Radical feminists, for all their bloviating and over-intellectualizing about it, really, really just don’t like men. Period. Their philosophy boils down to “Men bad. Women good.” I reject that notion categorically.

stemgang · 2010-08-27T05:18:57+00:00

Here's some more of that quote.

I’m a feminist and some of my ideas are radical, but I’m not a “radical feminist,” which occupies its own sub-division of feminist thought. Radical feminists, for all their bloviating and over-intellectualizing about it, really, really just don’t like men. Period. Their philosophy boils down to “Men bad. Women good.” I reject that notion categorically. Unfortunately, the “men bad, women good” meme has taken hold in the public consciousness and people now think that feminists don’t like sex or men, which is bunk.

I’m more a classical liberal feminist: equal pay for equal work, on-site day care, single-payer health coverage, equal opportunity through skills and aptitude instead of gender, generous maternity and paternity leave, and the like. I believe that men and women are both victimized by the patriarchal culture, just in different ways, by different means, for different reasons, and with different results.

I’m well hated in radical feminist circles for the supposed harm I do to women and by the fact that I have sex on camera, both for and with men. I no longer try to talk to them, as I realize radical feminists are just another form of hate group. They really believe that women can’t consent to any sexual encounter and I categorically reject that.

Mavlis · 2010-08-27T07:14:41+00:00

I hope some of the radical feminists realize what this means.

Men have more real intellectual respect right now for porn stars than we do for radical feminists.

TangLikeAnAstronaut · 2010-08-27T07:28:29+00:00

Anti-men nutjobs represent feminism like Glenn Beck represents conservatives.

Most feminists want the same things that those of us in /r/MensRights want: Equality, equal treatment, and fairness under the law and in society. It's just that women want equality where it benefits women, and men want equality where it benefits men.

gazugaXP · 2010-08-27T16:23:11+00:00

my theory is when feminism got to the point of being anti-feminine, it polarized the younger generation of girls who now find being promiscuous empowering.

koonat · 2010-08-27T05:29:43+00:00

She is a smart porn star.

reddeb · 2010-08-27T07:19:54+00:00

Oh, oh, wait! This is one of those 'water is wet' moments!

farfigkreuger · 2010-08-27T14:16:18+00:00

TIL: bloviate

Hamms · 2010-08-28T00:53:34+00:00

Oh my god, it's an evil, blonde Dr. Crusher.

totalbummer · 2010-08-27T15:51:55+00:00

I'm a man and I think this statement is absolutely ridiculous. Sure, some feminists probably think that "men bad," but you really can't group all "radical" feminists as man-haters without at least defining what your requisites for judging a feminist as "radical" are in the first place.

Men can be oppressed by a patriarchal society as well as women can, and in as many ways. Just because a society follows a system of patrilineal inheritance it doesn't mean that the men in this time period created it. We're entrenched just as deeply in the (mis-representative) two-gender system that enforces social roles for males and females. Just because you think your role may be "superior" (and hey, maybe you don't) or may be a role you don't mind fulfilling -- it is still a mold that you fit into when you reinforce it.

The problem in my eyes is that people need to delineate between everything. binary opposition, we define by lack. Man is "not woman" and woman is "not man," etc. So this primitive, reactionary system of definition and identity is at the root of the problem, if you ask me. Posts like this just serve to further separate us from one another as human beings, in my opinion.

asleepatwheel · 2010-08-27T11:25:17+00:00

You can say the same thing about everyone in this subreddit. You just really, really, dont like women.

datawherehouse · 2010-08-27T13:38:31+00:00

I try to avoid this subreddit because even though about half the threads are very compelling and thought-provoking, the other half are just woman-bashing. Mr. Pot, I'd like you to meet Ms. Kettle. How about instead of trying to be like the feminists you hate so much, you try to be better than them.

sentienceISi · 2010-08-27T05:49:22+00:00

Wow her article coupled with her video that I am currently fapping to right now really turns me on. Smart and beautiful fuck yeah.

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