Rafer wrote:
> 1. Men are restricted from controlling women through their natural
> means - physical strength. This is said to be barbaric and brutal and
> is heavily penalized.

It is. Real men don't beat on women in order to control them.
Controlling others is a presumptious thing to do anyway.

> 2. Women are not restricted in any way from controlling men using
their
> means - emotional strength. Society IGNORES this specific kind of
> violence that is inflicted on men by women - that men are by nature
not
> prepared to defend themselves against.

That's bullshit. Maybe YOU aren't preparaed to deal with an emotionally
abusive woman - but that's just your problem. It's controlling if you
allow it to be so. I'm certainly not in that boat.

> 3. FURTHERMORE, today it is MEN who are blamed for inflicting
emotional
> violence on women (e.g. screaming at someone - which is frequently a
> man's only defense against female manipulation given that he cannot
use
> his hands - is seen as violence committed by men against women) -
which
> is a gross mischaracterization of reality.

A severe over generalization.

> The solution: Either stay away from women; or, if you must be around
> them, (i) make sure that you have an alibi at all times while in
their
> presence; and(ii) do not take them seriously AT ALL. Thinking of them
> as children will help you retain an objective stance toward them.

That is incredibly stupid advice. First it assumes that ALL women
behave the way you describe, which is certainly not true. Secondly, it
ignores the fact that we can choose who we will associate with and who
we can avoid. All women are not childish, but your asserion that they
are makes you sound very childish.

> DO NOT believe that you can fall in love with a woman today. You are
> gambling with your sanity, your freedom, and your dignity - and the
> cards are heavily stacked against you.

Oh bollocks! That is so stupid as to be ridiculous.

> Women have superior skills of manipulation, deception and
interpersonal
> communication. These skills developed to level the playing field
> against superior male strength.

Some do and some don't. Women are often just as easily manipulated by
us. What strange alternative universe do you live in?

> When men are no longer allowed to use their superior physical
strength,
> women have both an individual and a collective advantage. The ability
> of men to physically intimidate women in the past kept a lot of those
> women in check.

Why do you need to hold anyone else in check? That's such a strange
thing to say. Why not merely control yourself and leave others to do
likewise?
Nothing is more obnoxious than a control freak.

> This is why one of the biggest feminist mantras is: "There is never
an
> excuse for violence against women."

There isn't. The best way to deal with a crazy woman is to walk away
from her.

> some MEN's/anti-American women/skank sites:

Ummm...no thanks. You need to change your reading habits.

RS



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