Wednesday, April 4, 2007

For AR in response to the anti-feminism post.

1.) Deleting comments is not good practice - they're our opinions and I don't understand why you would want to censor us, even if we disagree with you. I'm sorry that you are overwhelmed by the "retardedness of people" like myself, but if you didn't want feedback, you shouldn't have made the post in the first place. You should have known you were going to get some response, especially when you make a comment like "put me back in the kitchen where I belong!"
2.) Here is a list of things that could happen if we reverted to traditional roles as you suggest; Spousal abuse would be legal and approved of; rape of women would be legal, and even in cases where it was deemed illegal, it would never be prosecuted; STDs would run rampant; radiation therapy as we know it today would not exist; most women would die before age 40 due to over reproduction; and single mothers would be forced to marry any man she could find.
3.) Human beings are human beings regardless of gender, age, race, or sexuality. As such, each deserves to be treated with the same degree of respect and freedom that we allow everyone else. To deny any human of said freedom and respect is to deny them of that which makes them human, and in the act of denying that, we lower ourselves to the level of animals.
4.) It sounds like you are suggesting that women are inferior in some way to men. In some cases it is the women who is more able to make creative decisions and has desires other than rearing children, and is able to support her children, take care of them, be a good wife, AND work, make important decisions, and live a life outside of motherhood.
5.) Just because we may have a disposition towards an activity doesn't mean that we were MEANT to do it. Also, for thousands of years before we "discovered" America, Native Americans were here, and most Native American tribes were matriarchal.
6.) In regards to your comment of, "I think a woman should revere a man as a king." - Viewing your husband, or anyone viewing the dominant party in a relationship as a "king" is the leading and most predominant sign of an emotionally abusive relationship. These relationships often escalate into suicide, substance abuse, physical abuse, and neglect, as the dominant party begins to take the submissive party for granted.