Does feminism need men?

Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2014-07-28 18:13

Article here. Excerpt:

'Today’s feminist rhetoric seems to have shifted from a focus on self-empowerment to a few-good-men mentality. Men are not only not the enemy; they’re our last, best hope. According to Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In,” “the single most important career decision that a woman makes is whether she will have a life partner and who that partner is.” Last year Xerox CEO Ursula Burns advised ambitious women to “Marry someone 20 years older.” And according to at least one feminist nonprofit, “Men ... have a critical role to play in creating inclusive workplaces … Without the avid support of men, who are arguably the most powerful group of stakeholders in most large corporations, significant progress toward ending gender disparities is unlikely.”

Women who aspire to positions of power are today advised to marry well, not advocate for themselves too forcefully and garner the support of powerful men. This isn’t bad advice: Having a partner does make it easier to devote yourself to work; you are likelier to advance as a woman or minority if you’re not seen as a pushy whiner, and currying favor with men in power probably helps more than it hurts (unless you’re perceived as sleeping your way to the top). 



But relying on a man for money and power, whether he’s your husband or a senior executive at your company, is not a bold feminist act. It may or may not leave individual women stronger, but it leaves women as a group weaker.'

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First, she tells women to do what men did in 1950-1960: Lean in (a.k.a.: sell your soul to the company.) John Cheever wrote so eloquently about men going home from work on the Long Island Railway, after a day in Manhattan, slaving for a company. They get off one stop after their destination, walk into an empty field and put a bullet in their heads. Now Sandburg wants women to do that.

Second, she says at a conference: “When you give money to men, they spend it on whiskey and themselves…when you give to women, they spend it on their children.” And she gets bashed.

Third, she is horrified at the injustice of the word "bossy," while men account for about 85% of homeless adults, 90% of prisoners, 65% of dropouts, 80% of suicide deaths, and 92% of occupational deaths.

And on each occasion, she gets pilloried and ridiculed.

Now, she finally says... “the single most important career decision that a woman makes is whether she will have a life partner and who that partner is.”

Well, it would have been better to say "men need help too." Instead, the sexist witch bases the existence of men on helping women. Still, I suppose the twit is learning. Maybe some day, she might be capable enough and dare to risk enough to start and own her own company, rather than feed off the company of a smart, hardworking man like Mark Zuckerberg.

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Submitted by ThomasI on Fri, 2014-08-01 07:45