Sunday, October 27, 2013
Equality, not Misandry!
So as I was interneting during rehearsal today, I came across this image and so then I searched it too look up some of the comments and what I read made me a little angry. I was angry because I know so many women that have said this and all of the comments were about how it does take someone strong to move the couch and that oral sex is actually difficult and it was less about what was actually being discussed. The point of his comic is about stereotypes and yes that means that the idea of oral sex being a part of the submissive person of the partnership should be part of the discussion. But we were losing the idea of the discrimination of sexes and that sexism occurs for both men and women. Men are constantly abused for their strength and that women are considered for the weaker sex because they act and are treated as such. Now if she, being the character in the comic, had asked for help instead of implying that the man would do all the work then this comic would have changed completely. It's the idea that women constantly use men and avoid work that they have the ability to do, but choose not to. Now I am not saying that all women do this, I don't do this...most of the time. But that's is the issue! That I know if I ever did not want to lift something all I had to do was to imply that it was too heavy for me because I am a woman and a guy would come help me. Not only would he feel the need to do it because of what he believes, but the pressures of society would dictate that he had to help; he would be OBLIGATED to help me. I think something that gets really lost in the idea of feminism is that we want equality for BOTH sexes. The idea that feminism means women just want women in power is wrong, but so common that some people do not even understand what the point of feminism is.
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Is it sad that I actually laughed out loud when you said that people were commenting about the unequal physicality of oral sex versus moving a couch? Let's talk about the inequality of the gender assumptions you people are making based on sex!!! Honestly. What I loved most about the comic though was that a male character pointed out the ridiculousness of the female character's comment. I like the idea of a man standing up for equal societal treatment instead of a woman, it makes the feminist movement more appealing towards a wider range of people (i.e. men...)
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