A wee rant against bra-burning feminists.

[tenlittlebullets]

You can vote, bitch.

Your husband does not own you. You can inherit property and spend your own money as you see fit.

You can serve in the military if you want; you can be a professional athlete if you want. You can hold any fucking job you want to.

There are gender discrimination laws written into every single fucking governmental level short of the Constitution.

There are no legal obstacles to you getting an equal share.

So before you go on another rant about oppression and the patriarchy, consider that maybe, just maybe, all this discrimination you're whining about is being blown out of proportion. The use of 'he' as a default pronoun is hardly oppressive, considering that a hundred years ago a woman was her husband's property. You have equal rights, bitch. Now use them--get a haircut and get a real job, and quit sulking about alleged barriers that you will not be stoned to death for ignoring. Quit acting like it's a big deal to use those rights. Play football and refuse to wear a bra if you wish, but do it because you like to play and because bras are uncomfortable, not because it's nontraditional to do so. You have equal rights--now use them, and do what you want to do, not just what you're not 'supposed' to do.

Feminism is dead.

Long live feminism.

(As a side note, anyone who uses the word 'patriarchy' seriously more than twice a year, when not referring to ancient cultures, should be flogged.)

Comments

[phylloiphicalf.livejournal.com]

I made a similar rant last November. (http://www.livejournal.com/users/phylloiphicalf/2526.html) I completely agree with you, and nothing annoys me more than when people get their panties in a twist because someone said "mankind" or "everybody should turn in his homework."

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

*sniffs* How dare you imply that we wear... panties (*shudder*) you evil chauvinistic patriarchal oppressor!

(Someone actually said something like this in a community I lurk in... eep.)

[painless-j.livejournal.com]

Word!
Won't say anything else or it will be a ten page rant repeating what you said.

[genocideboy.livejournal.com]

i agree, definately.

[elliebethany.livejournal.com]

So, in your country, everyone is perfectly equal, then? Well good for you. Because in mine, women still get paid less than men for the same work. And it's harder for a woman to get a steady job or make progress in her career. And there are these industries that are strongly dominated by either sex, and the "women's industries" are all underpaid. Among other things.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

No, not perfectly equal, that would be impossible. But equal enough that all the energy they spend wingeing about how oppressed they are would be better spent fighting for equal pay in Finland. Or even just a shred of equality in countries where women are still severely oppressed. I mean, here they're complaining about how unfair it is that girls who sleep around get called sluts, when in some places women can be stoned to death for adultery. I don't think in all their whining they realise how good they really have it in the USA compared to other countries.

[elliebethany.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can see your point. To be honest I was a little put off by the tone of your post at first, because I've gotten the idea that total equality between sexes doesn't exist anywhere and I think it should be pursued, but it's true that some things aren't worth making a big fuss about. Like the pronoun thing. It's fine by me that there are American feminists, but it would probably do them good to think global.

Heh, mansluts are sluts too!