Feminism is an amazing premise that has been
hijacked by regressive thinkers only interested in control and censorship to
protect their own ego's and forcing their point of views on others. This
is no different than Nazism or Marxism. When
you begin to go down this path it is easy to lose control and travel down a
road that will eventually lead to misery and suppression of altering points of
view. When you allow people who would
willingly sensor free speech to attain any sort of power over others this can
only result in tyranny.
Now were are being confronted with a form of censorship
that laughingly calls itself feminism.
We have been inundated with troves of PC culture rules of conduct that
has even the most notable comics and politicians running for cover afraid to
express a joke or a view point that may trigger an avalanche of criticism and harassment
from those that pride themselves on equality and free speech. I am all for
honest critique. Argument of differing opinions and life styles is the
cornerstone of a free society but when people start pushing for censorship because
they have been quote “Triggered” then they are suppressing the freedom of
others. In a free society being offended
is a positive thing because it opens up discussion and exposes us to new points
of view, it is when we begin to censor ourselves and others that we begin to descend
into tyranny. Ignoring trauma does not solve trauma. A broken leg will always be a broken leg if
it is not mended by the same example hiding from something disturbing doesn’t mend
the problem.
I am a firm believer that all are equal but I do
not fool myself into believing that a weak man is capable of defeating a strong
man in a competition of strength.
Biology plays a big role in many aspects of life. One thing that troubles me about Feminism is
the absolute assertion that any woman should be able to do anything a man can
do and while I do believe that if a woman is able to pass the same tests a man
passes they should be absolutely able to get the same job opportunities as a
man does. I do not believe there is a
mental difference when it come to the ability to perform a job but I do not
feel the criteria to attain the job should change to make it more female
friendly. Case in point. Pennsylvania State Police departments have
been fighting pressure to ease their physical aptitude requirement so more
women will be able to join the force. My
question on that would be. What about
all the women who have passed the tests and become state police officers? Feminism shouldn’t be about making things
easier on women when it comes to getting a job, they have the same right to
apply for the job but special conditions should not be made for them just
because they want it to be easier for them, that is not equality that is a form
of tyranny that tries to force your beliefs on others. Physical capability mandates have been set up
in a whole range of jobs for specific reasons, they were set up because the job
requires a certain amount of strength to accomplish and if you are not physically
able to do the job whether you be a man or a woman then you should not be able
to get the job, special conditions should not be made just for you and your ego. It is a slap to the face of all the women who
have passed these requirements.
I was using the previous example as a way to
explain where we have gone in terms of the feminist and pc cultural
movements. It is no longer about
equality it has now become about eroding away everything that makes us unique
and different and trying to make us all the same. It is about telling the weakest of us there
is no need to better yourself, we will protect you with safe spaces, puppies
and bubbles so you do not have to face the harsh reality of the world around
you, there is no need to better yourself or work to overcome you deficiencies
or understand your trauma, here you can hide.
This is not how the human mind works.
Hiding from reality and your problems will only exacerbate them. It is a delusion. A delusion that feminists and the PC culture
are complicit in.
I say this in humor but also in fact. “If it does
not offend my wife then it is not sexist.”
For this statement to be understood I will give a bit of background on
my wife. She was raised in a poor family
in a redneck community where there was a great amount of sexism and racism but
that never seemed to affect her outlook on life. She found no difference in race other than
appearance and no difference in the sexes other than biology and anatomy. She is a firm believer that everyone should
be treated equal and there is no excuse for anyone to be treated otherwise. No
one is better than anyone else. But she
cannot understand the feminist movement.
She is a lover of what she calls true feminism, equal pay for equal
work, the right to vote and the equal treatment of the sexes. But she also feels that feminism has been high
jacked. A while back I showed her the
whole Gamergate argument and her only response was laughter. When I asked her
why she thought it was so funny she said.
“Of course the women in games are beautiful, in a game we always want to
be the best aspect of ourselves. I wouldn’t
want to be a 300 lb. avatar (she only weighs 120 but I found this to be
amusing) She has nothing against fat people in fact she married me and I am 300
lbs. and she has never even mentioned my weight and have always made me feel
attractive. And yes I did say “fat”,
not weight challenged or plus size or curvy.
I will not live in a delusion or accept the delusions of others. I am fat, obese and hefty. It is my fault and mine alone. It is not the society I live in but the
choices I make and others should have no obligation to feed into a delusion
that would falsely make me feel better about my condition and they have every
right to say I am unhealthy. I have
already touched on obesity and fat shaming in a post on my blog called “Fat
Shaming” fell free to read it. My wife
explained her view to me on gamergate like this. “Everyone likes to look at beauty, When I
play a game I like to look at the men same as the women, and there are many
women out there that love it as well.
There is an equal amount of violence toward men and women in games and
sometimes more violence against men than women.
But I have never been offended by the how women or men are dressed in a
game because I understand that we are humans with natural attraction to
beautiful things and I won’t apologize or demand an apology for the appreciation
of beauty. If this offends you then don’t
play it.”
She is much more forgiving than myself on the
issue because I do understand some of the complaints of the feminists but I do
have to say that she is right, it should not be the domain of government or
censors to make games friendlier toward a particular race or gender. If it is offensive then that will be
determined by those who do not buy it.
People tend to vote more with their wallets than words and when a
developer makes a bad or offensive game they pay the price for it and their
fans will let them know it. But I hear
no such complaints from avid female gamers
(I do not accept Anita Sarkeesian as a gamer, she is not. She is using the
gaming world as a means to push her own agenda and radical viewpoints)
There is an illusion going on here, it is an
illusion brought on by radical ideologies.
Radicalism always leads to tyranny. It is a dangerous philosophy and
when we begin to try and force our ideologies on others then we begin to slip
down a slope we have little hope of crawling back up. Feminism and PC culture alike have become a
weapon against others in an attempt to force conformity. Individualism is what makes us different and
great as a species, it is a form of unofficial checks and balances by Mother
Nature and when we allow radical ideologies to corrupt this then we regress
rather than progress. We need to have
frank and real conversations about these real issues not shouting matches and
hen pecking that remind us of our high school days. There is no maturity or wisdom in finger
pointing or labeling and creating a politically correct name for an illness or
people is just dressing up the issue in nice packaging not addressing the issue
itself. Address the issues, be the
change you want to see not the change others force you to be.
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