
The Problem With Male Feminists
Article here. Excerpt:
'I was once at a party, in college, where upon hearing someone identify themselves as a male feminist, a woman replied “There are no Quislings in the gender wars!”
The moral of this story is that people have a lot of feelings when they are in liberal arts school. And that Quisling is a great term, and one which should really be used more often. But also, that is, perhaps, not quite entirely fair. At least, it’s not fair if you think that men and women are really just people trying to work together, and not actively trying to destroy one another. I like to think of the relationship between men and women as not quite comparable to the one between Mothra and Godzilla.
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When male feminists start lecturing me about how the world is not set up in women’s favor, they often do so with a sad puppy dog look on their faces. And it always makes me think two things. The first is “Stop talking about this with sad puppy dog eyes. The fact that women, say, are looked down on in many professions is a fact, but it is not terribly problematic for you. You have a penis. Your puppy dog face is trying to trick me into thinking that these are also your problems, but they are not. I am not tricked because I recognize that you have a penis. Our hearts do not beat as one on this.”'
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There's another problem with them
Many are deeply, deeply misinformed and confused. Some though are just idiots. A handful say they're feminists in an effort to get some "sex scraps". Pathetic. But they all have this in common: they're in a very bad place.
"The" problem?
I'd say male feminists have lots of problems. -