman says, “A hermaphrodite…. what’s that?”

The doctor says, “Well, it means your baby has the… er… features…of a male and a female.”

The woman turns pale. She says, “Oh my god! You mean it has a penis, and… a brain?!?”

Holding people to traditional expectations based on gender is ignorant.
Society still does it. Young boys are trained to be aggressive and macho, while young girls are trained to be passive and complacent. What we aren’t teaching young girls and young boys enough of is how to be assertive, individualistic, and non-conformist.

Females and males have every right to stand up for their personal human rights. Whether it’s a qualified male battling affirmative action because he was passed over for employment due to a gender quota or a qualified female battling the military hierarchy because she is denied the opportunity to serve in combat due to her gender – - such restrictive prejudices must be eliminated for both women and men alike!

EXAMPLES . . .

Equality works both ways. Males and females should be subject to equal standards – - for car insurance rates, for employment wages, when qualifying for employment and so on. Females and males must quit generalizing each other’s gender and stop making insensitive, sexist “jokes” at each other’s expense. It only reflects the sexism echoing through society. Whatever happened to common courtesy?!
If you don’t give common courtesy, you cannot expect it in return!

The “gender wars” will continue until society stops setting the stage for “battles of the sexes.” Rather than pitting the female and male genders against each other, I would think we’d want to encourage males and females to work together. (And no, I do not believe in co-ed bathrooms.)

True gender equality cannot be achieved until both genders are recognized as societal equals. Neither females nor males are “the weaker sex”, despite what so many male chauvinists and female chauvinists try to pound into people’s heads. There is no “superior sex.”