Where Pretty Lies Perish
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- Posted: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:24:24 +0000
Apparently there is a "war on women" occurring, and the primary attackers are right-wing misogynists.
I call bullshit on this.
Legitimate Complaints
There are a few elements of the so-called "war on women" which are legitimate gripes. For example:
Hostility to abortion by states seems to be increasing. The nattering busybodies that compose the pro-life movement are a s**t that needs wiping. Women's bodies are their own.
Mandated ultrasound legislation is a despicable, intrusive attempt to guilt women into making a certain choice. Any conservative who supports it flushes their small government bona fides down the toilet.
The buffoons who tried to make excuses for why abortion shouldn't be allowed in cases of rape are the worst offenders.
Most of the other issues comprising the "war on women" are silly non-issues (rape culture, patriarchy), or the situation which feminists find objectionable is justified (birth control, federal funding for abortion).
To see why "rape culture" is a joke, read this "well-researched" piece of s**t defining it:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6-shvG8z8l4J:www.k-state.edu/womenscenter/W.A.R/Defining a Rape Culture.doc+&hl=en&gl=us
The Real Gender War
There is a war on men, which feminists aren't so keen to acknowledge (because they are the key perpetrators).
Examples:
1. Women are far more likely to receive custody of the child in the event of a separation.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p60-225.pdf
To be fair, it is believable that in some of these cases the father would prefer not to care for the child, but it it unlikely that this would account for most of the discrepancy.
2. Paternity fraud affects about 4% of men, after excluding men who already suspicions of it.
http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/fathers-and-kids-parenting-fraud
3. Men receive longer sentences than women for the same crime, even after accounting for confounding variables.
http://www.terry.uga.edu/~mustard/sentencing.pdf
4. Although difficult to quantify, 8-10% of rape accusations may be at least partly false.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2009/10/how_often_do_women_falsely_cry_rape.html
5. There is a concerted attempt to deny the prevalence (if not existence) of female-on-male domestic abuse.
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/V74-gender-symmetry-with-gramham-Kevan-Method 8-.pdf
6. Men die at an earlier rate than women, and that difference has increased throughout the 20th Century.
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/NOTES/as120/LifeTables_Body.html
7. Women control a considerable majority of household incomes, and over half of the private wealth in the U.S.
http://www.supportingadvancement.com/vendors/canadian_fundraiser/articles/womens_affluence.htm
Problem? Would women not protest if the tables were turned? Unlikely, considering they protest now.
8. Misandry often manifests itself through racism and racist policies (thus overshadowing the allegation that they also affect primarily men).
http://ncfm.org/libraryfiles/Children/DV/AAVRmandatArrestVAWA.pdf
The primary reason that the notion that a "war on women", as opposed to a "war on men", is occurring is because women, at least as organized entities (i.e. feminism) tend/like to see themselves as victims (narcissism), while men tend/like to see themselves as in calm control of their destiny (stoic heroism).
http://www.humanitiesinstitute.buffalo.edu/content/about/documents/Mardorossian.pdf
http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/stoic-men-and-their-emotions
I call bullshit on this.
Legitimate Complaints
There are a few elements of the so-called "war on women" which are legitimate gripes. For example:
Hostility to abortion by states seems to be increasing. The nattering busybodies that compose the pro-life movement are a s**t that needs wiping. Women's bodies are their own.
Mandated ultrasound legislation is a despicable, intrusive attempt to guilt women into making a certain choice. Any conservative who supports it flushes their small government bona fides down the toilet.
The buffoons who tried to make excuses for why abortion shouldn't be allowed in cases of rape are the worst offenders.
Most of the other issues comprising the "war on women" are silly non-issues (rape culture, patriarchy), or the situation which feminists find objectionable is justified (birth control, federal funding for abortion).
To see why "rape culture" is a joke, read this "well-researched" piece of s**t defining it:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6-shvG8z8l4J:www.k-state.edu/womenscenter/W.A.R/Defining a Rape Culture.doc+&hl=en&gl=us
The Real Gender War
There is a war on men, which feminists aren't so keen to acknowledge (because they are the key perpetrators).
Examples:
1. Women are far more likely to receive custody of the child in the event of a separation.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p60-225.pdf
To be fair, it is believable that in some of these cases the father would prefer not to care for the child, but it it unlikely that this would account for most of the discrepancy.
2. Paternity fraud affects about 4% of men, after excluding men who already suspicions of it.
http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/fathers-and-kids-parenting-fraud
3. Men receive longer sentences than women for the same crime, even after accounting for confounding variables.
http://www.terry.uga.edu/~mustard/sentencing.pdf
4. Although difficult to quantify, 8-10% of rape accusations may be at least partly false.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2009/10/how_often_do_women_falsely_cry_rape.html
5. There is a concerted attempt to deny the prevalence (if not existence) of female-on-male domestic abuse.
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/V74-gender-symmetry-with-gramham-Kevan-Method 8-.pdf
6. Men die at an earlier rate than women, and that difference has increased throughout the 20th Century.
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/NOTES/as120/LifeTables_Body.html
7. Women control a considerable majority of household incomes, and over half of the private wealth in the U.S.
http://www.supportingadvancement.com/vendors/canadian_fundraiser/articles/womens_affluence.htm
Problem? Would women not protest if the tables were turned? Unlikely, considering they protest now.
8. Misandry often manifests itself through racism and racist policies (thus overshadowing the allegation that they also affect primarily men).
http://ncfm.org/libraryfiles/Children/DV/AAVRmandatArrestVAWA.pdf
The primary reason that the notion that a "war on women", as opposed to a "war on men", is occurring is because women, at least as organized entities (i.e. feminism) tend/like to see themselves as victims (narcissism), while men tend/like to see themselves as in calm control of their destiny (stoic heroism).
http://www.humanitiesinstitute.buffalo.edu/content/about/documents/Mardorossian.pdf
http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/stoic-men-and-their-emotions