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[dreamer_easy]

Via acelightning: Joss Whedon gets what I got during Strange Days.

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[versaphile.livejournal.com]

I must admit, when you take a few steps back from the world, the sheer quantity of women-hate is breathtaking.

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

Thank you for linking that. I was driven to act.

[kalibex.livejournal.com]

These days, I hypothesize that it's humanity's general bad attitude of 'atropism' that drives historical misogyny - a resentment at being put in such a discomforting 'life' situation , and a lashing out and 'punishing' of those who are seen as most responsible for having 'put us here'. *shrug*

Even as 'instinct' won't let us stop carrying on...

[qthewetsprocket.livejournal.com]

Joss Whedon gets what I got during Strange Days.

...squicked? (seriously, that rape scene was possibly the most offensive bit of film i've ever seen)

and thank you indeed for linking to that. *is astounded to see a guy put forth the 'womb envy' theory (which i've had since college, too) as the cause of so many different cultures' inherent misogyny*

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

My own theory: the bitches make us get hard-ons, then won't give us the fucks we want. Bitches.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm missing a bit of cultural sensitivity here, but isn't that the whole philosophy behind the burqa?

[purplepooka.livejournal.com]

Every culture has its version of the Burkha, even if it's only "She asked for it, wearing that skirt".

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

And the whole philosophy behind "but your honour, she was wearing a miniskirt".

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

Yup, true...

[qthewetsprocket.livejournal.com]

that too. :)

i've known a lot of gay misogynists as well, though, so i think it goes a bit deeper than just sex...there seems to be a psychological dependence on women (the 'powerful mother' figure) in our species in general, and our culture in particular - ie, men depend on women for sex, and care, and nurturing, and a million other little things that they've been taught they can't get from or give to each other - and there's that freudian (i think) theory that says you end up hating whatever you're dependent on.

but the hard-ons too, yes. that one stands out the loudest. so to speak.