Comments on: The Maiden Aunt Explains Patriarchy http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:39:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Let Them Take Bubble Baths at Faux Real Tho! http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/#comment-27670 Let Them Take Bubble Baths at Faux Real Tho! Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:44:07 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=305#comment-27670 [...] Let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth — this is our alliance, uneasy at times, but an alliance nonetheless. Be critical, please; even the unfunnest of blogular feminists carries a tiny handbag as she excoriates them on her blog. The truth is, everybody, even those of us whose hobby it is to lounge around all day questioning the patriarchal origins of human behavior, contributes on some level to the sustenance of patriarchy. I, for instance, am at this very moment listening to Digital Underground’s “Packet Man”–damn those catchy sexist orgy-centric beats!– while wearing sweatpants that were made by Chinese slave labor in the Northern Mariana Islands. Earlier today I mocked people–I mean, what choice did I have?– who use the word “womyn.” Later today I will catapult the lithe Twisty bod into the penismobile that gets about 4 miles a gallon (that I bought instead of the more pious Priapus) and tool at breakneck speed, while flipping off as many moron drivers as possible, to my most recent niece’s christening, which will transpire in a fucking church–a fucking Catholic church–where the officiant is an octogenarian priest/family friend fond of alluding to me, to everyone’s unbridled amusement, as “the maiden aunt.” [...] [...] Let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth — this is our alliance, uneasy at times, but an alliance nonetheless. Be critical, please; even the unfunnest of blogular feminists carries a tiny handbag as she excoriates them on her blog. The truth is, everybody, even those of us whose hobby it is to lounge around all day questioning the patriarchal origins of human behavior, contributes on some level to the sustenance of patriarchy. I, for instance, am at this very moment listening to Digital Underground’s “Packet Man”–damn those catchy sexist orgy-centric beats!– while wearing sweatpants that were made by Chinese slave labor in the Northern Mariana Islands. Earlier today I mocked people–I mean, what choice did I have?– who use the word “womyn.” Later today I will catapult the lithe Twisty bod into the penismobile that gets about 4 miles a gallon (that I bought instead of the more pious Priapus) and tool at breakneck speed, while flipping off as many moron drivers as possible, to my most recent niece’s christening, which will transpire in a fucking church–a fucking Catholic church–where the officiant is an octogenarian priest/family friend fond of alluding to me, to everyone’s unbridled amusement, as “the maiden aunt.” [...]

]]> By: Property of a Lady » Feminist Men and the Patriarchy http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/#comment-27483 Property of a Lady » Feminist Men and the Patriarchy Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:04:32 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=305#comment-27483 [...] Well, Shades of Grey found the perfect Twisty quote to explain the distinction between wonderful men like my son and (I have no doubt) Ben, and the patriarchy. See here. The patriarchy I blame isn’t people, it’s a system. It is a hierarchical system of dominance at the gilded pinnacle of which pink-faced male captains of industry luxuriate, and at the rat-infested bottom of which poor brown women die screaming in filth and penury. In between are sub-hierarchies, but one constant obtains across all class, cultural and geographical lines: within any given hierarchy, women are consistently relegated to the lowest possible status. [...] [...] Well, Shades of Grey found the perfect Twisty quote to explain the distinction between wonderful men like my son and (I have no doubt) Ben, and the patriarchy. See here. The patriarchy I blame isn’t people, it’s a system. It is a hierarchical system of dominance at the gilded pinnacle of which pink-faced male captains of industry luxuriate, and at the rat-infested bottom of which poor brown women die screaming in filth and penury. In between are sub-hierarchies, but one constant obtains across all class, cultural and geographical lines: within any given hierarchy, women are consistently relegated to the lowest possible status. [...]

]]> By: Knotted Knickers http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/#comment-5292 Knotted Knickers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=305#comment-5292 Twisty, you're fucking brilliant. I'm gonna stop teaching my "women's and gender studies" classes at university, and just make my students read your blog everyday. But how to assign grades at the end of the term?? Twisty, you’re fucking brilliant. I’m gonna stop teaching my “women’s and gender studies” classes at university, and just make my students read your blog everyday.

But how to assign grades at the end of the term??

]]> By: Buffalo Gal http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/#comment-5293 Buffalo Gal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=305#comment-5293 Sorry if this is a duplicate, but my previous attempt seems to have disappeared. There is such a thing as an edible peach, when local fruit is in season. I buy from the farmers' market, eat a peach every day, and freeze some for the fall. A ripe peach is the sexiest fruit there is. Sorry if this is a duplicate, but my previous attempt seems to have disappeared.

There is such a thing as an edible peach, when local fruit is in season. I buy from the farmers’ market, eat a peach every day, and freeze some for the fall. A ripe peach is the sexiest fruit there is.

]]> By: chessie http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/#comment-5294 chessie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=305#comment-5294 I too would like to vouch for the farmer's market ripe peaches I too would like to vouch for the farmer’s market ripe peaches

]]> By: Tammy http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/#comment-5295 Tammy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=305#comment-5295 Now how on earth am I supposed to fit all that on a shirt? I know, y'all need to make a desk calendar. "A Blame a Day" or "A Lie Our Elders Told Us a Day". Big seller girl, you are seriously missing the boat here. Now how on earth am I supposed to fit all that on a shirt? I know, y’all need to make a desk calendar. “A Blame a Day” or “A Lie Our Elders Told Us a Day”. Big seller girl, you are seriously missing the boat here.

]]> By: J. Ascher http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/#comment-5296 J. Ascher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=305#comment-5296 The Constitution is a work of genius, or even a fine document, worthy of merit, created by geniuses known as the people. The Constitution is a work of genius, or even a fine document, worthy of merit, created by geniuses known as the people.

]]> By: Easily Annoyed http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/#comment-5297 Easily Annoyed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=305#comment-5297 <i>within any given hierarchy, women are consistently relegated to the lowest possible status</i> Heck, you don't even have to have more than one sex in that hierarchy; if everybody's the same sex, the girly become (perhaps proxy) women and get stepped on by the (perhaps proxy) men, by and large. Just yesterday, <a href="http://republicofdogs.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Republic of Dogs</a> had a fine note about this as it pertains to gay men. And within the queer women's communities I've seen, patriarchy is recapitulated as butch dyke privilege. The rationalization (and there's always a rationalization) is that bisexuals and femmes are so chockablock with het privilege that -- or so I have been informed -- we ought to suck it up, accept our natural subservient place, and regard those pure, unsullied butch dykes as our wise leaders. (And was that ever a surprise to me. I came out for <em>this</em> shit? I don't think so.) Lesbians who say they can avoid patriarchy through separatism are crazy, unobservant, or have something to gain. within any given hierarchy, women are consistently relegated to the lowest possible status

Heck, you don’t even have to have more than one sex in that hierarchy; if everybody’s the same sex, the girly become (perhaps proxy) women and get stepped on by the (perhaps proxy) men, by and large.

Just yesterday, Republic of Dogs had a fine note about this as it pertains to gay men. And within the queer women’s communities I’ve seen, patriarchy is recapitulated as butch dyke privilege. The rationalization (and there’s always a rationalization) is that bisexuals and femmes are so chockablock with het privilege that — or so I have been informed — we ought to suck it up, accept our natural subservient place, and regard those pure, unsullied butch dykes as our wise leaders. (And was that ever a surprise to me. I came out for this shit? I don’t think so.) Lesbians who say they can avoid patriarchy through separatism are crazy, unobservant, or have something to gain.

]]> By: d.e.i.x.i.s. http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/#comment-5298 d.e.i.x.i.s. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=305#comment-5298 Why am I not making out with you RIGHT now? Why am I not making out with you RIGHT now?

]]> By: Chris Clarke http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/11/05/the-maiden-aunt-explains-patriarchy/#comment-5299 Chris Clarke Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=305#comment-5299 "Twisty Faster" is actually an anagram of J. Alfred Prufrock. <em>Dogs want to please humans.</em> I'm completely on board with blaming the barkyarchy, but this dog-bashing is going too far. Sic 'er, Bertie. “Twisty Faster” is actually an anagram of J. Alfred Prufrock.

Dogs want to please humans.

I’m completely on board with blaming the barkyarchy, but this dog-bashing is going too far. Sic ‘er, Bertie.

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