Comments on: Hugs, Twisty: only YOU can prevent assimilation

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:01:35 +0000

Unless … you say that this sterling specimen is an acquaintance? I’d put a maggoty dead rat in a gift box and leave it on his doorstep.

It’s cheerful posts like this that make I Blame the Patriarchy the Number One Blog in the universe.

Oh that definitely makes I Blame the Patriarchy number one for me today. As long as said theoretical rat was long dead to begin with, poor sad thing.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:49:26 +0000

“So a man telling a woman what to wear (high heels, short skirts) is the patriarchy in action, but a woman telling a man what to wear (a shirt that isn’t offensive) is feminism?”

The equivalent would be a woman telling a man to wear a shirt in a color that brings out his eyes or snug jeans that show off his butt. Although neither would slow his gait like high heels. If a woman was wearing a T-shirt slogan bout murdering men, then a man would be equally justified in asking her to cover it.

By: PatriarchySlayer

PatriarchySlayer — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:55:29 +0000

Going along with that train of thought, to me it wasn’t about telling someone what to wear or not, I believe it was more about promoting hate crimes and violence than anything else. I mean if the shirt had some comment about Jews or a minority race and someone else found that offensive, is that the same thing? Aren’t we just talking about basic human rights? Some t-shirt sayings are very crude and tasteless, and some promote violence. I think one issue is deciding where that line is.

By: felicity

felicity — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:20:54 +0000

Most things men tell women is the patriarchy in action, Maggie. Anything women tell men is an affront to their ego and thus, you would say feminism.

By: VibratingLiz

VibratingLiz — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:03:01 +0000

“So a man telling a woman what to wear (high heels, short skirts) is the patriarchy in action, but a woman telling a man what to wear (a shirt that isn’t offensive) is feminism?”

Let’s carry that logic a bit further: “So a man with telling a woman he’d like to rape her is the patriarchy in action, but a woman telling a man to fuck off and leave her alone is feminism?”

Hmmm. Yeah, could be.

By: Twisty

Twisty — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:59:34 +0000

“I dunno, I thought necrophilia immediately *which would make more sense since it’s supposed to be a /funny/ t-shirt…the whole kill and rape thing never crossed my mind.”

Because the normalization of rape culture has been a smashing success!

By: amend

amend — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:24:54 +0000

I dunno, I thought necrophilia immediately *which would make more sense since it’s supposed to be a /funny/ t-shirt…the whole kill and rape thing never crossed my mind.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:54:27 +0000

So a man telling a woman what to wear (high heels, short skirts) is the patriarchy in action, but a woman telling a man what to wear (a shirt that isn’t offensive) is feminism?

I’m not a lawyer, but my law enforcement training would lead me to believe that the t-shirt was not an active threat. Beering it, as suggested by one of the previous comments, would have been assault, which actually is an arrestable offensive, unlike wearing the crass shirt, which falls squarely under the first amendment.

By: PatriarchySlayer

PatriarchySlayer — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:00:18 +0000

VibratingLiz, I’m really happy that you found it a good resource. I just finished it today actually, and having just also finished the Feminine Mystique, I was curiously shocked as to the very similar chapters on a better world. I guess I really shouldn’t be considered that the root of the problem of partner abuser was the root of the problem of the mystique as well: the patriarchy. I guess it was refreshing to hear (or read) a man admit it for once.

By: 33rats (aka madeleine)

33rats (aka madeleine) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:42:30 +0000

Please everybody, read Marilyn French. “Beyond Power. On Women, Men, and Morals”, wich she spent 12 years reseasrching in a hostile academic environment, as well as “The War on women”, give the true picture. Misogyny is ages old. There have been documented waves of feminism ever since the Assyrians and the Greeks. It is worse than you rhink. The only thing to do is to just go on, although they will too.
Please read those books. You have to know your enemy. It really is even even worse than you (we) thingk it is.