Middle-class white women, men's rights activists, and divorce

I've been revisiting this very controversial topic iin recent months.  Sigh.  I just can't stay away from a challenge.

I'm sorry, but a lot of the complaints that MRA's cast against wimen are ture.

Women leave and get a divorc for no apparent readon.  She is the ine whi gets bored, because the guy did not entettain her enough.  Then she demands child support and alimony simy because she does not want to look at bis face anyore.

----- ((perh put in here???)))  I have heard the bslip reasons that so many women say they still expe ttheir ex-husband to support bem financially.  They saythey wxpect the father to supprt the ex-wife and kids because there is no way she would be able to suddenly gou out and get a job that could comfortabl supprt them all.  does not have the work experivec, she does not have a marketable degree, ad nauseum.

--THere is a very easy solution to this.  Give custody of the kids to the father.   -- I have read enougn supporting arumets to be of the opinion that child cusotdy sbould go to the parent who is financially solvent enougn to support them.  the oher parent proba l does not make enoughomey in some minimum wage nob that she had to scramble to get once she relaized she could not subsust without the gravy train that she micked out of her life and her cbildren's life when she got bored.

In the vast majoriy of divorce situations, the fathe is the one that has the work experience and the reliable, professioanl job.  HThe is the one who could best suppor the kids and give hem a giod home.  He can afford to live in a good enighborhiid sfae from crime, affird healht insurance so he can take them to the doctor whneener needed, he can buy prescription medicines.

This is the most logicsl silution for all invilved parties regardign a divorce.  the ex-wife could get a job in a grocery store stackig canned fodds on shelves.  Wihitu the wory of supporin the kids financually, she could easily support helrsf on this minimum wage bourly income. __For God's sake, she is a griwn-ass adult woman.  She should work to support herself.  She shpuld not be alloee to rely on alimony to support ber.

To whicht I can imagine their counte argument is that the father would be workign sll thr time, herefore the would not have time to actuall raise the kids, as in servingthem dinner, helping them wih homework, talkin to them and nust veing their for them '

Oh, so waht you are sayig is that one parent should work to support the kids, and the other parent should refrain from workig a salaried job so that this one can devote full time to raising the kids.

Yeah, you already had that arrangemey -- it was called marriage.  You chose to opt out of it.

This is more juvenile entitlement bullshit.  What this feemale is absicly saying is that she does not want to face any of the reponsibilites of a a marraige, such as beig there emoiknally cor her husbamd nor cooking for him -- but she still wants all tje genefits-- such as him continuing to support her with his paycheck.


-- and middle-class white demales notice absolutel none of it. 
Likeyhat insipid eat pray love featuring a ninny of a privelwged, comfortable, and Ompeltey oblvious to her privelage female.
Her husnad eas a ghood duy.  She disht have any actual substania compaints about him.  He eas not abusive, not an alvohoic, nt a duggie. 
-- just a generla vague feeling of malaise and boredom,, as middle-class white females are wont to do.

You nkkw why she was feeling so bored?  It's because she is borig.  I see this eerythere, not just in hollywod.  Middle-class white females are eiher boring -- or disgusting..  Their carees are borig, usually some sht like publishing or advertising or some junk like that.  They have no jnteresting hobbies.  The only dosernible hobvy I can identify is that they like compainjg about men.
……….
Then when she decides she is bired eith him, after the has apparenty given her whatber she wanted from him, she decides to dispose of him.  She gets a divorce.  Or moves cross country, wahtever.
Rendering the man as beig no more use to her.

Tooany times, women see men as little more than a speem bank and a money bank.

Review of "Frozen," aka The final nail in the coffin of the failed social experiment that is feminism

Apparently there is a new computer-rendered animated movie out called "Frozen."

I don't watch much TV on a TV set so I suppose I have not been assaulted with the same amount of drowning propaganda to which others have been subjected.  Also I don't hang out in the children's underwear department much, so this movie somehow escaped my attention until now.

This is a story about a girl with really awesome superpowers and enormous responsibility expected of a queen, and her boring, typical middle-class white female sister.

Hunh.  So it employs the same digital animation style as that used by Pixar.  Well, Disney has been collaborating with Pixar for so long, it stands to reason that they would learn a thing or two about animation in the new millennium.

The move honestly was very enjoyable, very entertaining.  The musical number "Let It Go" lived up to every bit of the hype it has apparently been getting.  I read up on youtube comments so I know this was a popular hit with fans.

The two main characters were mostly a pain in the ass.

It is the classic story of some very comfortable, privileged, upper-middle-class white girls who are convinced that the patriarchy is somehow holding them down.  They are oppressed even though they are born into royalty, have every freedom to do whatever they want and freedom not to do whatever they don't want at their whim.  They have the whole entire kingdom at their beck and call.  But don't forget that they are oppressed.

In all probability, men designed and built the whole entire castle in which they reside.  This includes the plumbing system, the furniture on which they sit their rich asses, and the fine crowns and jewels with which they adorn their privileged heads.  They don't have to do any cooking, cleaning, or laundry whatsoever; those tasks are most likely left to working-class women.  But don't forget that the two princesses are oppressed.

They spend their days waking up at noon, not having to work a day in their goddamn lives.  They spend their days singing and talking about snowmen.  They don't have to worry about trade relations, the economy, any peasants' standard of living.  But don't forget that the two princesses are oppressed.

The younger sister, to whom I guess we are all supposed to relate, is a girl born into privilege and wealth and comfort.  Who has not had to work for anything in her life.  She has no special skills or powers, nothing.  No marketable talents that could get her a respectable, prestigious, well-paying job.  nope, her wealth is entirely due to the fact that her *parents* are comfortable and wealthy.  (*Were* comfortable and wealthy; my bad.)  She did not earn a penny of it herself.  She is not interesting, she is not jaw-droppingly intelligent, she is not phenomenally talented.

She is also a typical female who is naiive and easily duped about romance/men/dating.  She is so desperate for a boyfriend that her gullibility allowed the hot red-headed guy to be a jerk.  Sorry, but everything Hans said to her in that part where he was going to murder her in front of the fireplace, was true.  This is the case in the vast majority of girls that end up with untrustworthy guys.  There was nothing remotely extraordinary or fascinating about the Anna character.  She is just all-around mediocre as hell.

I am also concerned because of the unwitting message this is sending to girls regarding desperation for male approval.  We all know that teenage girls aren't too bright, especially in matters of romance/dating/sex.  I am worried that girls are going to see this and think, "ohh well as long as I don't *marry* someone I just met, I'm not being desperate.  It's okay if we sleep together, or shack up together, or have a baby together, after having just met.  As long as we don’t get married, I'm not being desperate."  That nuance and simile would probably be lost on them.

And asking the poor blonde guy to help her.  Ah, let me rephrase that.  She did not "ask" Christoph to help her.  She ordered him to help her; she didn't really ask him.  She ordered him to, and just expected that he would comply.  Let me rephrase things again.  The word "help" intrinsically means one person is already *doing* the work.  Then they can then get a second person to *help* them.

That is not what happened here.  Anna expected this poor poverty-stricken guy to do all the work for her while she sat back and watched him "help."  Who does she think she is?  ""ohhh welll she's a princess."  Yes, I am aware of that.  She is a spoiled, pampered princess.  That all is what got on my nerves about the movie.

But I loved almost everything about Elsa.  This is because Elsa was the opposite of Anna.

That is, I loved Elsa until I read some critiques of the character, and did a little more thinking.

So... she's a queen with girl power who don't need no man.  She's such a capable and intelligent queen... that she just cursed her whole damn kingdom into frost, ice, dangerous driving conditions, killing crops and livestock, dangerous walking conditions.  And then she ran away like a coward.

She's such a strong capable woman in charge of her own life... that she doesn't know how to control her own powers.  Remember this scene?

What do you mean you "can't"?  You're a flucking grown adult.  Figure it out.

We certainly don't accept this kind of BS excuse from men.  We expect men to have a good handle on any magical powers.  If they are not able to control their own powers, they are evil.  Jafar, Rasputin.  No one accepts the following excuse regarding males, "oh he doesn't know his own strength."  And rightly so.

We do not accept this excuse regarding any male that, say, is restraining a female, has grabbed her arm, and inadvertently leaves a really bad bruise.

Therefore there is no reason to be so accommodating towards women.  That is your responsibility to figure out how your powers work, not anyone else's.

By the way, in the past , we did hold women to the same standards of knowing their own magical strength.  Fairy godmother, the three good fairies.

Maleficent, the wicked queen stepmother, the evil fairy in Shrek 2.

It is the classic story of some very comfortable, privileged, upper-middle-class white girls who are convinced that the patriarchy is somehow holding them down.  They are oppressed.  Even though they are born into royalty, have every freedom to do whatever they want and freedom not to do whatever they don't want at their whim.  They have the whole entire kingdom at their beck and call.  But don't forget that they are oppressed.

Let's be honest.  In all probability, men designed and built the whole entire castle in which they reside including the plumbing system and fuel/heating system.  Men built the furniture on which they sit their rich asses, and the fine crowns and jewels with which they adorn their privileged heads.  They don't have to do any cooking, cleaning, or laundry whatsoever.  Those tasks are most likely left to minority, working-class women.  But don't forget that the two princesses are oppressed.

They spend their days waking up at noon, not having to work a day in their goddamn lives.  They spend their days singing and talking about snowmen.  They don't have to worry about trade relations, the economy, any peasants' standard of living.  But don't forget that the two princesses are oppressed.

Men being objectified, Part II, aka Avengers Edition

We might also call this, Men Being Objectified:  Avengers Edition.

I agree that things that degrade women's bodies into an assemblage of various physical pieces is shameful and disgusting.  *But dildos and truck nuts are okay, I guess.

*Those hefty trash-bag commercials

*Comparing men's cars as commentary on their penis sizes.  Seriously, we see and hear the penis-size jokes everywhere and all the time.  I'm surprised that people don't recognize this as the blatant objectification that it is.  Sigh.  Then again, I guess I'm not honestly too surprised about it.  I didn't coniser it to be objectification myself until very recently when I sat down and actually thought about it.

*Fan photograph opportunities with celebs.  Apparently at fan/comicbook conventions, there are booths where fans can stand in line to get photo ops with the stars.  There was commentary of Stan Whatshisface being prodded into pictures that were too familiar and intimate.  I was curious what in the world are they talking about, and yep.  These are poses that the fans are requesting, not the actor.  Most of the photos are definitely too close for comfort, especially for a chance on-off meeting with a complete stranger.  Remember that these girls asked him to do this.  They were the initiators, not him.

*The girl in the audience that asked about the Captain America boob grab.  (Chris Evans tends to grab men's boobs, not women's)

*A reporter just reached out and grabbed Tom Loki's Adam's apple.  To women's credit, this was a male reporter that did the grabbing, not a female reporter.

*Any sexy interviews of Chris Hemsworth, i.e., any interview of Chris Hemsworth