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redqueen

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28. Now this, this is fantastic.
Sat May 31, 2014, 06:37 PM
May 2014
I can even manage to feel sorry for the men who empathize with Elliot, because I’m sure that recognizing that part of yourself is difficult and frightening.


I cannot and will not feel sorry for them. They need to grow the fuck up already. Feminists have been begging men to stop treating us like sex objects for fucking decades. Their precious fee fees rate somewhere below a homophobe's thoughts on human sexuality on my importance meter.


Right now my priority is talking about all of the ways that women are dehumanized in our culture, and the ways that dehumanization affects us every day. I want to talk about how our culture teaches men to dominate women, and tells them that violence is the way to do this.


Sexual objectification in general, prostitution and pornography all blatantly portray women as things to be used. Even most people who know how these issues contribute to these problems mostly tiptoe around it, because society is so fucking in love with objectification and porn. Enough dancing around it.
Thank you for posting shenmue May 2014 #1
Excellent piece. theHandpuppet May 2014 #2
Just like you. sulphurdunn May 2014 #3
my son that will be back soon likes to discuss this subject.... and everything else seabeyond May 2014 #7
Youths confidence. sulphurdunn May 2014 #10
This is excellent! Personally, I am so tired of men who demand that I give them an excuse if I don't DesertDiamond May 2014 #4
virgin/lesbian/slut. seabeyond May 2014 #8
You forgot "bitch" Sweet Freedom May 2014 #15
i kinda see it the seabeyond May 2014 #16
Ewww Sweet Freedom May 2014 #22
omg... two different worlds. lol. and both... men dictating our sexuality. interesting. seabeyond May 2014 #23
I just wonder... theHandpuppet May 2014 #24
i am so glad this woman spoke out. i make this point. every single person ignores it. women? sex? seabeyond May 2014 #5
It's rare, but not THAT rare. davidthegnome May 2014 #6
i dont know if i will read rest. society sex is a taboo subject??? fuggin' for real? we obsessively seabeyond May 2014 #9
Well, if you had read the rest... davidthegnome May 2014 #11
excellent. then david. i will continue on reading. thank you for letting me know. seabeyond May 2014 #12
so why did you say it? your very next sentence proved otherwise. seabeyond May 2014 #13
Maybe I could have used clearer language. davidthegnome May 2014 #14
yes. i get all that. i really do. i have been talking about it for a while now. seabeyond May 2014 #18
For further clarification of my point: davidthegnome May 2014 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author seabeyond May 2014 #21
I think it goes beyond religion ismnotwasm May 2014 #25
That entitlement is rooted in patriarchal religions theHandpuppet May 2014 #34
Yeah ismnotwasm May 2014 #35
It's like a rolodex of boys clubs. theHandpuppet May 2014 #36
You're right. davidthegnome Jun 2014 #37
Thank you for this post theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #38
This in the first real paragraph ismnotwasm May 2014 #17
because all men are animals and will fuck anything they can. seabeyond May 2014 #19
I am schooling my twenty something sons about this randys1 May 2014 #26
K&R. Not that all men are planning retaliation for not getting the sex they want, but Dark n Stormy Knight May 2014 #27
Now this, this is fantastic. redqueen May 2014 #28
"I cannot and will not feel sorry for them. " ha ha. i thought the same when i read it. i like your seabeyond May 2014 #29
Yeah, I'm so done being nice about this shit. redqueen May 2014 #30
Andrea Dworkin again ismnotwasm May 2014 #31
Thank you. She put it perfectly. nt redqueen May 2014 #32
dworkin... and again. agree with you both. nt seabeyond May 2014 #33
That speech is one of the most powerful things I have ever read. MadrasT Jun 2014 #39
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