“Men worry that their date won’t measure up to their aesthetic preferences. Women worry that they’re going to wind up dead.” Read the rest here: https://deadwildroses.com/2016/03/28/date-preparation-for-females-and-males/
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May 24 2023
Rereading Refusing to be a Man: essays on sex and justice, John Stoltenberg
Read this years ago, but thought I’d read it again as I hadn’t been able to afford to actually buy it back then … Talking about how men typically behave, he says they “[disregard] completely the reality of anyone who is not fawning and flattering and full of awe for our masculine prerogative …” (p24). …
Apr 16 2023
Language Matters
Compare ‘So he fucked her and now she’s knocked up’ with ‘So he made her pregnant and now they’re saying it’s his fault’.
Apr 10 2023
Rape: a men’s issue
Men are the ones who rape, so why is rape a women’s issue? Because men see nothing wrong with rape. Men: the sooner you recognize this, the sooner you’ll see rape as a men’s issue.
Apr 04 2023
Eggs
from https://deadwildroses.com/2023/03/05/the-dwr-sunday-religious-disservice-eggs/
Apr 04 2023
God’s To-Do List
from https://deadwildroses.com/2023/03/19/the-dwr-sunday-religious-disservice-gods-to-do-list/
Mar 30 2023
On marrying a man a few years older than you
The convention that one marry a man a few years older than oneself allows both partners to pretend that her subordination to him is due to her relative age, not her sex.
Mar 25 2023
“Fixed” – recommended for men
I almost stopped watching this movie because ‘men are selfish stupid dicks’ is so very tiresome, but the women at the dinner scene (about 20 minutes in) made me keep watching. Even so, men. I can’t believe how clueless they are. Do they really not know the difference between a vasectomy and castration? Do they …
Mar 23 2023
reading Our Father, by Marilyn French
“I wanted to command attention the way he did, learned how to do it too, Clare said I had it down, but not the same, they don’t listen to me the same way, it’s different. They liked listening, looking up to him, elder statesman. They don’t like listening to me.” p22 “Oh, why didn’t I …
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