Metamorphosis

I hope you'll forgive my indulgence in optimistic speculation here.

I wonder if all of these events are the beginnings of a transformation of our society.
Feminism may have been a necessary stage. The unbridled fury of gynocentrism made manifest in a social movement that put forth the very worst of human sexism seems to have been the faciliator of the growth of the men's rights movement, the men going their own way philosophy, and the unnamed reactions of men and women who see the injustice and bigotry that has infused our society.
People react. They accuse. They point fingers and stamp their feet. Some write books about men going on strike, and protest the unfeeling and unfair treatment of men. The traditonalists moan and weep over their imaginary "better days", and the feminists reach for ever more ludicrous examples of oppression that make the public wonder what the hell they're talking about.

Meanwhile, a few intellectually brave people are getting a glimpse of these portents for what they are. A metamorphosis of our societey from one that is a slave to our biological and social heritage, to one that is fully aware of the nature of men and women. A society that truly treats all human beings as human beings. Unfettered by our preconceptions and expectations. One that recognizes our foibles and predilections and rises above them. A world where men and women are united, perhaps for the very first time, in the wonder of seeing each other for what they are, and not what we hope or fear they may be.

Getting paid to masturbate.

There's a lot of great comment about Laci Green's latest video "SEX OBJECT BS", but I think Razor Blade Kandy knocked it out of the park.

Original video:



RBK's response video:



RBK makes long videos, and he uses a text to speech synth, but it's worth watching all the way through. He tears her video apart, and makes some good jokes along the way.

The thing I wanted to blog about, is that RBK at one point makes the observation that Laci's success is nothing more than the softcore version of masturbating on cam for money. Now, as an *ahem* watcher of porn from time to time, I have come across videos of women doing just that. They set up some kind of account and men will PAY THEM MONEY to go at it with a dildo or whatnot. I'm not the one paying, I watch these vids after they're put up on the net for free afterwards.
But doesn't that tell you something? Men will pay women to just watch them play with their genitals. It's a bit like paid phone sex lines too. For a society that's supposed to be so misogynistic, there certainly seem to be an awful lot of guys willing to throw money at women just for the most threadbare fantasies that they're in some kind of sexual intimacy with them. If they just wanted to watch women masturbate and jack off to it, I can tell you there's lots of free stuff available for that. No, they're wanting something much more. To connect with a woman intimately. And they're desperate enough to pay money to pretend that that's what they're doing.

Anyway, here's some more commentary on Laci Green's vile, hypocritical video. Just think kids, she's actually speaking on sex issues at schools. No wonder society is so fucked up.

John the Other:


Chazwold Almighty:


Honey Badger Radio:


Victor Zen:

Obama the misogynist?

In his latest State of the Union Addresss, Obama made the old, debunked argument that wages in America aren't fair because mean old men pay poor little women less than men.

 “Last night, President Obama told Congress, ‘Women deserve equal pay for equal work,’ and then he headed back to the White House where women don’t receive equal pay.”

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/01/29/216301/how-does-obama-stack-up-on-womens.html

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/01/29/216301/how-does-obama-stack-up-on-womens.html#storylink=cpy

When this discrepancy is pointed out, someone inevitably starts backpedalling, saying that this is example of misogyny too.

Hold on to your fucking horses there, boyo. You can't claim that women are paid less than men, and then claim that women aren't paid less than men. Get your fucking argument straight, then we can have a conversation. Start your argument from the basis of women's choices, not some mythical sexist boogeyman that Snidley Whiplash employers out there are short changing women.
Get your fucking argument straight.

But let's address that comic's "point" as well.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/06/doing-chores-makes-many-men-happiest/

We're fine with taking on that half of the domestic duties. Hell, it's easier than ever with modern conveniences. Imaginary sexism is easy to find. Go looking for some real sexism, like how women don't find domestic husbands as attractive.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-467390/Househusband-backlash-high-flying-wives-ditch-men-em-em-wanted-stay-home.html

Nature or Nurture.

David Reimer was a boy whose penis was destroyed in a botched circumcision (a topic for another blog post), the doctor did gender reassignment surgery and Reimer was raised as a girl.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer

Prof. John Money oversaw the case, and had the theory that gender is a social construct, not a biological one.
The end result was tragic, as David grew up, rejected the gender reassignment, and commited suicide after depression. One of Money's comments is telling.

" He claimed his detractors believed "masculinity and femininity are built into the genes so women should get back to the mattress and the kitchen."

It seems that denying nature versus nurture has become an all or nothing proposition. Either you believe that gender is a social construct, and human beings are totally blank slates, waiting to be programmed, or you're a right wing misogynist.
Which of course, is a straw man attack. Just because masculinity or femininity are in the genes, doesn't mean that women have to be baby slaves. It means that biology should be considered just as much as social influences.

The excellent Norwegian documentary Hjernegask (Brainwash) looked into the roles of nature, nurture, and the current feminist dominated thought about the subject in norwegian countries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgDGqi1MbOc

During this part of the documentary, Prof. Kristian Tambs, when studying the educational levels of twins, found that 60% of their results were genetic, 10% influenced by family, and 30% influenced by peers.

It's interesting that Prof. Tambs was reluctant to be interviewed, as his conclusions were unpopular. That is a subject for yet another blog post.

So how much is nature and how much is nurture? One thing is for sure, nature is not 0%, and we're never going to find out as long as people cling to their ideologies instead of honestly investigating the matter.