Thursday, March 3, 2005

Women Complaining That Modern Life Is Like Sooooo Complicated

I see a lot of women complaining that modern life is like sooooo totallllyyy hard.  "All the forces in this modern world, that take their toll upon a modern girl."  Ah, is that a joke?

You seriously think modern life is hard?  Erm, no, it really is not.

Why is it considered such a huuuuuggge accomplishment for a woman to be independent?  Why should a woman receive applause and commendation if she can hold some typical office job and can pay bills on time?  Do grown adult men receive standing ovation and congratulations and pats on the back simply because they can function in normal society?  No, and they should not.  Likewise, neither should grown adult women receive praise and accolades just for being normal.  This is what you are supposed to do.  This is how grown-ups take care of themselves.

Navigate in modern society....  Do you at least have the capacity to make it to the bathroom in time without peeing on your socks?  Are your standards for women's life skills so phenomenally low that it is a huge [[[feat__of life ]]]] simply for a woman to be able to live a conscious life [[[[REWORD]] ?

I have heard people say that it is an astonishing feat and a huge leap for girl power if a woman can balance her checkbook.  I have heard since I was a little child that balancing a checkbook is suuuccch a monumental, arduous task.  So I then assumed, again when I was little, that it must be quite the demanding task.  Imagine my surprise when I discovered after that that it is not difficult at all.

I've had a bank account since I was fifteen.  Balancing a checkbook is not that hard.  As a matter of fact, it is quite easy.  You simply make sure you have more money coming in than you have going out.  You make sure you don't spend more money than you possess.  That's it.  It is simple addition and subtraction.

(((perh here put the thingg, abt, how,, men's life sucks and women's life sucks.  b c both have their reasons why they have to put their own feelings or their  own expression fo feelings or their own needs last and instead have to take consideration of others' needs first.))))

Elsewhere I have heard quotes that people think the world is much more complicated than it used to be.  Also not true.

In past lifetimes, a single person or a single family had to take care of ALL of its own needs.  Just living everyday, normal, day-to-day life was grueling.  A family had to produce everything for itself.  They had to chop their own firewood to create their own heat for their home.

Nowadays you can just pop down to your local grocery store and have a wealth of plentitude at your disposal.  Almost every type of food you can possibly imagine and reasonably fathom is there for your choosing.  You don't have to make your own bread from scratch.  You don't have to grow your own chickens from scratch.

You can purchase a used vehicle and then instantly have all the world open to you to explore.  Or at least the surrounding cities and states, and then stay in a hotel overnight at the midway point, and then the next day you have all the other states open to you.

In the past, people had no such reliable, consistent, constant purification systems on which to depend.  A single family had to take care of ALL those needs, no matter how deceptively trivial.  That's why they all had amoebic dysentery and diphtheria back then.

The city takes care of all that for you.
so many tasks must go into consideration[[IMPLEMENTATION, must be,, so many needs must be met,]]]] for being able to live a modern civilized, clean life, 9((REWORD)))
society has to work together in a cohesive, synchronized whole,, must function as one unit [[[metnion like, wheels cogs turning in a machinery or clockwork]]]

You push a button and have clean, decontaminated, purified running water.  Within a few seconds, you can have hot, clean, decontaminated, purified running water.  You flip a switch and have electricity and light instantly.  You can go to the library and have any information you need.

Women have far more rights today in modern western, first-world society and economy than we have had in previous history ever.  Women have far more choices today than they had in previous history ever.

Monday, February 14, 2005

Feminism vs. Safety And Well-Being Of Women, Not Bodily Harm

Feminism is not for everybody-- because it backfires.  Feminism is far too complex to be left to the teeming, dirty, unwashed masses.

I've witnessed that invariably [[[[inevitably]]]] the swarming, ignorant masses completely misinterpret the meaning, [[[definition]]]], purpose, and intent of feminism.

If they like it, this is only because they woefully misconstrue this sociopolitical school of thought.  They have a twisted, warped take on feminism.  And unfortunately they <<like> this off-brand, bargain basement forgery.

If they hate it, this is because they have only encountered that very same distorted counterfeit off-brand that skewered the true meaning.

It is astonishing the lengths to which an alarming number of females do NOT want to ensure their own safety.  Or take any and all necessary precautions.

____....wait,, what??!!!
No one said that a rape is your FAULT.

It is shocking the number of females that absolutely refuse to take the initiative to keep themselves safe.  ---[[[like the anger fury refusal to listen to basic logic and reason.  For example, do nottt go into a guy's apartment____  They always combat with something asinine like, """oh it's not my fault if he rps me; that is hhisss decision, I can't control hissss actions,""

I sigh exasperatedly.  No one is saying that being victim of a gruesome crime is your "fault."  But if there is a very simple step you can do for yourself that severely cuts down on the possibility of being in danger, then why would you not do it?  Something as simple as not going into a stranger guy's apartment alone can dramatically minimize the risk of becoming a victim of crime.  (Or his bungalow, shack, whatever.)  If this simple [[[[tactic, step]]]] possibly even eliminates the risk entirely, then basic logic and reason says you should take that step. 

This is not about assigning blame.  This is about doing something practical that keeps you safe.  It is so frustrating trying to get this concept through their thick skulls. 

God forbid, supposing a rppp has already happened, does it really matter whose "fault" it was?  That is not the issue.

Yes, it most certainly *is* the sick ahole's fault.  Noone is arguing with you there.  It is his fault and his fault alone.  I agree with you.

However, after the sick crime has already happened, you cannot rewind time based on whose "fault" it was.  You cannot decide through a pros-and-cons list, determine that it was in fact the criminal's fault, and then un-rpppe yourself.  Why would anyone even want to risk putting themselves in that vulnerable spot?

Time was, women used to be smart about preserving their safety and health and well-being.  They took self-defense classes.  They carried pepper spray on their keychains.  In no way did this mean that those women thought it would be their own fault if some sicko assaulted them.  They did not take it as an insult to the feminist sisterhood or anything asinine like that.

No.  They were simply being cautionary and smart.  They were being proactive.  God forbid, if they ever did find themselves in that situation, they would be armed with the ability to defend themselves.  As always, the fault still lies 100 percent with the criminal; that is a given.

I noticed that a disturbingly large number of females, like TV show characters and other placeholders in the media were particularly obstinate about taking any [[prior, pre-- bein careful reg their own helth.]]].  If a teenage girl's parents told her they did not want her to walk down a dark alley ever, and especially not ever by herself, she took it as a personal insult.  She started screeching, "no I'm a strong capable wom in charge of my own life and if I want to walk down a dark alley by myself at night nobody can stop me!!!"  And I would just think to myself, geez how stupid can some people get?

-- it would behoove them to get away from the mindset that___
[[[they really need to get away from the mindset that just because men do something, this automatically makes it the right choice.  I have covered this extensively.

•••• this next one is more of an outer fringe missive.  This one is about mistakes, screwing up with bad judgment, and self-destructive behv.
--- wnm getting into all sorts of drug addictions, chemical dependencies, [[[[rehab___???]]].  Because they see men do this and, like a [[[petulant___]] nottoobright little kid that sees an adult doing somtn, wnm started pouting, "heyy we want to do it too!"""

They think that if women engage in conduct that is boorish, rude, loud, gross, unhygienic -- negative stereotypes of how men act, this is an emblem of empowerment and equality.  Cursing up a storm because they think this makes them look tough.  Hmm... back when I was in middle school, I recall that a lot of the new little Lilliputian sixth-graders would curse like sailors because they were trying to appear tough, formidable, worthy of respect according to middle school standards, etc.

---bill clintm eg.  Some lady said something alon the lines of, “when women [[[___]]], that is when we know we have true equality."

Sigh.  Shaking my head in incredulity.  Rather than insist that men elevate themselves to women's ladylike standards of decorum, instead women decided that they should reduce themselves to men's low, nonstandard behavior.  And they claim that this is a step in the right direction.  They claim that this is "equality."  Sigh.

•••• A lot of people interpret it incorrectly; they think it only revolves around the amount of money someone makes.  Wrong.

Feminism is not about money.  Feminism is about respect.

(((plybyy, prrn, psrotcte)))))$$
Recall what I have written about women CEOs.  Who gives a crap if there aren't that many of them?  Just because someone makes a lot of money, this does not automatically deem them more worthy of respect than a person with a lower salary.)))