We are working so hard to normalize sexism as something that is an innate part of masculinity and I’m just not quite sure why. If we can imagine that it’s possible for people not to murder one another or imagine that there be an end to war or child abuse or whatever other kinds of behaviour we’ve agreed, as a society, is unacceptable, or, at least, undesirable, why are we so avidly working to preserve sexism?
Why are we so unwilling to see porn or strip clubs or prostitution as something invented by a society that is not egalitarian? Just because you get an erection when you see a woman being objectified onscreen doesn’t mean women deserve to be objectified. And I don’t say that because I have a hate-on for erections, or masturbation, or penises, or even sex (though some women hate all those things and that’s perfectly fine). But because I can separate men from misogyny. I don’t believe that your erection is dependent on my subordination.
And you know why? Because I don’t believe you were born an asshole.
Showing posts with label prostitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prostitution. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
A Great Article on Porn and Strip Clubs
Monday, January 2, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
The Year in Review, Sexually Speaking
A year of focusing on sex scandals like Anthony Wiener's while reproductive rights were under viscious attack.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, December 28, 2009
A.P. Puts Pandemic of Anti-Female Violence in Quotation Marks
So, the U..N. wants to do something about the widespread abuse of women worldwide, and the A.P. article about the effort calls it a "pandemic," with the quotation marks coming from the original. It's a QUOTE pandemic of violence against women? Really??? Like the A.P. isn't sure? Really???
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Young Man Asks Obama re Legalizing Prostitution
I imagine he doesn't know that women who end up working as prostitutes were usually molested as children, often through incest. I guess he doesn't know how often battering is done by the charming Richard Gere-esque johns (sarcasm). I guess he doesn't know about the damage done to a woman's body, not to mention her spirit and her heart.
The young man included prostitution on his list of "victimless crimes." Well, I think it's time to give R. Mott her say; I don't think her stuff can really be linked to too often - do you?
from the blog of R. Mott
and from me to R., because she came into the world already complete and beautiful (which is what a rose traditionally symbolizes):
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