Christopher Hitchens, being courteous, has his opinion go over the head of a talk show host on the topic of working mothers: "they're welcome [to work], I'm thrilled if they want to; if they don't want to, they don't have to."

A_Privateer · 2012-02-04T05:50:40+00:00

This video has been posted in here before, and it baffles me that people, especially MRA's take Hitchen's side in this. He is advocating tired old gender roles, and puts women on a pedestal while demeaning the abilities of men to deal with their families. If women don't want to work, they shouldn't have to? Are you fucking kidding me? You guys are supporting this?

I love Hitchens, but don't demean him by eating up everything he says as gospel.

A_Privateer · 2012-02-03T21:48:58+00:00

Since when is anyone forced to work? How can what he said be construed into something controversial? Is she implying she wants women to be forced to work? I don't even know where to start.

ThePigman · 2012-02-04T00:44:50+00:00

Hitchens was being sexist - towards men. Men are less capable of looking after kids? Fuck him. Women shouldn't have to work unless they want to? Fuck him. I also recall another situation where he claimed part of the reason women are less funny is that they are gentle creatures who don't like to mock others! Again, fuck him.

A_Privateer · 2012-02-03T19:59:59+00:00

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2012-02-03T21:06:47+00:00

This is why I don't take feminist women seriously. They will throw around the word "sexist" at anything... they are the ultimate race baiter's, but they deal with gender, instead of sex.

And, I'm afraid (this is a little off-topic) the term "rape" is becoming as used and ambiguous as the term "sexist". The term "rape" is a serious, extreme word. And should only be used for serious, and extreme cases, like actual rape. Not "emotional" rape... or describing a young man having sex with a women, while they're both drunk as "rape".

Dokterclaw · 2012-02-03T19:16:14+00:00

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