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Too pretty to do homework!

thingsarebad

September 7, 2011

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Title	Too pretty to do homework!
Author	thingsarebad
Upvotes	0
Comments	6
Date	September 7, 2011 5:33 PM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/k7sib/too_pretty_to_do_homework/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/too-pretty-to-do-homework.1034947 https://theredarchive.com/post/1034947

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[–]yeahthatsathing 1 point2 points3 points 14 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link

[–]Alanna 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link

[–]yeahthatsathing 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

[–]Alanna 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

[–]yeahthatsathing 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago* (1 child) | Copy Link

[–]Alanna 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

I am familiar with the bias of The Spearhead, but that doesn't mean they don't have a point. There is a lot of fake feel-good bullshit in the feminist movement-- it's not just feminist, but they've definitely incorporated into their ideology-- that each woman is beautiful, unique, and special just for being a woman (see: "The Vagina Monologues"), along with an undertext that women are owed something for years of oppression. Again, it's not just feminists, this is minority politics 101, but feminists have definitely bought into it too. A feminist would never frame it the way the t-shirt did, but some feminists do feel that "being pretty" is just as valid (or MORE valid) a life skill as anything else, as well as endorsing women drawing "child support" when not actually in custody of the child (see this comment in particular).

I will say I do think most feminists have good intentions towards girls in this respect-- they think that fostering confidence and self-esteem will in turn help these girls to achieve their goals. The problem is that self-esteem that's just handed to you is meaningless. The only reason confidence has value is because it is believed, and it is believed because it is earned. In fact, I would go so far as to say the whole "everyone is special!" thing is bad for self-esteem because it often backfires badly; many kids probably feel worse about themselves because they get so many platitudes about how great they are for no reason at all.

"Historical intent" is pretty meaningless if your actions are consistently other. The "historical intent" of the John Birch Society is "dedicated to restoring and preserving freedom under the United States Constitution." In actuality, they are a pretty radical anti-communist organization with a McCarthyist agenda.

Having said all that, as I said before, I do disagree with this particular assertion that any feminist would advocate for girls advertising that they are too pretty to do homework and should make their brothers do it for them. But the Spearhead's point isn't as far out there as you're making it sound, either.