Are Women Becoming the New "Sexist Pigs?"
Woman Vs Womyn
This learning did, however, give me the upper hand in deciding how to think. Because I was not raised to hate or think I was better than men, I never developed a strong sense of womanhood the way many women have today. I do not worry about fashion or the latest trends. I do not worry what others think of me based on the brand of clothing I wear, what kind of purse I am carrying, or my style of jewelry. I disregard trends and what is popular.
Many women today fall into the belief that they are no longer women, but womyn. The switch from women being dominated to no longer being domestic has transcended from a fight for freedom to a fight for dominance. Women today are brought up to believe that they are better than men. Even my stepdaughter refuses to play with boys and will berate them in front of her friends any chance she gets. Women are no longer taught that they can do anything equally to men. They are taught that they can do everything better than men. They are taught to consider themselves dominant to those lowly, slimy male creatures. Men are made out to seem stupid, childish, irresponsible pricks who can't think for themselves and need a woman to tell them how to eat, dress, act, think, and feel. I wonder sometimes why this hating of men has not enticed all women to become lesbians.
I have been conducting a study this week. I created a male persona and visited several chat rooms on the internet. The groups were all different. I visited Christian rooms, goth, spiritual, friendly, romance, and regional chat rooms. I chatted exactly the way I would as myself, being polite and just generally a normal person, but I used a man's name and entered "male" in the persona section of my profiles.
The difference around every turn was extraordinary! I have never been treated so badly or put down so horribly as I have been put down by all of those women. Women seem to think that everything out of a man's mouth is an invitation for sex. The nicer I was, the more I was rebuffed. Apparently, telling a woman that she is intelligent is grounds for getting a severely painful tongue-lashing. It's no wonder these poor men think that every time a woman is being nice to them, she is flirting. All they are used to is being berated! Any change or hint at niceness must mean that the woman likes him. I have a newly-found severe respect for all men who have to go through this world being bashed for every breath they take.
Because women put men down to make themselves feel better and more powerful, they lose sight of the original goal of equality. Even some religious women go so far as to completely deny the existence of a male god on the premise that God is perfect, so must be a woman. I think that it is important to remember how problems for women began in the first place, and just think of men as being equal to women. It is wonderful that you embrace your femininity so wholly, but we should also be concerned about what this new power will turn us into. We have a responsibility to our friends, brothers, fathers, husbands, and sons.
Published by Amber S.
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Post a CommentI don´t belive such post was written by a woman,specially a woman raised surrounded by men.This is my situation and i don´t come up with such fantasies about men´s victimhood,my male friends neither,what leads me to the conclusion that this is an other backlash post,written by a man using a fake female nick,to tell us to be the lady-slaves from the past.We can see it perfectally when reading the discription of the profile.
Sorry,but this post sounded like a bad joke.So men are the victims now? Really?? So how do you explain the increasing violence against women around the globe in the personification of prostitution and porno? The prostitution demand for women and children traffick?? The increasing numbers of pervs and pedophilies in the web? Of course we should think everything is sex! How about the so commom date-rapes? the less money we get for the same job done? the lack of good job opportunities? the feudalist conditions of women in many countries?
About God,has the author never read about the consequences for a culture where god is portraited as a male only? The high misogyny found in Islan and Christianism can be good exemples!
So men rape,traffick,beat,exploit... and in the end,they are the victims!!! Honestly,what this post discribes is nothing compared with the cruelty we woman have been suffering for ages as a class.
I don´t belive such post was written by a woman,specially a woman
1) there is no way of knowing if a man or woman actually wrote this article/blahog.
2) women have raised the majority of boys since the advent of the industrial revolution. yet they don't like how they turned out ?!
3) women are angry by the final awakening that men do not nor have they ever in history been concerned with a woman fulfilling her fantasy of a perfect marriage/relationship. The lie that has been passed down for only 400 years of human existence from mother to daughter has been exposed by not meshing with recent media recorded history & new connectivity. The brutal truth is that with female power comes zero power over changing men.
4) what is female power ? that they now make more money ? It's a global slave economy & women are willing to do the same job as their male counterparts for less. Corporations make a bigger profit thus gaining more control over society by offering women a shopping spree to sell their children into further debt. In only one generation
Loved this piece. It raised some very interesting and valid questions.
This is food for thought. As the parent of three boys, I can see where there is a backlash against young males, don't know if it extends to adult males. Too bad, if that is the case.
Humanity in general tends to grab hold of a truth and make it a new gospel. The premise of the woman's movement was a good thing, but at this time in history, we (women) have already arrived. I personally believe it is time to get on with it. In my opinion men are wonderful! :)
Wow I am so glad that I found this. You know what you are so right and I agree with you totally. I burns me up to see a man (especially one I am close to) being disrespected by a woman. As I told a guy friend of mine, it is all about attitude. Men are still the 'head' if you will. That is their God-given role. They are to love us as He loves the Church and we are to respect him. If men and women can grasp that, then this world would be a better place. It makes me sick when some women have that 'I don't need a man' attitude. We do need a man. We are incomplete without one. :)
Amber...my hub has been saying this for years... great article... I sent it to my hub too!!
I don't know. Maybe. I can see how some men can make a woman that way, but from what I've seen, it's really pushed by both TV and by women hanging around together and badmouthing men in general. I know there are men that are pigs, but a lot of women treat them like they are all that way. Still, I feel sorry for guys and try to be as nice to them as possible. They've got it pretty rough! :)
Very interesting perspective! I agree to an extent - women can be very sexist. But then I wonder if it's really because of the fact that so many men "make us" that way. Great article!