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Thursday, October 23, 2008 02:59 PM
Original article: Putting out for Barack

you have a point

And thus women should never be taken seriously or held to their word, and especially when they're talking about sex. When they say "yes" it's not really a "yes", it's really a joke, and the joke's on you, you poor chump who fell for the propaganda that women find pleasure in sex and aren't all just teases trying to get you to do something for them, and against your own best interests.

Can you imagine?

A guy will give a woman the time of day if she professes her absolute LOVE of giving blowjobs to just about anyone.

It demeans BOTH the man AND the woman.

Thursday, October 23, 2008 09:55 PM
Original article: Rrrowr!

I dunno

in every other endeavour that involves a woman and a man, the man is expected to accept her input, even to the point of doing as she says, at threat of her punishment.

I guess men really ARE considered less worthy than women, both women and men seem to agree on this point.

and I always wondered why I would have preferred to have been born female.

Friday, October 24, 2008 07:45 AM
Original article: Rrrowr!

I don't know if I can do justice to the discussion while distracted at work

but I will touch on a few highlights now..

"in every other endeavour that involves a woman and a man, the man is expected to accept her input, even to the point of doing as she says, at threat of her punishment."

Have you ever felt coerced into deciding against yourself under threat of punishment? What were the circumstances?

I do not put myself in such a situation since I value my freedom to do as I please. I can certainly point to numerous people in relationships around me where the man does certain things for or on behalf of the woman-- specifically,

- He does not just decide to quit his job and attend university without her input.

- He does not follow his bliss and sleep with the neighbor (women have a distinct advantage here as the husbands are currently portrayed as the root cause of a straying wife)

- He does not tie her up and sexually have his way with her, for instance (if you want a visceral example)

- He does not adopt a child unilaterally and force his wife to help raise the child and if she leaves, tracking her down through the courts and slapping a court order on her to have the court pull money from her job.

Sure, many of these things, a woman can pull the same stunt on a man, and typically society sides with women in such cases while punishing men for the same behavior. Women can be just as or more heinous, but it seems society has not caught up with that fact.

"I guess men really ARE considered less worthy than women, both women and men seem to agree on this point."

How did you arrive at this conclusion? What sort of evidence is there, personal or otherwise?

As I describe above, men are irrelevant. Like that guy in Michigan somebody else pointed out the other day (the story made my head almost explode), the woman impregnated herself with his semen after a blow job and the courts pursued him anyway for child support money. THIS MAKES MEN SLAVES-- 3/5ths of a human being (or a women, in this case)

Women can continue to POISON the well like this, men are picking up on the fact that we are the TRUE SLAVES of the planet, the runts, NOT the women. Men will do what they have to do to get back at women for such things. I, of course, take great pleasure in exposing just how heinous women are to men and how they continue to get away with these CRIMES (Yes, I said it: C R I M E S)

"and I always wondered why I would have preferred to have been born female."

What sort of advantages (as well as liabilities) would that entail? In what way are you currently at a disadvantage because you are male?

I cannot reproduce without a woman. women can hit up a sperm bank and raise the child alone. This is just one example.

There are numerous social, sartorial, sexual, employment, and other types of freedoms women enjoy that men are limited in or cannot enjoy at all, including the freedom to NOT be forced to be sent off to defend this pathetic nation.

Finally, given the topic at hand, what do you think the dynamic should be between you (as a man) and a woman in your life who is facing an unwanted pregnancy? (This is a very complicated topic, so please pick and define ONE scenario that is important to you when answering.)

The law ought to deny women the right to go after a man for his money IF he did not choose to want the child. This is done early in the pregnancy. IF she never tells him and aborts, fine. If she tells him, he can sign on or sign off and she can decide to abort of not. This ought to be LAW.

Also, men need the technology to bear children in wombs. We are a few short years from this as medicine is resolving the issues of creating a natural womb using the person's native genetics, so as to prevent rejection, but men need the freedom to experience childbirth and raising a child without being forced to do this with a woman. 40% of men in Europe in a recent poll expressed a wish to be able to bear a child.

In the meantime, society needs to put into place laws that COMPENSATE men for this biological shortcoming, in the same way WOMEN are compensated by society for THEIR own biological shortcomings. (and this is just one way in which women benefit due to biology)

MEANWHILE, men ARE considered worth less than women. the proof is that what I propose is considered AUDACIOUS rather than routine.

Feminists will fight this TRUE equality EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. Thus, they should be considered irrelevant.

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