Mocking misogyny: It’s not just for the present day. Here, from 1915, a pointed parody of misogynistic anti-Suffrage arguments by writer/poet Alice Duer Miller. (Note to extremely literal-minded MRAs: She was not actually advocating that men have the vote taken away from them. Nor are we.)
You can find many more examples of Miller’s sharp wit in her 1915 collection Are Women People? The whole thing is available online and in various ebook formats on Project Gutenberg.
Graphic via Roqayah Chamseddine (@iRevolt on Twitter).
She is one of my favorites!
I think my favorite is
And her writings are proof positive that MRAs and misogynists in general need to either shut up or develop new material. The fact that they keep using the same tired and threadbare arguments against women is pathetic.
That some folks STILL think this way a hundred years later makes me wonder if there will always be a portion of the human race thinking this way.
Thanks for finding this David. I was not familiar with her.
@Pillow the sad thing is women haven’t had the vote for a 100 years yet and we are still arguing.
#5 is definitely the MRAs. Such a bunch of hothouse flowers.
On the flipside, did you guys see this?
cloudiah, I didn’t see that. Fuck that guy in ear.
In ear? Brz must be rubbing off on me. Jesus.
I’d bet he’s a racist as well as misogynist, with that bit about Obama never having been President without the women’s vote. Somehow I dont think it’s really economics that he’s pissed off about there.
Walk on Legos forever, loser.
We need to do a Brz exorcism for hellkell, STAT!
Meanwhile, here’s a funny blast from the past from the Valentine’s Day 2012 post:
http://artistryforfeminismandkittens.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/standard-vaginal-access/
That should say “from the comments on the Valentine’s Day 2012 post.” Maybe I need an exorcism as well.
The power of words compels us!
I’m finding Miller’s Are Women People? to be a great read, but also an utterly demoralizing one. I give up.
Seriously. I’m only half through, but just about everything she says could still be said today and be valid. 100 years, and although the legal standing of women has certainly improved, it’s the damn attitudes. Ok, I’m not able to make sense. Nevermind.
Between this and that fucking albatross video, I may have to take a long break from the internet.
I wish Alice Duer Miller were still alive and commenting here.
cloudiah, just read your post a couple of minutes ago via my blogroll. 🙂 The idiot who coined that phrase definitely needs a Real Doll. Can you imagine how badly he’d do if sexbots were around?
=> ENTER PASSWORD
=> hubsand
=>INCORRECT PASSWORD
=>STANDARD VAGINAL ACCESS DENIED
Another good one:
@cloudiah
That would be awesome. I love her snark so much!
I wonder if she ever reads over our shoulders? 😉
Kittehs’, you would be the most likely to know! 😉
eli, Sorry you’re feeling demoralized. Internet hugs if you want ’em. Sometimes mockery helps, but if not, internet breaks are not always a bad thing.
*braces for trolling*
This post is going to send at least one of our regular trolls around the twist, I expect.
“Kittehs’, you would be the most likely to know!”
LOL!
“This post is going to send at least one of our regular trolls [further] around the twist, I expect.”
FTFY 😉
Forgot to add – imagine if Slavey was still posting. Gods, the frothing rage and complete incomprehension of satire would be quite a treat.
Well, a masochistic sort of treat, anyways.
Yeah, Owly couldn’t even handle musical theater:
http://artistryforfeminismandkittens.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/nowslave-investigative-reporter-exposes-feminist-manhater/
He’s still over on r/mensrights, being his old self. He said something recently about violence against women not being a thing because in his whole life he’d never seen a woman out in public with even a hair out of place. SCIENCE!