Hate #1: Modern-Day Feminists / Word Police
Anyone who knows me knows that I am 100% dedicated to
fighting for the equal rights of women, including but not limited to: equal
pay, equal opportunities, equal education, equal … everything! Now, some of you
might call this feminism, and that would be partially true—because it’s what
feminism used to be—but it’s no longer true. That’s not what Feminism is: not
anymore.
So, despite my full, undying support of equality, I don’t
ever call myself a “feminist” (and not just because I’m a guy). There’s no
“polite” or “soft” way to say this, and even if there was, I like to be blunt:
feminists really piss me the fuck off, and while there are some great people in
the movement, it’s mostly a bunch of snippy bitches. Yeah, yeah, I know: a few sentences in and I’m
already offending people. Thing is, I just don’t care.
Lately, I’ve been
getting attacked on here by feminists every single damn day over stupid shit
that no one should have a problem with, such as my story, Catalyst, which has
come under feminist fire due to the female character liking shoes. And I am
just sick of it. I am sick of opening up my email and seeing the word
“patriarchal” within the first few words of a comment on one of my stories.
Once I see that word, I know I’m in store for a thirty-paragraph rant about my
supposedly hidden hatred for women and all things equality.
I am so tired of
these college-aged girls reading a few books by Jane Austin and a couple of Wikpiedia
articles and then getting on my ass about a word I used, or about a character I
wrote. But I’ll get to that in a minute.
First off, one of the things you learn early on as a guy is
that you can never, ever, ever say ANYTHING pro-feminist to a feminist. In other words, if
you’re a guy who is thinking about speaking in support of feminism, do not do it. Why? Because you’re
guaranteed to get chewed out for “saying something wrong.” It is 100% impossible for a male to say
anything in regards to feminism without being told by a feminist that he did
something offensive and needs to be corrected. Or that he is “misguided” and
burdened by “preexisting, ingrained sexism.”
For example, tomorrow I could write a ten-page article in
support of feminism, and I would get comments like this.
“I find it offensive how you say, ‘Women should be treated
equally.’ Who are you to say how
women should be treated? Typical chauvinistic pig!”
Or, more commonly: “I think it’s great that you want to
support the feminist cause, but you need to realize that, as a man, you are
still deeply ingrained with societal-born sexism, and blahblahblah I’m an
annoying bitch that likes to nag people because I read Jane Austin.”
Let me restate that not all feminists behave this way. But
it’s gotten to a point where the overall feminist movement gets under my skin.
Some are really crazy. Let me tell you about this one group, because you have
to hear it to believe it. Basically, there’s a growing group of women who actually believe that all sex is rape,
regardless of consent, and that it is unnatural, which makes me wonder if it’s
possible to be in your thirties and still believe in the stork. But then again,
what the fuck do I know? Seriously, how can sex be unnatural? We’re alive,
aren’t we? Dumbasses! My friend on here, Kelsey, linked me to a blog of one of
these feminists, and sure enough, they wrote things like this:
“Even if a woman believes it is consensual, the act of sex
is inherently rape, and there is no way around it.”
^^ And this is why equal rights is where I draw the line.
I’ve tried so many times to find common ground with
feminists, and it never works out. I used to talk to a girl on here who was a
major feminist and, my God, she would get under my skin over every little thing.
“You shouldn’t use the word lady!” she would scold. “That
word is offensive. Lady is not what we like to be called. Also, you made your
female soldier giggle. Are you trying to say that women can’t be tough soldiers
who don’t giggle? Another thing: you shouldn’t spell the word ‘woman’ as ‘woman’ because it’s really spelled ‘womyn.’
(Yes, this is a real thing).
Actually, about that. You can take this “womyn” bullshit and
shove it up your ass. There is no way in hell I’m ever spelling it that way. I
don’t care how many of you nutbags insist it should be spelled that way. I will
never, ever, ever, ever spell the word “woman” as “womyn.” I could do a hate
just on that one word.
I honestly think that people just don’t understand me and my
motivations and that they never will. Put simply, I’m just a guy who likes
saying what he thinks. I don’t judge people based on their gender or on their
color, race, religion, etc. But I judge them on who they are and how they act.
And if in doing so, I use a word that offends you, then too fucking bad.
Feminists today often come off as the word police. “You
can’t say the word ‘bitch!’ Wahh, it’s so offensive, wahh!”
I can’t even begin to explain how many times I’ve been
chewed out in the comments of one of my books—especially Haters Gonna Hate—because I used the word “bitch.” I
don’t know the exact number, but I can promise you I’ve gotten hell for this at
a minimum of at least fifty times. Supposedly, I am a woman-hating pig because
I occasionally use the word “bitch.”
Well, spoiler alert! (Stop reading now if you don’t want
spoilers).
Some girls ARE bitches.
There, I said it! Oh noes! But you know what? Ask any intelligent girl between
the age of 11 and 100, and any reasonable, rational-minded girl will agree with
me that, yes, SOME GIRLS HAPPEN TO BE BITCHES. IT’S THE TRUTH. And not all,
mind you! But SOME. Not even that many: but SOME.
I’m not saying it because I am stereotyping women
everywhere, or because I want to “oppress” anyone. I’m saying it because it’s
the truth: in this world, some girls just, for whatever reason, just so happen
to be huge gigantic bitches whom I want to karate kick in the face. And any
girls who say they have never encountered a bitch are lying.
Men can be assholes too (means the same thing as a “bitch”,
really). Or “dicks”. Call them what you
will, but this rule applies to both genders. A bitch/asshole/dick is just a
person who is nasty to everyone for absolutely no reason and is snide about
everything—and these people exist.
And I really hope people believe me when I say that I’m not
trying to degrade women. I’m just trying to be honest about something that any
reasonable person knows is true: on this planet Earth, located in every
country, in every society, and in every corner of the world are people. Some of
these people are women. Most of these women are awesome. Some, however … well,
they’re absolute bitches. And if that offends you, you’re close-minded. But
let’s get back on topic.
What’s funny about all this is that it’s often the feminists
who are the least pro-equal-rights. Feminist blogs are always talking about
what women should or shouldn’t do. It’s one of the main reasons I don’t voice
any support of the movement. “Don’t dress this way, don’t read this magazine,
don’t listen to this kind of music, don’t play this kind of video game, don’t
let men do this, don’t let other women do that.”
My belief is that women, like men, should do whatever the
fuck they want to do. If your movement is that women should abide by the
lifestyles you deem appropriate, then your movement is anything but free and equal. Whether a woman wants to drive a truck or
pose nude on the cover of playboy, the world should be free enough to allow for
that. That’s what I support: individuality, non-conformity, being
unique. If you want to go skydiving, do it. If you want to learn to play
the piano, then do that too. If you want to be a fashion model, go ahead. None
of it should ever depend on your gender.
But most of today’s feminists don’t agree with that. They
think there are some professions that are degrading to women and therefore
women shouldn’t do it, such as stripping. This annoys me, because I have
several friends who either are, were, or will be strippers. And not a single
one of them feels degraded or put down.
Just sayin’.
