Ms. Blog: Men’s Manifesto 2012 - Feminists want men to be servants and meat shields for women.

truthjusticeca · 2012-09-21T00:09:36+00:00

Servant and meat shield, where do I sign up.

Perhaps his presence there is actually funnier than that of another council member that touts himself as a professional comedian. Any sense of ironic metaphor notwithstanding, Ben Atherton-Zeman, hyphenated surname and all, is the designated spokesman, excuse me, spokesperson, for NOMAS. He lists among his primary qualifications that he is an actor and a comedian; that he does impersonations and that he is a feminist.

Impressive credentials, but given the circumstances in the organization, it’s probably good that they don’t require a license.

Among many notable statements attributed to Atherton-Zeman is that he identifies himself as a “recovering sexist” and believes that every man should challenge sexism and violence, in the world, and in themselves.

2012-09-21T01:29:42+00:00

Because this comment probably won't be posted:

So, you want to replace one set of forced social norms and requirements for your own. Just more sexism here. How is this any different than the White Feather campaign. Man-up and do as we tell you or you're not a real man. I notice women have no such formalized etiquette, rules, or responsibilities. Why, because that would be sexist right? Thanks, but no thanks. I'll accept people as they are, but I will not hold women above men as this article so condescendingly requests. I'll hold women accountable for the violence they perpetrate, just as I do men and not ignore it like so many others. I will not admit to some imaginary privilege that only 1% of men have or have ever had. I will not accept women telling me how easy it is to be a man when they've never been one, just as I respect that only a woman knows what it means to be a woman. And I will not shame men for being men, as this and so many campaigns try to do by taking a few outliers and applying it to all men, just as I would never do that to women. This is not about equality but trying to shaming those who happen to be born male for being male. This is the new sexism and it's time we speak out about it.

edit: for grammar and spelling.

rottingchrist · 2012-09-21T05:47:23+00:00

Ms. Magazine is a mainstream feminist magazine.

This is what feminists think like.

BrutusBeefcake · 2012-09-21T17:16:06+00:00

It's is like the 'Dear Woman' video. Yuch.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_uRIMUBnvw)

Title	Ms. Blog: Men’s Manifesto 2012 - Feminists want men to be servants and meat shields for women.
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