So this weekend I attended an interesting conference on the future of feminism. I’d like to present some of the most insightful papers from it.
Clarification: When I said I “attended a conference” I meant I “took a look at the Men’s Rights subreddit.” By “interesting” I meant “tedious” and by “insightful” I meant “ridiculous.” And by “papers” of course I meant “comments.”
So here, without further ado, are some of the pearls of wisdom I found in a thread asking the twin questions “What, in your opinion, is Feminism’s ultimate goal? When do you think they’ll consider their job ‘done?’” (Each yellow comment is a direct answer to one or both of the questions.)
Boy, these “feminists” sound like terrible people!
I hope SRS starts using gynocradictatorship, that’d make me chuckle for a bit.
I’m pretty sure I saw “clitatorship” here recently (by an MRA, natch). I really like that one.
The Drow…women are like drow elves… How do they square this with the women can’t fight/ too lazy/to cowardly/to weak /to stupid thinking and a TOTALLY FICTIONAL RACE of entirely fictional world?
And seriously, is that book series still popular? I read them, oh fuck, decades ago as a KID. As fantasy goes, it was interesting but fluffy
And Merlin is back
*insert happy dance*
Well… the drow got slightly refluffed, or maybe just more explored. Simply, the spider goddess Lloth is female, and a complete asshole. She enforces the matriarchy in the Drow because it follows the female in pretty much all spider species as being the more dangerous one, and she’s all over anything that’s a spider allusion or refrence. Basically, they’ve just got an asshole with weird ideas enforcing unusual crap at the top of them.
That said… hahaha, oh wow. Man these guy’s are delusional to the point of thinking the feminist movement is about… I guess establishing some Orwellian state with a female flavor for fluff. Seriously… they’re implying that they can be keeled over with… I guess in their minds a barrage of thrown high heels? I mean, that would be amusing to watch, but I have no idea how they’re pulling out that level of control unless they’re projecting their own wants.
This dystopian future they imagine reminded me of that show by The Two Ronnies – The Worm That Turned. http://popandcrisps.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/the-worm-that-turned/
In the future the evil feminist cat-lady-ocracy will outlaw emotion, and dogs.
Dammit Xardoz, I worried about that puppy, though it’s kind of sad that in spite of the movie being about the virtue of emotions that was the only scene that was able to conjure any in me.
If you read the original thread, ladies, you’ll be relieved to learn that all sexism (against women, that is) was abolished long, long ago, and the only reason feminism still exists is that feminist organizations are such huge moneymakers. It’s the same with all civil rights movements, in fact. Black people, for example, aren’t oppressed at all; it’s just trickery to keep those billion-dollar civil rights groups raking in the benjamins.
One particularly awesome answer:
To borrow from history, feminism won’t fall until it is galvanized under a single leader and then that leader passes without a clear heir. Look at the Mongol more specifically.
When somebody asks if he’s seriously comparing feminists to Mongol hordes, he confirms that he is. Then, inevitably, someone adds that feminists are even MORE like the Nazis.
I volunteer to be Feminist Genghis Khan and unite us in our final blaze of glory. Many sacrifices will be made to the spider god.
I have to assume this person is taking the piss out of them, but it’s still funny:
First we have to distinguish between feminism and feminists. The goals of feminism are clearly stated and benign.
Now feminists they want to take over everything and enact female supremacy. They want massive hive cities with women who have synchronized periods and who open up the fortified city gates to let in men who live out in the peripheries as wild savages who basically just eat, sleep and kill each other; what feminists typically think men do for fun. When the men come in they will be spent up like mayonnaise tubes and thrown out. It is sick. They will not even cuddle.
It is just a best guess.
Guys.
I think there’s a secret society of Terrible Ladies ™ who act like assholes to the MRM and tell them that it’s because they’re feminists. Then, when the MRM bitches on the internet about feminists being evil, real feminists get all confused.
It HAS to be what’s going on, because nothing an MRA has ever said about feminism has described ANY feminist I know. Fuck, even Twisty Faster doesn’t want this gynocradictatorship nonsense! I mean… come ON!
We can organize a Mongolian BBQ for the party after. Who wants to help?
Shaenon Khan, I am submitting my application to be part of your horde, with references available upon request.
I am SO in.
I don’t understand which Mongol this person is talking about.
Is it Steve?
I bet it’s Steve.
Where is all this feminist money? WHERE? You bastards are holding out on me.
Why the hell would I want to put the men in my life in cages? They’re HUMANS, for goodness sake! Besides, I’m not sure how to reconcile how feminists are supposedly getting all the good jobs while men are forced to be unemployed and useless while simultaneously sitting at home leeching off the hardworking men who do ALL THE WORK and somehow keep men in cages while also wanting to live at home alone with a gazillion cats and stay at least 10 feet from a man at all time.
I mean…exactly how can someone believe in this much contradictory stuff at once without being even somewhat cognizant that they are full of shit?
bloody blockquotes!
Will there be vegetarian options at the BBQ?
I can bring dessert: pavlova, lemon meringue pie, and cake. I was thinking of fruit cake, but I’m happy to bring a chocolate option too if people would like that.
BUT! BUT! I thought that women were SCARED of spiders! And needed BIG MANLY MEN to come squish them!
How would we get to being spider-god-worshipping heathens anyway?
Mongolian barbeques are the ideal social situation for having a yak, I find.
Lowquacks, I don’t know whether to laugh or groan at that one!
Dualityheart – I’m scared of spiders. At least the bloody big huntsmen we get here! 😀
I think these guys are confusing feminism with planet Amazonia from Futurama.
lowquacks, that was terrible. I hope you’re properly ashamed of yourself.
I wouldn’t snoo-snoo an MRA with someone else’s ten foot pole.