Netherlands: "Magazine wrong on women-only policy"

I can see two kinds of men applying to a job as an editor at a "feminist magazine": the manhole and the one who wants to get in there and change things.

Wonder which one'll get the job.

BTW, for those interested, the magazine's web site is http://www.opzij.nl/opzij/show. Ran it through Babelfish but alas, the translation isn't too good. Not much of a loss though. :)

I can't imagine too many men wanting to be employed in such a sexist and hostile workplace.

The women who dominate the magazine's staff will obviously resent being court ordered to hire men, and so whoever the unfortunate token guy is, it will be a chilly atmosphere.

Of course, most of higher education in America's colleges and universities is already like this, given the dominance of feminists on campus.

So what. They can hire men who are feminists (honorary women). There are untold millions of those out there.

-ax

As axolotl said, there are plenty of male feminists. Some of them are worse than female feminists. The principle is good a man shouldn't be excluded from an editorial position because of his sex, but it won't change the editorial bent of that rag.

Good points guys, but I do see one good thing to come out of this: the worthless feminist rag has been publicly exposed in its blatant sexism. At least anyone with a heart and a brain will now know exactly what sort of a publication it is and what kind of people run it - out and out hypocrites. It's a start.

Civilisation: man's greatest, and most unappreciated, gift to women

I guess in a sense it's the principle that counts. It must be embarassing for them also. But it still won't have any practical effect, unless the case sets a precedent or there is some other legal or judicial fallout.
-ax

Phoenix
(Formaly Thundercloud)

Yeah, there are more than enough wussie-poopie dick-less wonderboys, for them to hire. In fact I might say this may be a bad thing. Because now they'll have MEN as well as women raggin' on men and that will,as always, lend "credibility" to their "Arguments" about men. Of course this is nothin' new, feminits and many women have used wussie-poopie males to do their dirty work for them, for some time now. I think wussie-poopie males get some kind of boner from it or something, I don't know.

It's not about who is getting hired, there will still be plenty of people who get upset over this, upset that they're "forced" to hire male applicants. Different country but, Norway has the other side of this law with their '40% of board members must be female' policy. I wonder how things like this will be affected by the EU.

Wow Thundercloud! Good to hear your voice again!

What's with the Phoenix name change?

Please tell me you did not have a sex-change operation.

I suppose it is a metaphor for phoenix rising?

Where were you bro'?

Yeah, where have you been?

-ax

Roy.
Good to hear...er,..see,..umh, your voice again, as well, old Friend.

Uh, No..., No sex change operations (Are you nuts?)

And Yeah Phoenix is now not just my web nickname it is also a tribal name, but 'Thundercloud' still works.

Two reasons for the name change. 1.My tribe has had a news paper on res, for around 100 yrs. It's called "the CHEROKEE PHOENIX". It was to state that the Cherokee tribe had risen from the ashes, like the mythical bird Phoenix.
In my case it is because I was dead. ...but I got better.

But all kiddin' aside, some of you may (or may not) remember that my phone line went down two years ago.And I managed to post that fact before I lost all Internet connections. Well it took only three days to have a guy come out to fix it, so I was reconnected pretty quick. However I was on my Motorcycle, coming back from work, and I was hit head on by an idiot driving an SUV. She (yeah, ironically it was a Chick) was going around 60 mph. in a 45 mph. zone. I had no where to go and nearly no time to act, and WHAMMO!
The good news is, I got to see what it's like to fly, and after slamming into the asphalt, I got to see some really cool colors...! The bad news; I was clinically dead for 6 minutes by the time the ambulance guys got to me, and once I was "resuscitated" I was in a coma for 11 months.

I came out of the coma (obviously) and the first thing I thought was; 'Man bein' dead is a drag'. So I decided to quit it. (^_^) (Actually I really DID think something along those lines).

The bad news is; Yeah, I suffer a bit of brain damage. Some of it is permanent, some isn't. (Apparently it did nothing to help my spelling. In fact I'm guessing it's probably worse than ever.)
I have some memory loss. Again some may be permanent, some is not.
I don't remember much of the accident, I don't remember the moment of being clobbered, and I didn't remember where I put my coffee cup, after I came back home. (Still can' find that stupid thing).
I am told I have gone through a 'personality change' as a result of the impact. I'm not sure quite what they mean. The Docs told me that and family members have con cured. It must be true but I don't remember exactly what I was like before the accident.
Unfortunately, I lost all my wonderful long dark hair, because of the brain surgery, so it's fairly short now. I have become a 1950's buff (for some reason) and now wear my hair in a stylized version of the 50's Duck-tail pompadour. (No, nowhere NEAR as extreme as ELVIS'!) I also have a 1950's style leather flight jacket. I'm told I look like; if Tonto and the Fonz had a kid together. Man I get lots of goofy looks. But I think it's funny, I laugh. Honestly I really don't care what people think. (Was I always like that...?) And yeah I still wear Cherokee things like a Tsalagi bolo tie, and stuff. (That I DO remember).

Anyways I digress. For everyone here I need you to know something. Because of the brain trauma, I may not always remember names of some of the long time members of this site. If you're a newbie, then I guess that won't matter because I wouldn't have known you before, anyway, but I look forward to gettin' to know you cats. In a way, I'm new here. too.

So there y'all have it. You now know what happened and why I had a name change. (n-not a SEX change.)
By the way, Roy. I DO remember you. (Sex change, indeed! Get outta town! :p .)

Phoenix
(A.K.A. Thundercloud)

What an incredible story!

T-Cloud :

I'm a big fan of memory loss.

It lets you forget about things like bad marriages and girls you never dated.

From what your writing displays, I don't believe you have suffered much intellectual damage. You seem as bright and insightful as ever.

I was worried about you 'bro.

Glad to see you back at your PC again contributing your unique voice on MANN!

Welcome back, my friend. Good to have you here.

I've been mostly absent from MANN for the last couple years, too, but not for such devastating reasons. Just been taking up the fight on other fronts.

I'm so glad to hear you're surviving -- and thriving.

I'm a little happier now. :) The very best to you, Phoenix.

though it was nowhere near as extreme as you, my dad also got hit by some SUV douchebag going too fast.

it was during winter in a slippery curve. my dad had understeered into a mount of snow but he was going slow enough that no damage occured.

next thing he knew, someone rammed his ass as he got out of the car. he got lucky, too. his car got hit on the left side and if it was a foot farther (to the left that is), HE was getting hit instead.

ROY; "You seem as bright and insightful as ever.".

Yeah? NOW who's suffering from memory loss? (^_^)

Ragtime, I still remember you.
I also remember RAY. Is he still around?

As far as "no brain damage" ya might think other wise if you saw me. I have trouble with word retrieval, I often can't tell you what the date is 'today', and I'm havin' a REAL hard time with names, even of people I've known for years. It took a while for me to be able to even remember who the president is. (That's good or bad, depending on how you look at it, I guess.) I'll ask some one a question, then a few minutes later I'll ask the same question again. I've done that several times a day, but it's getting better.
I suffer racing thoughts, at times (but I'm told that will likely go away eventually.)
I have to re-read and and preview my comments, here at MANN, several times, before I can post them. A lot of the time I have to re-read, because I actually FORGET what I'm blabbin' about.
So yeah, believe me, it's there. But I'm also going through rehab, now. One for the brain trauma and one for the physical impairments I got as a result of the crash. (witch really blows, because I was ALREADY somewhat physically disabled from an assault that took place 15 years ago. (Funny, I don't even remember that assault, my family had to remind me. I know it happened but I just can't remember it.) In a way it is a little like being "reborn". I gotta relearn a bunch of stuff and I kinda have to learn to walk again, plus some of the things that are Psychosomatic. ("Psychosomatic."; When the Docs first said that word I wondered what it was. A food processor at the BATES MOTEL...?)

By the way My family sued MISSES MAGOO, on my behalf. All my medical bills were payed, plus a little money in me and my family's' pocket, if you get my drift. *Enormous grin*
She also got about 5 months in jail, I think it was, and two years probation.
But, to be fair..., I was NOT wearing a helmet, that evening. When I start riding again, (hopefully in about a year, I WILL wear one, for SURE!)

Well, I've rambled on about this long enough. I just want to say thanks to everyone for the 'well wishes' and the great 'welcome back' from you all.

Now, time to get back to why I come here in the first place. To rap with you all and come up with new ways to expose , laugh at and annoy the s**t out of feminists, wussie-poopie lap-dogs, rooster-women and sycophantic males.

LET'S GIVE 'EM HELL!

Thundercloud
(A.K.A. Phoenix)

Ladies, remember; you can't preach EQUALITY while claiming SUPERIORITY. Dig?