Sparkies is my hero.
Sep. 19th, 2001 11:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
butterflyThe Feminism: Theories and Ethics thread at MBTV is getting a little heated up, mostly because of a girl named theatregrrl who has said... well, you'll see some of the stuff.
theatregrrl in bold; sparkies in italics
I believe that there are specific roles for women and specific roles for men (especially when it comes to career choices)
What exactly is that supposed to mean? Please tell me you're not saying that women should stick to certain areas of work. Please tell me you're not saying that, as a woman, I should be careful what area I decide to work in, because it might not be suited to my gender. Please tell me you don't think that my teenage sister should give up her goal of becoming a doctor because that's a "male profession", and please tell me you don't think that men are better than women. Oh, wait...
and yes, in many ways, men are superior to women.
Sorry, could you please say that again? The cries of millions of angry women drowned you out the first time. What are these "many ways", exactly? Are men smarter than women? Are men better read than women? Are men more open-minded then women? Do men show more empathy and compassion? Do they have a better appreciation for the arts? Does my boyfriend's penis automatically make him better than me?
Wait, never mind, I know what you're going to say...
Take physical size, for example.
Ah. Yes. I knew this was coming. Let me see if I have this straight. The guy who works the counter at the Avondale on Wednesday nights is superior to me because he can bench press 200 pounds and I can't. Donovan Bailey is better than me because he can run 100 metres in 9.84 seconds and I can't. The man in 3C is better than me because he can carry heavy boxes of groceries up the stairs and I have trouble doing the same. Mike Clemons is better than I am because he can push sweaty 300 pound guys to the ground. Okeydokey.
I'm sick and tired of radical feminists who go on and on about how we, as women, can do the same things men can. The truth is, we can't.
Really? Tell that to Margaret Atwood and Patricia Cornwell. Tell that to Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. Tell that to Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti. Tell that to Madonna and Britney Spears. Tell that to Hillary Clinton and Alexa McDonough. Tell that to Susan B. Anthony and Emily Murphy. Tell that to Elizabeth Blackwell. Tell that to Mata Hari and Laura Secord. Tell that to any woman who is right now performing the same job as a man and doing just as good of a job.
I don't think the fact that I can't bench press 200 pounds or tackle a linebacker in a football game or run 100 metres in under ten seconds makes me unworthy of equal status with a man. I have also yet to hear any way aside from physical strength that makes women the "weaker sex".
Wow. I guess I'm one of those radical feminist bitches. Cool.
I guess I am too. And I do think that theatregrrl must be playing DA. If not, then I'm pitying her.
And she's been booted from MBTV.
theatregrrl in bold; sparkies in italics
I believe that there are specific roles for women and specific roles for men (especially when it comes to career choices)
What exactly is that supposed to mean? Please tell me you're not saying that women should stick to certain areas of work. Please tell me you're not saying that, as a woman, I should be careful what area I decide to work in, because it might not be suited to my gender. Please tell me you don't think that my teenage sister should give up her goal of becoming a doctor because that's a "male profession", and please tell me you don't think that men are better than women. Oh, wait...
and yes, in many ways, men are superior to women.
Sorry, could you please say that again? The cries of millions of angry women drowned you out the first time. What are these "many ways", exactly? Are men smarter than women? Are men better read than women? Are men more open-minded then women? Do men show more empathy and compassion? Do they have a better appreciation for the arts? Does my boyfriend's penis automatically make him better than me?
Wait, never mind, I know what you're going to say...
Take physical size, for example.
Ah. Yes. I knew this was coming. Let me see if I have this straight. The guy who works the counter at the Avondale on Wednesday nights is superior to me because he can bench press 200 pounds and I can't. Donovan Bailey is better than me because he can run 100 metres in 9.84 seconds and I can't. The man in 3C is better than me because he can carry heavy boxes of groceries up the stairs and I have trouble doing the same. Mike Clemons is better than I am because he can push sweaty 300 pound guys to the ground. Okeydokey.
I'm sick and tired of radical feminists who go on and on about how we, as women, can do the same things men can. The truth is, we can't.
Really? Tell that to Margaret Atwood and Patricia Cornwell. Tell that to Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. Tell that to Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti. Tell that to Madonna and Britney Spears. Tell that to Hillary Clinton and Alexa McDonough. Tell that to Susan B. Anthony and Emily Murphy. Tell that to Elizabeth Blackwell. Tell that to Mata Hari and Laura Secord. Tell that to any woman who is right now performing the same job as a man and doing just as good of a job.
I don't think the fact that I can't bench press 200 pounds or tackle a linebacker in a football game or run 100 metres in under ten seconds makes me unworthy of equal status with a man. I have also yet to hear any way aside from physical strength that makes women the "weaker sex".
Wow. I guess I'm one of those radical feminist bitches. Cool.
I guess I am too. And I do think that theatregrrl must be playing DA. If not, then I'm pitying her.
And she's been booted from MBTV.
