A tiny group of gallant men (and “their women”) go underground to fight the evil gynocratic overlords. Is this the plot of a terrible dystopian potboiler from 1971, or a description of how most MRAs see themselves, and the world, today?
Turns out it’s both. I found this pic in the Blue Pill subreddit, and now I really, really want to read this book.
Here’s a book review from someone who did.
LBT:
Oh, Great Merciful Spagetti-Monster! So much paperwork.
:: runs screaming into the afternoon ::
“To get permission to perform — during coitus, please attach supplementary form 17b to your copulation request. If you wish to use prophylactics, attach supplementary form 24-a-2. Please allow up to 6 months for your request to be processed. If approved, note that any reported deviation from your filed intercourse plan will result in immediate incarceration and a definite death sentence.”
Nothing new; guess which book this is
@cassandrakitty: LBT, you sneaky little comment ninja.
She beats you here, she beats you there
Face it, she beats you everywhere.
Is she a genius? – Is she a bore?
That damned, elusive commentor.
(Yeah, I know, but I needed three syllables)
At least to the 19th century, as, apparently, does people drily drawing attention to it.
To get permission to perform — during coitus, please attach supplementary form 17b to your copulation request. If you wish to use prophylactics, attach supplementary form 24-a-2.
“When attaching supplementary form 24-a-2 requesting permission to use prophylactics, you MUST attach any and all such prophylactics to the request along with suitable usage certification from a participating ANSO authority. Attach using only staples as other means can detach. Prophylactics will be returned to you if found suitable no less than three working days prior to coitus.”.
Grumpycatsagirl,
Me too. Rats are adorable.
@katz, wow. They may be terrible, but at least they’re terrible in consistent ways? >.>
I’m a he, Phoenician.
RE: katz
If I had a nickel for every “what if everyone was racist against white people?” book…
Yeah. For me, the equivalent is the, “God, what if like, MOST people were poor! Not just, like, poor people but you know, MOST PEOPLE! Just imagine!”
GEE SIR I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE.
I’m a he, Phoenician.
Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. Tried checking from skimming your site, but got it wrong.
More brain bleach: my first real blog post in a long time, featuring the comic stylings of our own brooked:
https://artistryforfeminismandkittens.wordpress.com/2014/07/19/feminist-high-council-punishes-david/
@viscaria, LBT
From what I understand, imposing the death penalty as punishment for rape is a rather old practice. The last U.S. execution for rape occurred in 1964 in Missouri. It was only in 1977, in Coker v. Georgia, that Supreme Court ruled that executing someone for rape alone was unconstitutional.
Also, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one here who opposes the death penalty. 🙂
I’ve seen anti-women’s suffrage cartoons that harped incessantly on the ‘if women get the vote, they’ll run EVERYthing, and men will be disenfranchised helots!’ theme. As if society requires that one gender be supreme, no matter what. The idea that men and women could be, yanno, *equal* in some significant way didn’t seem to register.
But then, it still doesn’t, to some people.
Remember in Save the Pearls when there are two people living in a three-room apartment? Oh, the poverty! And remember that guy who was forced to drink TAP WATER?
Contest idea: Who can find the most affluent “dystopia”?
Wow. I don’t even have words. I could come up with a better plot by throwing darts at a random plot thing board. That and… how could someone write this with a straight face? It seems like it should be some bizarre parody.
Also, yay, A4F&K is back!
RE: Menomsyne
The last U.S. execution for rape occurred in 1964 in Missouri.
Huh, not that long ago then. I’m not really surprised.
I’m against the death penalty as a matter of pragmatics; the system is very flawed, and there’s been at least one person proved innocent after being executed. An imprecise system should never have such a permanent thing as death as a consequence; it’ll inevitably kill off innocent people.
RE: katz
Remember in Save the Pearls when there are two people living in a three-room apartment? Oh, the poverty!
BAHAHAHA. I never managed to read that goddamn book but Jesus. It’d just make me too angry.
I really like the gif of the Feminist High Council in session.
Didn’t you guys make fun of Save the Pearls in a hilarious forum snark-a-thon?
Nope, I was unable to take part! You must have me confused with another snarkster; I mostly MST g0ys and creepy romance books.
Probably not the kind you’re looking for, but Omelas might qualify. Or Huxley’s World State.
BOOOOOBIEEEEEEZ! >crunches cookies, flings cookie fragments and crumbs everywhere<
I know this is a minor point, but check out the font on the title! It’s meant to be a terse thriller titles that names the scary baddies, but look at all those curlicues! It looks like the title card for a seventies sitcom.
Do you count all the dystopias where humanity is kept in arrested development with no real purpose in life but endless partying, sex, and controlled substances (e.g. Brave New World) or where everybody is an emotionless robot (e.g. Equilibrium)? Since the point isn’t “look at how poor they are!”, I’d exclude those.
My entry for most affluent dystopia is any number of “persecuted Christian” movies such as The Last Eagle Scout. You mean the United States has to acknowledge all those non-Christians as human beings? Oh, no! Maybe they’re not marketed as traditional dystopias, but honestly, I’d go even further and put them on the fantasy shelf next to The Beastmaster for all the plausibility they have.
While not really affluent when you think about the implications, one dystopia I found really interesting is the Black Mirror episode Fifteen Million Merits. I can’t do it justice in text.
Ah, yes. All those centuries in so many societies when women were men’s property, chattel, breeding machines. Nothing to see here, folks, move along. But reverse the roles and suddenly it’s all HUMAN RIGHTS!!!1eleventy!!