It's been a long time with much better things to do than writing here now I no longer have to off-load the traumatic experience of the Pub, but the world at large continues to provide examples of irritating stupidity and damaging and deranged thought processes.
I have had conversations with a couple of female friends recently who declared that there was no need for feminism any more; after all, women are now completely equal to men, aren't they?
I answered with as much evidence as I could muster from the top of my head on pay differentials, domestic violence, lack of female government representation, and disproportionate childcare and housework labour divisions, but as I was putting these otherwise intelligent Birds straight, I found myself realising that it had been some time since I had actively flown the feminist flag outside conversation, so I decided to do a little sat-on-my-arse internet research in place of getting out there and actually doing something.
I typed feminist into Google, and got a shock. After the worthy but now several years out of date 'F-Word' site, and the Guardian, the next entries were all for blogs. Digging into the blog world I found lots of blogs using the word feminist. Blogs that contained the most vitriolic, misinformed bollocks I have ever had the misfortune to lay eyes on. This Bird was truly terrified. Take a look for yourselves ...........................
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Feminism/feminism_is_evil.htm
http://theantifeminist.com/
http://forevermale.blogspot.com/
Women, though I claim you all as sisters, wise or naive, please do not be so ridiculously complacent. The fight is still on. Challenge these sickening falsehoods wherever you find them.... comment on the blogs, argue back on the street, and fight in the bars with wisdom and wit as the weapons of choice.
Monday 3 January 2011
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