Burning Muse

Early Onset of Night: Some thoughts on the Great Rebellion Link post

Staff Note: Provocative. He always gets me thinking, or makes me laugh. Brilliant guy. But not an asshole about it, you know?

early-onset-of-night:

I see feminism as a great rebellion going on within the human race. In the last 50 years, it has really come of age. Although on the surface it is about women’s rights and gender equality, what it really demands is a radical change in thinking. Not everyone is capable of this leap of thought, especially some men, who view the demands and behavior of feminism as an attack on themselves as individuals.

People often mistake the behavior of others as judgment on themselves. It’s quite common. Some people have responded this way to me telling them that I’m a vegetarian, as if my simply being a vegetarian is a judgment on them for still eating meat. For some reason, they feel threatened. People who don’t drink will often get the same response from people who do drink.

This persecution complex, which is rooted in narcissism (viewing the behavior of other people as you-related), informs, in part, the ridiculous notions of “men’s rights” and “misandry”.

Some men look at the feminist movement and feel threatened. They interpret it as an attack, even though it’s not. I would argue that feminism isn’t even about men, really, but about human society as a whole. These men, feeling cornered—for no reason, I might add—then use the very methodology of feminism to root out imagined wrongs against men as a gender group. By doing so, they are hoping to change the topic, to alter the huge and very important conversation that feminism is having with the human race.

I’m not fooled by this ridiculous intellectual slight-of-hand. This is a group of very self-absorbed men who are convinced that feminism is about them. They throw tantrums and begin sentences with “Oh, yeah? But what about…”

It’s actually fucking pathetic if you think about it.