“We don’t occupy their imaginations the way they occupy ours.” Black scientist about his white colleagues (from the movie “Black Cake”) Yeah. Now imagine that ten-fold for a female scientist.
Category: men
Jul 14 2026
from The First Political Order: How sex shapes governance and national security worldwide, Valerie M. Hudson et al.
Part I is a must-read. Excerpts follow. “Men seeking their own security attempt to construct strong male-bonded alliances, typically based on patrilineal (agnatic) relationships … [Women] biologically reproduce the group, providing brothers and sons for this male alliance. The fraternity’s dependence on women … leads to the necessity for men to control them.” p2 [This …
Jun 25 2026
Fucking bitch.
“A guy on a bicycle was staring at her so intently he nearly got hit by a bus. ‘Watch out,’ she cried, but the sound was swallowed by the simultaneous blast of the bus driver’s horn. The biker swerved, and the bus just missed him. He slammed into a parked car and was thrown to …
Jun 18 2026
from I Don’t, Clementine Ford
There’s a lot here and every bit is worth reading. Better yet, just get the book. And read it. Every word. * from blurb for Ford’s I Don’t “why do so many women still believe that our value is intrinsically tied to being chosen by a man?” “Ford explains how capitalist patriarchal structures need …
Jun 01 2026
Why aren’t more men insulted by the low standards we set for them?
If he changes a diaper, he’s father of the year. If he cooks something, anything, he’s a chef. If he marries, but otherwise continues to live pretty much as he has to that point, he’s suddenly respectable. If he continues to pay a child’s ball game into adulthood, he gets paid a six figure salary. …
Apr 24 2026
Suppose that worldwide …
Suppose that worldwide, women flood the military, soon comprising, say, 40% of the ranks (which will be perceived by men as a majority) (go figure). Suppose then, as happened when women flooded the ranks of bank tellers, secretaries, and teachers, being a soldier became devalued, losing its prestige, its glory, its funding, its media coverage. …
Apr 12 2026
Suppose two married women …
Suppose two married women get jobs outside the home at the same time, forcing their husbands to hire someone to do the cooking, cleaning, and childcare. Ten hours/day, 5 days/week, at $20/hr. It’s a lot to afford, but the men have so-called ‘breadwinner’ salaries. Suppose it turns out that Emma is hired by Alyssa’s husband …
Apr 01 2026
Suppose by some biochemical quirk …
Suppose by some biochemical quirk, the hormones we’ve been feeding cows inhibits testosterone in humans, so the more meat men eat, the weaker they become. Suppose that within a year, males lost their 30% physical strength advantage over women. What would happen?
Mar 23 2026
Naomi Alderman’s The Power meets Monty Python’s “Hell’s Grannies”
A man struts and huffs and puffs and expands like a blowfish, but all the old women close their eyes. Deny him the female gaze. Refuse to be a witness to his Almighty Greatness, let alone a cheerleader. And not only does he deflate, he disappears in a puff of, well, nothingness. Existential nothingness. Beauvoir …
Mar 08 2026
“… these guys have no idea how stupid they look.”
“The camera closes in on two cops standing beside the tank, each with an assault rifle. Both weigh over three hundred pounds. One is wearing a uniform of green-and-gray camouflage, as if he were hunting deer in the woods. The other is wearing a uniform in brown-and-beige camouflage, as if he were hunting insurgents in …
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