I usually keep my views on politics and feminism far, far away from this blog because I know conversations like the one I'm about to have with you are usually left unresolved. People often find it so excruciatingly difficult to have a civil discussion on these topics because they're so easily offended. Please, jump out of your safe spaces for a moment and listen.
A small article titled 'Women need spaces that are man-free' written by Siobhan Norton was published on the 28th of March, 2018... yes, 2018, not the middle of the 1800's where you'd expect opinions like these to stay. I'd like to thank Tally for sending me a screencap and for being just as flummoxed by the hypocrisy as I was. In the piece, Siobhan talks about how a female-only club called The Wing is under scrutiny and investigation over not allowing men on the premises, let alone into their special little clubhouse. Then, of course, she goes on to say how outrageous this is seeing as clubs such as these used to exist only for men.
As we are all well aware, feminists have supposedly been rallying in favour of equal rights for all genders for years now, but unfortunately, we have overshot the age of gender equality by a mile. Feminists have taken the original meaning of the cause and twisted it into their own slimy, sordid agenda. It's a shame that we reached a state of neutrality, a place where most were content, and then apparently decided that wasn't good enough. No, feminists jumped the equality fence and made a mad dash to the superiority gate, a sprint that is taking its toll on the young men of today.
"If I knew that a male member of staff speculated on how I looked naked, I would cause the sort of fuss that would make Charlotte Proudman look meek. If I heard a female colleague doing the same thing about Andrew in accounts, I'd probably laugh and I might even join in," said Rebecca Reid in an article discussing whether it's okay to imagine the people at your workplace naked or not. (Why this article was even written in the first place is beyond me...) but yes, she said that. That's an actual sentence written by an actual human. When Milo Yiannopoulos read the above quote to a room full of young men and women during a debate against Reid, her response, once the audience eruption had died down, was, "you are completely right, and I believe the fact that I would say and think something like that is really problematic."
When the word 'problematic' is thrown around so often, as it was by Reid in that debate - more of a throwdown seeing as Yiannopoulos completely rekt her - it is absolutely blatant that facts have gone out the window, only to be replaced by opinions and feelings. Neither of which matter in a discussion of right or wrong. Feminists can claim all they want that men don't understand the hardships that women go through. In some cases, they might be correct, but to make that generalisation alongside claiming they're against such stereotypes is out of line. Men and women face the same things, and it's been the same for many, many years. Statistics are different based on gender, but to push that men are never discriminated against is completely incorrect.
Men are accused of mansplaining, of having male privilege simply because they're born male, of oppressing women in scenarios like the wage gap or sexist air conditioning, or even promoting 'rape culture' on college campuses, (all ridiculous and false), as well as stealing jobs that women are just as suited for when in reality these are all things created by the feminist mind in order to push an agenda that is no longer necessary. Believing the lies of the feminist agenda is only perpetuating that state of mind, and THAT is where the true toxicity lies.
Signed,
Elijah.
Meta Sentience.
30/03/2018
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