Comments on: Spinster aunt really does read her email

By: Ciccina

Ciccina — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:33:03 +0000

re: Yttk – “We need to turn around and say, yes I caused 911, increased pregnancy rates by 50%, and made your girlfriend leave you, because that’s just how I am. Back off or I’ll show you what else I can do.”

Brilliant! I am so down with this.

Personally, I’m partial to the “culture of death” moniker. Great name for a bowling team, or maybe a kickball squad.

By: Spinster aunt smells hoax at I Blame The Patriarchy

Spinster aunt smells hoax at I Blame The Patriarchy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:47:37 +0000

[...] of other famous virginity auctions. But because there aren’t all that many of those “feminist experiments,” they can throw in the one about the woman who got busted for offering herself online in [...]

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:45:51 +0000

That Ladies Against Feminism thing is particularly funny because it brings this to mind:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gail/880449/

…which has gone on here and there in North America since at least the eighties. They’re mentioned in the NOW cookbook. (If you haven’t seen that book, you should. The recipes are OK I guess, but the book is valuable for the feminist history it also contains.)

By: PatriarchySlayer

PatriarchySlayer — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:18:55 +0000

Virginity issue, 1) I always thought men wanted virgins because of their “supposed” tightness. You know the analogy of the worst type of girl ever.. the loose girl. “Like throwing a hotdog down a hallway”. Lovely. Yes. 2) Some cultures in Africa believe that if you have sex with a virgin it will cure you of AIDS. Heard a missionary talk about this recently. This little myth results in little girls being raped by AID-Ridden men in attempts to rid themselves of their disease. Wonderful. But hey, maybe the lure is a combination of reasons. But a lot of guys are also repelled by the word virgin. When I used to tell guys I was a virgin it was a double edged sword…hey let me help you get rid of that whole virgin thing… or what the hell is wrong with you? AKA. Lust vs. Fear

By: jael

jael — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:51:22 +0000

it’s a bit of a leap from our culture hates kids to the world hates kids, which was the the quvierfull woman’s comment; but i’m just being narky.

on the virgin sales: yeah; BW, disease is part of it. but only part. eg: in cambodia, most virginity sales are done to east asian men: taking a virgin is a way of getting luck, particularly for a new business venture. buy one to seal your deal!

used to be men would pay for the upkeep for a girl throughout her childhood, however the practice has now become so prevalent that in some communities (mainly stateless ethnic Vietnamese) 90% of the girls have their virginity sold, a study a few years back found prices ranging from about $20 to $2800 (USD); average about $480 – this is ALOT of money in cambodia.

By: thebewilderness

thebewilderness — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:14:49 +0000

Aside from the delight men seem to find in the idea of being the first to give pain/pleasure to a woman, I have always suspected that the reason for the high value placed on virginity was because of widespread disease. A virgin was presumed to be disease free, pure if you will, and therefore safe.

By: Twisty

Twisty — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:22:57 +0000

“The quiverfull women was a little hearbreaking, because she was actually on to something: our culture *does* hate kids despite (or, rather, because) of how much they’re sentimentalized. It hates kids because it hates women.”

Our culture does hate kids. That’s one reason women might contemplate some job other than having 18 of them.

By: lt

lt — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:52:05 +0000

The quiverfull women was a little hearbreaking, because she was actually on to something: our culture *does* hate kids despite (or, rather, because) of how much they’re sentimentalized. It hates kids because it hates women.

Also, it sees them as burdens because of a little thing called capitalism.

By: TP

TP — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:43:23 +0000

The thrill of virgin fucking used to puzzle me, too. It’s the destruction of innocence that men seem to crave. Men seem to desire to bring women down to their level of intemperate lust. Once reduced to a state of insane and constant lust, then they will want to fuck even loser mens all the time and the world will be paradise. I mean, what the? Who knows?

By: Hedgepig

Hedgepig — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:44:00 +0000

Jezebella, a utilikilt would have lots of pocketses wouldn’t it? But what shall we wear underneath? Bloomers and bluestockings (woollen) would be my preference.