A bitter gamebro wandered into the Men’s Rights subreddit last night to deposit an angry little manifesto on the evils of women and Social Justice Warriors. He didn’t get a terribly friendly reception from the regulars — last I checked he’d been voted down to zero — but his manifesto is such a classic example of self-pitying gamebro misogyny that I sort of felt obliged to bring it to you all here.
Are you sitting comfortably? Good. Then let’s begin.
I am shocked — shocked! — to hear this about the laundry, as the females I live with are quite fastidious about their personal cleanliness, spending a good portion of their waking moments licking their fur coats clean. But they are cats, after all.
The human females I know are mostly slobs, actually, though I can’t claim to be any better myself.
How exactly did the state of one’s laundry come to be a factor in deciding a human being’s worth, anyway?
Also, I’m thinking that “cause I’m a penis, and that’s all I am” would look really good on a t-shirt. Anyone else agree?
OH MY GAAAWWWWWDDDDDD
http://imgur.com/xzTJcHt
The sad thing about this is that he has almost grasped the difference between reality and pornosexuality – almost understood that women are real people who enhance their looks with makeup and whose clothes and crockery require regular washing to stay in good condition.
But rather than make the leap to realising that pornosexuality is a fake, an artificial construct designed by his fellow men to deceive him, he fails at the final hurdle and puts the blame for the whole thing on those evil, unglamorous wimminz with their unlaundered clothes and dirty plates.
But
Pornsexuality?
I don’t think that is a thing.
“I’m a penis, that’s all I am”
yes, yes you are.
I’m with Lea on this one. If, for some reason, Georgina you’ve decided to call the objectification and distortion of women’s bodies into an unrealistic standard of beauty “pornosexuality,” I get what you’re saying, but I don’t like the term itself. It’s twisting it into something else. It feels moralistic. It makes me uncomfortable. And I happen to be one of those sex-positive feminists who thinks that pornography made by and for consenting adults is okay, at least on principle, even if a lot of the content is problematic.
Your cartoon reminds me of Cecil the seasick sea serpent who was a favorite of mine. Would that the penisd00d were as charming as a sea serpent.
How do you tell they are consenting, Belladonna?
Belladonna,
Thanks. Being only aware of human sexuality only or mostly through exposure to porn is not a sexuality.
@thebewilderness, I’m not a consumer of pornography. Nonetheless, I can conceive of the possibility that consenting adults may choose to make it; therefore, I’m not opposed to it on principle. If I wanted to actually become a consumer, I guess I’d have to do some homework first. I imagine I could find some information. It’s not like there are no sex workers out there in pornography and other industries who haven’t spoken out about it.
Xtube kinda shows that there are plenty of people who are happy to be sexual exhibitionists.
This! Plus, what are we condemning in “pornosexuality?” Pornography, sexuality in general, or both? I realize pornography is kind of a divisive topic in feminist circles, but this term feels a bit like a moral condemnation of sexuality in general, with pornography only as a particularly egregious type of it to me. Although, as you pointed out, pornography really isn’t a type of sexuality at all. I can conceive of its being something a person could enjoy as a small part of zir sexuality as a whole.
Just a bit of good,news, not directly related to the above. A women won the Fields Medal for mathematics – that is considered the Nobel prize of mathematics.
Gorilla: that’s awesome! Further proof that women can STEM indeed. But how will the manosphere handle it?
Oh, the Iranian woman mathematician? Cool! She’s local!
I bet the manosphere will lose it, since she’s not only a woman but *gasp!* somewhat attractive in an unconventional way, which I’m sure is being done maliciously somehow.
So, the most detailed description for “pornsexuality” that I can find is on Urban Dictionary. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pornsexual
And I’m guessing that the manosphere thinks that Maryam Mirzakhani’s award was some sort of feminazi conspiracy.
@Alais
Well, that’s a definition I can live with, but I’m having trouble actually getting it to make sense in the context of Georgina’s comment.
My favourite is the suggestion women can only look good, well he just says thin but for most IRAs thin and attractive are inseparable concepts, with the help of camera angles. Who else is guessing this guy still actively seeks out women?
I totally encourage that 3-year old…Still laughing….
Typo win. Now I’m going to associate MRAs with the IRA.
Mentions of Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent invariably make me think of one particular line in this song:
I think the guy in the picture is part Grinch.
@Belladonna,
I agree that it still doesn’t shed much light on Georgina’s comment. I’m also side-eying the term more now that I’ve determined that I can only find a good definition on Urban Dictionary.
@leocigale
I was trying to eat my dinner but now I need to stop laughing first.
I love the I’M A NIIIIICE GUY!!! one
Can we have a penis doodle competition? Maybe an MRA penis-themed meme competition? Can we?
You know your misogyny is out of control when even the Men’s Rights reddit thinks you’re being silly.
L: Can we have a penis doodle competition? Maybe an MRA penis-themed meme competition? Can we?
“See – first feminists complain about reducing women to only body parts, and then they go do it to men!!!”