Props to Maria Bustillos of the LA Times

2012-09-12T11:50:05+00:00

This author deserves some props for giving a fair-minded review to Hanna Rosin's book 'The End of Men.' Her review was enjoyable to read, as she uses an even-handed perspective to call-out the author for her rampant and undeniable misandry. Really, she fully grasps the idea that when one sex emerges on top, both sexes ultimately come-out losing in the end:

Equality is the pole star of my own politics, and that made it really tough going for me to read The End of Men objectively, or maybe even fairly, because it’s evident that Rosin believes women to be literally — and inherently — superior to men. This view is not only one I don’t share, it is anathema to me. It is the exact reason why I have never been able to call myself a feminist; it transgresses against my deepest conviction, namely, a belief in universal human equality. I believe that each of us — all human beings who share the same seemingly limitless abilities, and the same unfathomable doom — should be able to develop his or her potential and live freely and on equal terms in a condition of mutual respect and support. That is not quite the Rosin view.

This author deserves some real plaudits for calling-out Rosin on her nakedly ghoulish stance.

I think it's a good idea to step-back a for second and ask why it is permissible for misandrists like Rosin to openly toast glasses of champagne to men's failure. In this situation at least, it seems that schadenfreude can be flaunted and be a virtue. This fact should raise some unpleasant questions about where we are headed as a society.

But in another sense, Rosin's book was actually rather refreshing. At least this misandrist was honest enough come-out and say what she meant openly, rather than relying upon nice-sounding feminist widow-dressing in order to obscure it in the typical passive-aggressive style. Rosin is honest enough to throw her head back and laugh with complete candor: "Suckers! It was NEVER about equality for women! We ALWAYS knew we were superior! MWAH-HAHA-HAHAHA, YOU MALE FOOLS!"

Well, such straightforwardness deserves some recognition, I suppose. At least she isn't lying to us.

Rosin's claim that her book is actually about rallying people to compassionate assist men is highly disingenuous. If that were the case, you'd think she wouldn't take such glee in describing male failure. During her TED talk, she rather seems to relish her self-admitted meanness. In the video she presented, she and her daughter openly informed her son that boys are inferior, while her compliant husband happily held the boy to the floor for a good psychic wallop. And the audience was supposed to cheer at this.

What I also find notable is that every feminist criticism of Rosin's work that I have seen does not object to Rosin's open and undisguised misandry. On the contrary, feminists object to her gauche suggestion that women are defeating men and that patriarchy is on its last legs. Feminists object because she undermines the key to feminism's political advocacy: the notion that women are forever behind and in need of compensation.

At any rate, Maria Bustillos is fighting the good fight and she deserves some recognition. Women like her will help to turn the tide.

2012-09-13T02:52:12+00:00

This was an excellent review and Bustillos sounds like a class act.

Now, to an unrelated matter. That bit at the end, with Rosin's son Jacob; was I the only one that felt physically ill after reading that? I know this isn't the first time Rosin's been a total shit to her male offspring and husband (although I care less about the husband, frankly) but that was just... disgusting.

Title	Props to Maria Bustillos of the LA Times
Author	ay_ch
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Date	September 12, 2012 11:28 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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