Not a MR issue but a bit of humor from The Onion. It's good to have a laugh every once in a while: Women Now Empowered By Everything A Woman Does

ghebert001 · 2011-06-12T10:51:22+00:00

I thought the onion was supposed to be fake news?

2011-06-12T11:24:53+00:00

But that's the way it should be. Women shouldn't be "empowered" because they happen to conform to the feminist ideal. They should be empowered because they are individuals who make choices in order to increase their happiness.

I feel empowered when I eat pizza. Empowered in the sense that I want to eat pizza, and so I do, and thus I feel better afterward. I don't feel empowered because someone else defined a standard for my own empowerment, much less when that someone is a socio-political ideologue from a defunct and reactionary school of thought. I feel empowered specifically because I ignore others' standards in favor of my own volition.

2011-06-12T13:22:46+00:00

This article, and the sentiment behind it is only tolerable when read thru a lens of sarcasm while simultaneously eye rolling yourself into a near seizure. FFS, do we really need to feel "empowered" by every-damn-thing? WTF does "empowered" really mean? Does it mean that I am an individual of worth and intellectual merit? Does it mean I am entitled to being a sexual being and having those and other needs met in a relationship? Does it mean I have a right to express my sexuality? My intellect? my strength (both physical and mental)? If I proclaim myself as being "empowered" do I get an award? Some certificate that confers to me the right to label myself as a "strong, independent woman"? Do I get a cape? Some killer boots? What? What do I get? Nothing? Just the general overall sense that I am a normal person? That I can do all of these things and more and not have to blather incessantly using stupid buzz words like "empowered" and "feminist"? That I am not so insecure in my femininity, so ashamed of being a woman, that I have to harangue people constantly reminding them that I am just as capable as the next person, be they male or female?

Oh, I see.....

commence the apocalyptic eye rolling

Title	Not a MR issue but a bit of humor from The Onion. It's good to have a laugh every once in a while: Women Now Empowered By Everything A Woman Does
Author	ycombinator
Upvotes	39
Comments	4
Date	June 12, 2011 6:01 AM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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