msn & "Masculinism & Feminism"
hey all...if you have a msn account and would like to talk to me online every now and then - just add me...
july21_1982@hotmail.com
dont send email to me here tho. i use my gmail account more....
Also, here's a little speech i wrote for an elocution contest a loooong time ago...sums told me to post it ere...so blame her...heh.
MASCULISNISM & FEMINISM
Like most men, I’m confused by feminism. Actually, it also confuses many women, but that’s another story. At first, I thought it was a study of what men do wrong. Seriously, this is because most of the loudest early voices in feminism seemed to be man-haters. They didn’t like us very much. In fact, they said we screwed up everything and that the world would be a better place without us. However, when they were feeling generous, they might say that we were only good for ONE thing, and that we weren’t very good at that either. I do not know why, but I took that personally.
I have to say though, that feminism has grown a lot since then. Now, most women don’t think we should be exterminated. In fact, they’d be satisfied if we agreed to submit our brains to some good house cleaning—and if we’d hire an undocumented alien to do it, and also remember to pay her taxes.
I’ve always wanted to understand feminism, so I did a little research. The end result? I now realize that feminism is not a study of what men do wrong—“whew”—but actually describes an ideology with an ongoing agenda to support women’s self-image, to create equality in the workplace and to provide more choice in all areas of life. In short, as former NOW Chairwoman Patricia Ireland has said, feminism’s goal is to promote the recognition of this simple fact: Women are people too.
Unfortunately, there is no related term or ethos—no opposite of feminism—to bind men together. Hmmm… some would say we don’t need one because we already own everything, run everything, have the best jobs and we do whatever we want, when we want all the time. So we actually don’t NEED a philosophy for being on TOP. Don’t we sound like PIGS. Well, I beg to differ, most men actually do not enjoy, take advantage of, or even recognize this alleged superiority.
Nonetheless, I figured we still needed a credo. So I read all the great philosophers, scaled all the mountains, swam every sea and finally decided to look it up in the dictionary. The only word that came close to defining us was “philanthropist” which means “love or benevolence toward mankind in general.” Although I think that definition has become obsolete ever since women joined mankind about 30 years ago with the advent of feminism. Still the definition of philanthropist includes that a philanthropist is someone who makes an “effort to promote the happiness or social elevation of mankind, by making donations.” Don’t understand anything I just said? Don’t worry, I’m still trying to understand it too. In layman terms, a philanthropist is a lover of man, but a feminist isn’t a lover of women. Actually that would be a “philanderer” which conveniently comes right BEFORE philanthropy in the dictionary. A philanderer is someone who makes love without serious intentions. I don’t know anything about that.
Finally, a friend that was helping me said, ”Clearly you have found an epistemological void…”. I didn’t even WANT to look that up. I was afraid it might turn out to be something I should go see a doctor about. I’ve taken enough abuse without having to look stupid too. So I had no choice but to coin my own term so that men didn’t feel left out. I call it “masculinism”.
It’s simple actually, feminism celebrates female traits and masculinism celebrates male traits. They collide to create the volatility of life, the Sturm und Drang. The exquisite passions and the troublesome tensions.
To some, the distinctions between sexes—their attitudes, sexual styles, communication skills and personal hygiene habits—are unsolvable conundrums, destining men and women to be forever at odds. Yes, I think that sounds about right.
Masculinism and feminism embody those differences. We hate them, we love them, we can’t do much about them. So we might as well enjoy them. After all they are quite entertaining.
july21_1982@hotmail.com
dont send email to me here tho. i use my gmail account more....
Also, here's a little speech i wrote for an elocution contest a loooong time ago...sums told me to post it ere...so blame her...heh.
MASCULISNISM & FEMINISM
Like most men, I’m confused by feminism. Actually, it also confuses many women, but that’s another story. At first, I thought it was a study of what men do wrong. Seriously, this is because most of the loudest early voices in feminism seemed to be man-haters. They didn’t like us very much. In fact, they said we screwed up everything and that the world would be a better place without us. However, when they were feeling generous, they might say that we were only good for ONE thing, and that we weren’t very good at that either. I do not know why, but I took that personally.
I have to say though, that feminism has grown a lot since then. Now, most women don’t think we should be exterminated. In fact, they’d be satisfied if we agreed to submit our brains to some good house cleaning—and if we’d hire an undocumented alien to do it, and also remember to pay her taxes.
I’ve always wanted to understand feminism, so I did a little research. The end result? I now realize that feminism is not a study of what men do wrong—“whew”—but actually describes an ideology with an ongoing agenda to support women’s self-image, to create equality in the workplace and to provide more choice in all areas of life. In short, as former NOW Chairwoman Patricia Ireland has said, feminism’s goal is to promote the recognition of this simple fact: Women are people too.
Unfortunately, there is no related term or ethos—no opposite of feminism—to bind men together. Hmmm… some would say we don’t need one because we already own everything, run everything, have the best jobs and we do whatever we want, when we want all the time. So we actually don’t NEED a philosophy for being on TOP. Don’t we sound like PIGS. Well, I beg to differ, most men actually do not enjoy, take advantage of, or even recognize this alleged superiority.
Nonetheless, I figured we still needed a credo. So I read all the great philosophers, scaled all the mountains, swam every sea and finally decided to look it up in the dictionary. The only word that came close to defining us was “philanthropist” which means “love or benevolence toward mankind in general.” Although I think that definition has become obsolete ever since women joined mankind about 30 years ago with the advent of feminism. Still the definition of philanthropist includes that a philanthropist is someone who makes an “effort to promote the happiness or social elevation of mankind, by making donations.” Don’t understand anything I just said? Don’t worry, I’m still trying to understand it too. In layman terms, a philanthropist is a lover of man, but a feminist isn’t a lover of women. Actually that would be a “philanderer” which conveniently comes right BEFORE philanthropy in the dictionary. A philanderer is someone who makes love without serious intentions. I don’t know anything about that.
Finally, a friend that was helping me said, ”Clearly you have found an epistemological void…”. I didn’t even WANT to look that up. I was afraid it might turn out to be something I should go see a doctor about. I’ve taken enough abuse without having to look stupid too. So I had no choice but to coin my own term so that men didn’t feel left out. I call it “masculinism”.
It’s simple actually, feminism celebrates female traits and masculinism celebrates male traits. They collide to create the volatility of life, the Sturm und Drang. The exquisite passions and the troublesome tensions.
To some, the distinctions between sexes—their attitudes, sexual styles, communication skills and personal hygiene habits—are unsolvable conundrums, destining men and women to be forever at odds. Yes, I think that sounds about right.
Masculinism and feminism embody those differences. We hate them, we love them, we can’t do much about them. So we might as well enjoy them. After all they are quite entertaining.
2 Comments:
that's convenient... blame the poor innocent GM.
interesting issue...need 2 get back 2 u on this...need more time 2 digest everything written there.
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