Letters to the Editor
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Here's a fine question for the last 5 pages' worth of commenters:
Why must a "women's issues" blog have a habit of describing masculinity in negative terms 90% of the time?
Why must the word "men" be placed in a negative context more often than not?
Does a "women's issues" blog really have to be full of self-deceptive, condescending views in order make women feel good about themselves?
Wouldn't a "woman's issues" blog maybe acknowledge the diverse views of women, including those who don't subscribe to the radical feminist p.o.v? (i.e.: pro-life women, Christian women, the present work of "dissident feminists" like Cathy Young who used to write for Broadsheet?)
Wouldn't a "men's issues" blog which did the exact same thing (with the genders reversed) be considered at all objectionable by a great many women? Not to mention a great many men who habitually take women's side?
I parted ways with feminism long ago because there were simply too many cowardly women among them who use the ideology as an excuse to chop-down men constantly. Such women are usually amazingly insecure, are happy to wear the ideological blinders which are their only source of self-esteem, and (contrary to claims of socially-sanctioned misogyny) there are very few penalites out there for low-brow man-bashing.
Honestly, now: how much courage do you need to blame others and play victim and pander to prejudices?
Yes, I know this kind of feminist well. She usually has a background in one of the softer subjects like lit-crit or sociology. The only real intellectual question she ever faces is exactly how to blame men in a given situation, not whether or not it's true. And she usually condemns racism constantly in order to distract people from the fact that she's as white as the driven snow and benefits mightily from it.
And, I'm sad to say it, Tracy has so far shown herself to be one of these weak, cowardly founts of banality. I simply call BS when I see it.