Doris Lessing Quote on Current Culture

5HourEnergyExtra · 2015-03-21T22:04:42+00:00

This is what really shocks me about feminists calling oppression. When in history was there a single time that an oppressed group had this much power? I bet in the 1920s in was just casual conversation to say you hated blacks and I bet the universities, governments, and corporations didn't have to pander to blacks and do whatever the blacks said. Blacks were actually oppressed.

Can you imagine what it'd be like if blacks in the 1920s tried to read to white children about how evil they are? Those whites wouldn't be holding their heads down in shame. It's truly bizarre to me how feminists think women are actually oppressed.

thrway_1000 · 2015-03-21T21:48:32+00:00

What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness. What they would really like me to say is, 'Ha, sisters, I stand with you side by side in your struggle toward the golden dawn where all those beastly men are no more.' Do they really want people to make oversimplified statements about men and women? In fact, they do. I've come with great regret to this conclusion.

--Doris Lessing, The New York Times, 25 July 1982

namae_nanka · 2015-03-22T02:47:41+00:00

A conspiracy theory on another such woman who broke the narrative.

http://standyourground.com/forums/index.php?topic=13061.msg144131#msg144131

EvolvingRedneck · 2015-03-22T18:02:42+00:00

It's sad because these boys in the classroom, including myself, grew up with the mentality of doing everything they could not to upset mother or any authoritative female. So when a female teacher starts inflicting this mental guilt on boys, it takes root.

So for all you women who keep asking where have all the good men gone; ask your fellow women who shame young boys into submission. These young boys who grow up and make YouTube videos about how they are a proud male feminist and continue to use the same shaming tactics they were taught.

All you women asking where the good men have gone; instead ask what's causing this and how to fix it.

poloppoyop · 2015-03-22T18:05:16+00:00

Men seem to be so cowed that they can't fight back, and it is time they did.

A lot do. Not with violence, just by not playing the game.

tonyespresso · 2015-03-22T17:49:15+00:00

I had not known that Lessing had said this. I found The Guardian article that reported on what she said: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/aug/14/edinburghfestival2001.edinburghbookfestival2001

8088XT8BIT · 2015-03-22T09:38:33+00:00

Femessiahism is a overly powerful Religion for people (mostly women) who wish to worship hateful lies, slanted tactics and double standards.

‘God is going to change. We women… will change the world so much that He won’t fit anymore.’

Naomi Goldenberg, Changing of the Gods: Feminism and the End of Traditional Religions (Quoted at beginning of From Father God to Mother Earth)

5yearsinthefuture · 2015-03-23T04:35:06+00:00

That quote reminded me of this video. I don't know how yall feel about Robert Blyth. But I find this to be relevant to today's issues...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TP3HWLIL1Aw

Ted8367 · 2015-03-22T02:43:42+00:00

Men seem to be so cowed that they can't fight back, and it is time they did.

Still all our fault, then.

Title	Doris Lessing Quote on Current Culture
Author	thrway_1000
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Date	March 21, 2015 9:29 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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