Comments on: “Dark Age” is the new “Enlightenment,” Part 2 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:30:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Cat P. http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10220 Cat P. Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:42:20 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10220 Yeah, I've been trying to figure out the who the Docker-wearer is too. No luck so far. And Twisty, you write too well to hide H's identify. You nailed 'em. Yeah, I’ve been trying to figure out the who the Docker-wearer is too. No luck so far. And Twisty, you write too well to hide H’s identify. You nailed ‘em.

]]> By: Ms Kate http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10046 Ms Kate Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:27:28 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10046 Reading this, I recalled how my husband's college roommate once asked me if I thought it was a good idea if he got married. This highly intellegent person, who was pretty much the living embodiment of Steve Dallas in Bloom County, theorized that "all that regular sex would help him settle down". Hubby and I, through gag reflexes, gently explained to him that getting married should not be viewed as a means to use a women to morally better oneself. Not only is it unrealistic to expect that drinking and driving, drug use issues, and the like will recede because there is somebody to support and fuck, but, well, it ain't exactly a woman's job or purpose in life! We instead suggested that he settle himself down first, then add complexity to his life once he got his own shit together. That was 13 years ago. He got sober, met his match, married, has kids, and it seems to be working. I can only hope that what we had to say averted some major disaster, but who knows. Maybe he just couldn't get lucky. I see this in what twisty has to say ... the woman is being used as a device, as a means for male ends. That is her purpose in the marriage, to settle the man down. Ridiculous on the face of it, if you ask me! Reading this, I recalled how my husband’s college roommate once asked me if I thought it was a good idea if he got married. This highly intellegent person, who was pretty much the living embodiment of Steve Dallas in Bloom County, theorized that “all that regular sex would help him settle down”.

Hubby and I, through gag reflexes, gently explained to him that getting married should not be viewed as a means to use a women to morally better oneself. Not only is it unrealistic to expect that drinking and driving, drug use issues, and the like will recede because there is somebody to support and fuck, but, well, it ain’t exactly a woman’s job or purpose in life! We instead suggested that he settle himself down first, then add complexity to his life once he got his own shit together.

That was 13 years ago. He got sober, met his match, married, has kids, and it seems to be working. I can only hope that what we had to say averted some major disaster, but who knows. Maybe he just couldn’t get lucky.

I see this in what twisty has to say … the woman is being used as a device, as a means for male ends. That is her purpose in the marriage, to settle the man down. Ridiculous on the face of it, if you ask me!

]]> By: Mark Early http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10021 Mark Early Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:27:54 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10021 The only person who I can't place is your khaki Docker wearing bass player, but then again, you guys went through bass players like Spinal Tap went through drummers. The only person who I can’t place is your khaki Docker wearing bass player, but then again, you guys went through bass players like Spinal Tap went through drummers.

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10018 Twisty Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:09:28 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10018 Cat, Steve, Mark: I'm sure I don't know <em>who</em> you mean! Cat, Steve, Mark: I’m sure I don’t know who you mean!

]]> By: Mark Early http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10014 Mark Early Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:32:19 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10014 Wow! He's kept this fairly secret from the whole of the world. Wow! He’s kept this fairly secret from the whole of the world.

]]> By: Caja http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10000 Caja Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:21:32 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-10000 I've been waiting for a post on this subject, cause I really wanted to say thank you for a post a couple months back (or so) where you ranted about marriage, and it helped me sort out some of my own loathing of the institution, in looking at the cultural baggage it comes with, as opposed to my own personal baggage relating to it. So, "Thank you!" I’ve been waiting for a post on this subject, cause I really wanted to say thank you for a post a couple months back (or so) where you ranted about marriage, and it helped me sort out some of my own loathing of the institution, in looking at the cultural baggage it comes with, as opposed to my own personal baggage relating to it. So, “Thank you!”

]]> By: Cat P. http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-9937 Cat P. Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:01:49 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-9937 Just what "H" needs -- a sweet and sexy little thing. I think I might puke. Just what “H” needs — a sweet and sexy little thing. I think I might puke.

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-9933 Twisty Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:42:58 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-9933 Steve, I cannot tell. I was sworn to secrecy. That's why I published it on the internet. Steve, I cannot tell. I was sworn to secrecy. That’s why I published it on the internet.

]]> By: Steve Pick http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-9932 Steve Pick Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:39:55 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-9932 What the fuck? Hutto? What the fuck? Hutto?

]]> By: Joida http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-9915 Joida Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:30:43 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/01/30/dark-age-is-the-new-enlightenment-part-2/#comment-9915 Hahaha... Maybe you should abandon science fiction. You're really good at drawing material from real life. I think you would be amazing at writing more realistics stuff, including non-fiction. Hahaha… Maybe you should abandon science fiction. You’re really good at drawing material from real life. I think you would be amazing at writing more realistics stuff, including non-fiction.

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