Here’s a little screed, originally from happierabroad.com, that’s been making the rounds of the manosphere lately. The author, anonymous, describes himself as “an Arab, who has lived and travelled all over the world and is a keen observer of society and people.” The aim of his writing? To let those of us in the West know just how disappointed he is with all of us. Especially the wussies and bitches.
Meeting Westerners, one of the things I noticed was how insecure and de-masculinized they seemed to me; compared to myself and the male-dominated, testosterone-driven culture of my land.
Using my own keen sense of observation, I have noticed just an eensy weensy bit of misogyny in his writings. You may notice it as well.
On the internet, most Americans seemed to act like little bitches, little girls brought up in a Feminist perversion of nature.
Well, I don’t know about that whole “perversion of nature” thing, but I have to say the first half of that sentence is pretty spot-on.
It was only after coming to the U.S. and studying here that all the pieces came together – a fascinating look at a dysfunctional man-hating civilization that is the polar opposite of my own culture, and will eventually lead to the collapse of Western civilization.
Uh oh.
Where I come from, men walk proud and rule the streets and testosterone runs in the air; and strong patriarchal foundations of family and the father as ruler of the household. Men harass and aggressively follow women – it is unapologetically a man’s world.
That’s what makes a civilization great: the harassment of women.
Just remember this, men, when you lean out of your car window to yell “Nice ass………WHORE!!!!!!!!!” at passing joggers of the female persuasion, you’re doing your bit to uphold our most noble traditions and help to fend off the forces of darkness.
In the U.S., Feminism has so corrupted the society to it’s core, damaged the very concept of family and the family unit and the father’s role, that society as a whole is like some bizarre alien planet – where men are bland, lack personality, are anti-social, gossipy, soul-less. Men are weak and insecure deep inside … women have all the power and American men seem clueless as to how bizarre the male-female dynamic has become.
In the workplace, Americans are Automatons, like soul-less hamsters on a wheel. Fake conversations, no intellectualism, no interest in other countries, peoples, or history.
Do soul-less hamsters act differently than soulful ones? How can you tell the difference? Do the ones without souls poop more?
Also, terrible social and people skills – at least in California. Most people communicate via twitter and Facebook, even though most of the people on their Facebook live in the same city and a phone call away.
Really? You’re complaining about Facebook? Sorry, that’s just lazy and trite. You’re like the Dane Cook of reactionary misogynist cultural critics.
People are vacuous, shallow, superficial, suggestible. Men raised here are fake, insecure, lack personality, they seem to have “issues.” Women are confused and messed up ..
Wait, what’s that? Is that the dreaded MRA two-period punctuation mark? NOT AGAIN!
Oops. He’s still talking:
You let your women take control, and your society will unravel- it will make your men weak, and destroy your society to it’s core. The patriarchy is a male conceived and enforced institution that was imposed on females, because men, and only men understand well the long-term impacts of civilization and harnessing male energies into productive family units and a stable society …. civilization itself is a result of patriarchy.
You know, if you’re really into harnessing your male energies, you can buy the necessary equipment right here!
To sum if up, it seems to be that the whole country is phitzoprhenic [sic], like a Jekyll and Hyde monstrosity. There is no community, no camaredie, no soul, men and women are willing servants to their corporate masters and slaves to materialism and superficiality; and incredibly conformist, reserved, and politically correct to the point of totalitinarism.
“Conformist?” So now he’s turned into a high school goth?
Come on, dude, if you want to be a social critic, you’re going to need to work a little harder than that. Take a tip or two from this, er, duck:
FIRST!!!!
Ah, that’s one long “citation needed” rant, isn’t it? Really, so often I feel like just asking that lot to prove/give good evidence for a single one of their statments. The claims themselves are so incoherant that asking for a better defined position is necessary from the get go.
You know, at this point it’s just getting depressing. Is there a single misogynist who ISN’T also completely misandrist? Just for a change of pace?
One of these days, these “feminism is destroying civilization!” ranters should get around to explaining why the most feminist-influenced countries are, generally speaking, the most powerful and prosperous ones.
“That’s one long citation-needed rant, isn’t it?” QFT
He should just put it in Allah’s hand.
Personally, I think it’s nice that the MRAs have gotten into writing erotic fiction — it’s quite a good way to explore one’s fantasies (in this case, being cuckolded by racial bogeymen) in a safe environment. It would be a little better to label said erotic fiction AS such, but these finer points can be worked on.
Please excuse my language for a moment…
Holy friggin’ fuck frak.
There is misogyny and there is misogyny. I don’t hate men, but in the world that this particular one wants? I would. I would hate them passionately. VIVA LA REVOLUCION levels of hatred. Because you know what? I will not be treated as as less than human, and I will not tolerate living in a society that allows that and just the way things are.
Seconding Tabby Lavalamp. I’m pretty ok with how the world is now, even though it could be better. If we went to this guys world, which seems to basically be “The Handmaid’s Tale”? I would be some sort of fugitive guerilla resistance fight. Sweet jeebus.
You know? Some of the things he said are true. Large corporations do have problems, lack of communication is a problem, etc. in modern society. Connection with feminism? I fail to see… *throwing up hands* CITATION NEEDED! Goddammit…
you’re doing your bit to uphold our most noble traditions and help to fend off the forces of darkness.
David, ITYM the forces of Darknyss.
@ Ozy
Is there a single misogynist who ISN’T also completely misandrist? Just for a change of pace?
It’s hard to hate half the human race without hating the other half.
I know I speak for hamsters everywhere when I say “WTF!? Don’t lump us in with the American manginas, bro!”*
*sure to become the next “Don’t taze me, bro!”
You know, these guys never exactly specify what makes a patriarchal family so awesome. I mean, they think its obvious that a mini-monarch is one of the most sacred and excellent things to have, but what exactly makes it so special?
Pro: All discussions and questions can have a satisfactory answer, from the father
Con: All discussions’ answers will only be satisfactory to the father
Pro: Everyone in the family will be cared for by the powerful male
Con: Everyone will be at the mercy of the powerful male, and the male may be overwhelmed when things go badly
Pro: All those whorish women will be kept in their place, pure and chaste
Con: If such a women were to be raped by a dominant male, she would be the one killed, through no fault of her own. It’s like killing an attempted murder victim instead of the murder, for having the audacity of being attacked with a knife.
Seriously… The only way you can accept that this is the right society to be in is if you have some absurd religious justification, or if you accept the notion that women aren’t truly people. As soon as you accept that a woman is a person just like a man, this system becomes the very height of immorality.
For future trolls/people who agree with this guy; list your justifications for why the testosterone-laden-air society is better than one where all inhabitants are treated equally and fairly, and each has the same claims to rights, life, and justice as the other. If you were put behind a veil of ignorance, and could not know whether you would end up as a male or female (or trans, intersexed, etc.), which society would you choose to live in?
“MizDarwin says:
August 1, 2011 at 12:18 pm
He should just put it in Allah’s hand.”
HOT. Rambling mysognist/Allah slashfic, anyone?
Is there anyone who’s read this and DOESN’T think it was written by a guy in his mid-20s who’s never traveled more than 50 miles from his parents’ house in Calabasas?
Also, needs more “Sex and the City”.
Testosterone in the air? Ick.
It could also use a few bon-bons.
Re. soulless hamsters, I was watching “True Blood” last night, and I thought, “Fuck werepanthers. What about werehamsters?” Assuming that werehamsters exist (and I think we can), are they soulless? What if they drink vampire blood?
The council of elder hamsters will convene shortly to discuss this matter.
Holy crap… if Duckman didn’t support his family, and wasn’t funny or redeemable, he’d be the perfect MRA.
“I can’t believe they shared their girlfriends withus Corny!
I just spent the night with the sexiest, most insatiable,
voluptious, adventureous, least inhibited women I’ve ever
met! If she didn’t suddenly get a headache.. Woo Hoo!
there’s no telling what wild and taudry escapades we might
have experienced. How was your night?”
“Like yours… minus the headache.”
“Also, terrible social and people skills – at least in California. Most people communicate via twitter and Facebook, even though most of the people on their Facebook live in the same city and a phone call away.”
Someone please explain to me two things:
1) How is it that Twitter and Facebook aren’t more “masculine” than the phone is — never mind what they’re called? They’re more technologically advanced and they foster a kind of communication which is more distanced, abstract, and mediated than the kind of communication you get either face-to-face or over the phone. How is it that “more distanced, abstract, and mediated” doesn’t still translate into “more masculine”? It always has up till now.
2) How exactly is the beaten-and-ambushed Western male supposed to develop his “people skills” without becoming more “gossipy”? Just wanna know. (I’ll take the answer off the line.)
Holy crap… if Duckman didn’t support his family, and wasn’t funny or redeemable, he’d be the perfect MRA.
kirbywarp: Let me try! Let me try!
Women are more sexually attracted to men who can lead them, because EVOLUTION, so a patriarchal system only makes sense. Without the guidance of a male, they will follow their gina tingles to men who will lead, which is mostly men who treat them like shit and PUAs, given the transformation of the American male to manginas. Then, since every man wants a virgin because a virgin won’t know that he sucks in– I mean, won’t cheat on him, the women are ruining their abilities to get married and will end up living alone with their cats. In addition, a patriarchy allows every man to have his inalienable, God-given right to a pussy, which will keep sexually frustrated men from dropping out of society and/or shooting up the place.
Also, killing rape survivors is just a sanction against sluts. Slutty, slutty rape survivors.
@Bee How about a hamster vampire?
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: ‘You let your women take control
And your society will unravel — it will make
Your men weak, and destroy your society
To its core. The patriarchy is a male conceived
And enforced institution that was imposed on females,
Because men, and only men understand well
The long-term impacts of civilization
And harnessing male energies into productive family units
And a stable society …. “I am patriarchy, begetter of civilization:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.’