| ginmar ( @ 2008-04-24 08:33:00 |
| Entry tags: | assholes |
Ah, Girls Gone Wild for geeks
Why does anybody take what
theferrett says about women seriously? This is the guy who once said if a woman said no to a man fifteen times and then said yes she should be taken into an alleyway and beaten for 'enabling bad male behavior.' (Link below in comments.) That puts women into a passive role and takes away mens' responsibility to not be assholes, to not act like kids who think it's cute to ask "why" fifteen times. He's obviously got no problem putting women into passive positions while men get to be happy-go-lucky horndogs, sniffing around for pussy, with only willful women to successfully push them off.
Now there's this so-called open source boob project of his, which he admits dates back to his high school issues. Red means no, green means go. Once again, it's women who have to wear signs so men can sort them out. How about signs for guys that indicate whether or not they're the sort of entitled geeks who think they're entitled to ask women if they can grope them, which TF says 'wasn't sexual' or some such shit. If it wasn't sexual, then ask to feel somebody's shoulder, you moron. Or allow gay guys to grope your ass. It's Girls Gone Wild for geek guys, and I suspect there's peer pressure going on with this, too. Reminds me of all those geeks get revenge movies---where the geeks are never girls--and where you can't smell the unwashed bodies of guys who think they're entitled to supermodels. Just because you're not a supermodel yourself doesn't mean you can't demand one, if you're a guy in this culture. It's one way in which poisonous geek guys can attain male privilege that they otherwise don't possess.
So TF and his buddies proposed a button system for women, wherein women who were willing wore green buttons, women who weren't wore red. That's poisonous. What we need are signs for guys who think up shit like this, with the rarest and most sought after button being a guy who hasn't been thinking about all the tits he's been denied since high school. I've got news for you, guys: women are familiar with wearing signs. Every time we walk by a fucking construction site we're treated to the responses of guys who think they can read what we're saying, but it's always just a reflection of what they want.
By the end of the evening, women were coming up to us. "My breasts," they asked shyly, having heard about the project. "Are they... are they good enough to be touched?" And lo, we showed them how beautiful their bodies were without turning it into something tawdry.
Yeah, no catches or tricks there! All women are beautiful....except the ones that TF didn't find attractive. Yeah, so it appears he's not as sex poz as he'd have you believe. I seem to recall that he thinks he should be able to approve or deny a woman's right to make her own decisions regarding pregnancies, too. How's that for freedom and beauty?
There was no openness to bridging the barriers between gay and straight guys, it seems. And 'unattractive' women made TF uncomfortable. So, no inner beauty and all that. Guess Truth and Beauty apply only to the supermodels, not the female geeks, not that getting felt up is a liberating experience, thanks.
Because a beautiful girl in an incredibly skimpy blue Princess outfit strode down the hallway, obviously putting her assets on display
You didn't just ask anyone, but rather the ones who'd dressed to impress
Oh, HELL no. Sorry, asshole, we've heard this one before. It's called: she asked for it. She wanted it. Why were you wearing that short skirt if you didn't want attention? Why did you dress like that? Why didn't you wear something more modest?
Here's a clue: women dress the way they do because they like it. We dress for ourselves, shockingly enough. Yes, that's right: we don't spend every little moment thinking about you. Sometimes we think about ourselves. Sometimes we like ourselves.
Then we run into assholes like you, and it all changes.
Now it's your turn. Start wearing buttons. Better yet, start wearing signs. Let's put the onus exactly where it belongs: on the guys who can't let go of their privilege, no matter what they call it.