
Asking Suzanne Venker: Has feminism really liberated women?
Article here. Excerpt:
'Before feminism, men were viewed as respected providers and protectors of their families. Their masculinity was needed and revered. So was femininity. All of that changed with the sexual revolution, which taught women that they can (and should) have sex like a man: without getting attached. It also taught women that they should never depend on a man. So: men heard that message and subsequently lowered the bar on their own success.
Rather than accept their role in what has happened with men, feminists keep doing their damage. Consider these statements made by several high-profile feminists:
Author and journalist Natalie Angier begins an article in The New York Times by writing, “Women may not find this surprising, but one of the most persistent and frustrating problems in evolutionary biology is the male. Specifically… why doesn’t he just go away?”
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In an article in The Atlantic entitled “Are Fathers Necessary?” author Pamela Paul wrote, “The bad news for Dad is that despite common perception, there’s nothing objectively essential about his contribution.”
That is feminism’s legacy.'
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"... without getting attached..."
"...women that they can (and should) have sex like a man: without getting attached..."
And there it is again. Men just love to run around and screw women left and right and never actually have feelings around it. We're all just a bunch of dogs.
Well, if you actually pay attention to how dogs behave, you'll notice they get very attached to their people and doggie playmates. So maybe dogs are better, right?
It's not that I don't appreciate what Ms Venker is trying to say in her article in a more general sense. It's that defending traditional male roles is not necessarily a good thing-- nor is generalizing about us as unemotional sex fiends. Just more of the same old, same old.