Really? Sorry, I thought everyone on my friendslist knew. It was my older step-brother the summer before I turned 9. It happened more than once, but I've kind of blocked most of it out of my memory (one of those Freudian self-defense things or whatever), so I don't think about it too often. But still, it hurts to have it belittled, which is exactly what this chick is doing.
I know. I got so angry that I went back and read some of her older entries, and she had a rant in there about how she was never going to speak to a man again because she was at a lesbian bar with some of her lesbian friends and one straight friend who had brought her boyfriend with her, and during the course of the evening, someone joked that the guy was "a dickhead," and this insane chick jumped into their conversation to say, "Most men are." To which the guy got offended and said, "Yeah? Well, most women are bitches." Because somehow, saying that, when she had just insulted his entire gender for no apparent reason, makes him an asshole. *eyeroll* God, get over yourself, girl!
Yeah, I know. What really bugs me about her Inara rant is that Inara's job was her own choice. She worked her ass off to become a companion, and at one point during the series, she's offered a chance to quit being a companion, and she chooses to keep that job. She's proud of who she is and what she does.
And this gal is...trying to take away Inara's choices. If being a Companion is what makes Inara happy, then shouldn't she be allowed to do it? Isn't the freedom of a choice a key element to true feminism? I mean, it's right there in their sexual freedom thing: PRO-CHOICE. So either way, this gal's being a hypocrite. And all right, fine, maybe this chick is never going to see it that way, but I love how she conveniently forgets that Inara also takes on female clients. So even ignoring everything I just said, it's not only men "oppressing" Inara.
I know. It's like she doesn't believe that men are human beings capable of love. GRAH! *eyeroll*
This chick is the reason women like me refuse to call themselves "feminist." Because the true spirit of it has been lost to gals like her.
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I know. I got so angry that I went back and read some of her older entries, and she had a rant in there about how she was never going to speak to a man again because she was at a lesbian bar with some of her lesbian friends and one straight friend who had brought her boyfriend with her, and during the course of the evening, someone joked that the guy was "a dickhead," and this insane chick jumped into their conversation to say, "Most men are." To which the guy got offended and said, "Yeah? Well, most women are bitches." Because somehow, saying that, when she had just insulted his entire gender for no apparent reason, makes him an asshole. *eyeroll* God, get over yourself, girl!
Yeah, I know. What really bugs me about her Inara rant is that Inara's job was her own choice. She worked her ass off to become a companion, and at one point during the series, she's offered a chance to quit being a companion, and she chooses to keep that job. She's proud of who she is and what she does.
And this gal is...trying to take away Inara's choices. If being a Companion is what makes Inara happy, then shouldn't she be allowed to do it? Isn't the freedom of a choice a key element to true feminism? I mean, it's right there in their sexual freedom thing: PRO-CHOICE. So either way, this gal's being a hypocrite. And all right, fine, maybe this chick is never going to see it that way, but I love how she conveniently forgets that Inara also takes on female clients. So even ignoring everything I just said, it's not only men "oppressing" Inara.
I know. It's like she doesn't believe that men are human beings capable of love. GRAH! *eyeroll*
This chick is the reason women like me refuse to call themselves "feminist." Because the true spirit of it has been lost to gals like her.