Women: After thousands of years, technology is changing my role. I no
longer have to spend the whole day stoking the fire, spinning cloth,
baking bread, skinning and curing meats, grinding grain, and so on.
And thanks to increasing public schooling, the kids are gone during
the day. I have free time!
Men: You're welcome.

Women: Maybe one day, your role will change and you'll be freed as
well.
Men: Maybe.

Women: My life has become easier, and my lifespan is no longer shorter
than yours. In fact, it's longer now.
Men: You're welcome.

Women: Women as a class now have time to consider themselves. Isn't
that wonderful? I'm going to a meeting.
Men: Maybe our role too will change one day, and we'll have time for
that as well.

Women: Do you know what Elizabeth Cady Stanton said? She said, "We
are, as a sex, infinitely superior to men."
Men: Hogwash.

Women: Votes for Women!
Men: No!

Women: Yes!
Men: OK.

Women: Now it's been years since we got the vote. We need more
liberation. I'm burning my bra.
Men: Is that women's lib or women's lip?

Women: Wasn't it Gloria Steinem that said, "A woman needs a man like a
fish needs a bicycle"? We womyn agree with that.
Men: Maybe, but....

Women: We can't achieve equality until there's been a generation of
affirmative action at the very least. That's not discrimination,
that's equality.
Men: Hm.

Women: I think it's really funny that you can no longer congregate
with your own sex, but I can. Men's clubs are illegal, subject to
lawsuit, or boycotted, but women's clubs are  protected and
encouraged. Did you know that women's-only health clubs are legal by
federal law and men's-only are not? See you at the Women's Community
Building. And thanks for the taxes.
Men: Say....

Women: Better be careful how you look at me, that could be sexual
harassment. I can sue you. You'll lose your job, your home, your
family. That kind of threat, as sanctioned by law, has a chilling
effect, doesn't it?
Men:

Women: And we have anti-stalking laws now. If you get too close, I can
sue you. You'll lose your job, your home, your family.
Men:

Women: Now that we've brought about no-fault divorce, I see that more
than 75% of divorces are initiated by the woman. Do you think that's
because she gets the house, car, one third to one half his income,
plus child support more or less automatically?
Men:

Women: The fact that women get the child in nearly 90% of contested
custody cases isn't really good enough, it should be higher. Don't
complain--I'll accuse you of abuse; you'll lose your job, your home,
your family.
Men:

Women: And don't talk back to me loudly. That's legally defined as
abuse in many states now, didn't you know that? All I have to do is to
call the police. With mandatory arrest laws, you're going to jail. Who
do you think the courts would believe, if it came to that? You'll lose
your job, your home, your family.
Men:

Women: Sure there are thousands of false rape accusations where
nothing happens to the woman who lied and destroyed the man's life,
but so what? I hear that Catherine Comins says, "Men who are unjustly
accused of rape can sometimes gain from the experience."
Men:

Women: You're more than 20 times as likely to get the death penalty
for the same crime as I am, isn't that interesting?
Men:

Women: I'm 66% more likely to get probation for the same crime. And
you'll get 47% more jail time, on average, if we are sent to jail.
Men:

Women: Did you know that in a lot of states, you'll get a much longer
prison term if you attack me and we're married than if you're a
stranger?
Men:

Women: Hm, it's really amazing how the male prison population has
soared--do you think males no longer fit into society?
Men:

Women: But after all, didn't Germaine Greer say, "Probably the only
place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security
prison, except for the imminent threat of release."?
Men:

Women: The fact that the draft laws are only for men, and only men
have to register, doesn't matter. There is no draft now.
Men:

Women: Bobbitt! Yeeeeehah! Hahahahahaha!!! Women rule!
Men:

Women: Men die earlier from all eight major causes of death. Yet
there's never been a federal study as to why. Isn't that funny? But
there's an office of Women's Health. None for men yet, maybe one day.
Men:

Women: I'm going to that free breast cancer screening provided by the
state. I didn't see anything about prostate cancer, though. I hear
that breast cancer gets 14 times as much federal funding as prostate
cancer does. Prostate cancer must be pretty unimportant, huh?
Men:

Women: Why is it that it's illegal to charge women, who have more
accidents, higher premiums, but legal to charge men, who die sooner,
higher premiums for life insurance?
Men:

Women: And what about social security? Don't you think it's funny that
men pay so much more into it, but only get six years of retirement
benefits on average, compared to a woman's fourteen? Doesn't that
amount to a massive tax and money transfer from men to women? I guess
men are OK with that.
Men:

Women: We sure are using Title IX to cut into men's sports, aren't we?
I guess men just don't want to reciprocate and demand equal programs
in other areas--I mean, the idea of a "men's studies" major is just
funny, huh?
Men:

Women: And was that a men's-only college you were thinking of
attending? I think not! There are almost none left. Dozens of
women's-only colleges available, though.
Men:

Women: Why is it that when a man commits a crime, he goes to jail, but
when a woman does, the media tries to figure out what man made her do
it, and she goes to counseling?
Men:

Women: Come to think of it, why do you think that there are so many
women's shelters, but virtually none for men? Thanks for the taxes, by
the way.
Men:

Women: Wasn't it Robin Morgan, Ms. Magazine Editor, who said, "I feel
that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act."?
Men:

Women: And why is it that women can hit men in the movies, even knock
them unconscious, but men can't hit back? Funny how there's so much
attention on kicking men in the groin in movies and TV now. Sure is a
big joke.
Men:

Women: What about TV ads? Did you read that study that said 97% of the
"mini-battles" in TV ads are won by women?
Men:

Women: For that matter, why are women always "women" in the media, and
men so often "males"? Many places don't even use "female" as an
adjective anymore--ask a woman doctor or woman lawyer. And did you
notice that the generic pronoun in hundreds of magazines and articles
is now "she"?
Men:

Women: And why is it that men are made out to look like incompetent
idiots nearly all the time on TV? And that's not just ads--that's
regular programming.
Men:

Women: Women have five cable channels, how many do men have? Women
rule.
Men:

Women: Funny how the media buys into studies, like the Superbowl
domestic violence thing, without checking it out. And how they keep
reprinting it year after year--even though it was disproved the same
year it came out. Did you know that three out of five women are raped
before they're 21? I read it in the paper.
Men:

Women: So why, according to the networks, are men watching less and
less TV, anyway? Must be video games, I guess.
Men:

Women: Say, I head that Jilly Cooper of SCUM said, "The male is a
domestic animal which, if treated with firmness...can be trained to do
most things." Is that true?
Men:

Women: How about that Violence Against Women act? It's created an
entire industry of lawyers, social workers, and counselors. Funny that
men never objected to this kind of law that is gender-specific, that
only protects women. Yes, it's skewed the idea of justice and created
kangaroo courts, and yes, it's based on the idea that women must
receive special protection from men and privileges from the
government. But it makes up for 2,000 years of wrongs. Of course, you
weren't alive then.
Men:

Women: I hear that Andrea Dworkin said, "I want to see a man beaten to
a bloody pulp with a high-heel shoved in his mouth, like an apple in
the mouth of a pig." Sounds like a good idea.
Men:

Women: And did you read that study that up to one-third of fathers
aren't really the child's father? I guess we put one over on you
there. Of course, if the man finds out that he isn't really the
father, he still has to pay child support--after all, what's most
important is the child. For that reason, feminists are working to make
it illegal to test the genetics of children without the mother's
consent.
Men:

Women: And no, I don't have to give you any visitation. The mother is
the primary parent anyway.
Men:

Women: Wasn't it Sally Miller Gearhart, in The Future - If There Is
One - Is Female, who said, "The proportion of men must be reduced to
and maintained at approximately 10% of the human race."?
Men:

Women: Funny how women have a choice when it comes to abortion,
raising a kid, and/or giving it up for adoption, but men have none.
Men:

Women: In fact, women have lots more choices these days. They can
choose to take easier jobs, come to those jobs with less experience,
less relevant education, work fewer hours, refuse to relocate, take
longer than men for the same tasks, and demand time off for family
time.
Men:

Women: By the way, did you see that the average woman only earns 74
cents compared to the average man's dollar? It seems that would be the
result of women's choices, but that's not right. It's because of
discrimination. USA Today even says that's women's primary concern in
life--the wage gap. Which is caused by discrimination.
Men:

Women: Political correctness sure is making its mark on TV, in books,
magazines, and newspapers. That'll teach you men to stop being such
aggressors. I hear that men account for less than one third of all
purchases in bookstores now, and the number is dropping like a stone.
Men:

Women: Of course, I shouldn't be surprised that men read less, they're
stupid compared to women. The media will tell you that. And so will
science--isn't it interesting how science is proving over and over
that what you do is because of caveman impulses and evolution, while
what women do is because of free and powerful choice? You can read
about it in the paper.
Men:

Women: Political correctness in school is having a positive effect
too. Of high school students who go on to college, only 45% are male,
55% female. In some places, it's only 40% male now. Men are being
encouraged to focus on sports, not scholarship. A generation ago, it
was get good grades. Now, it's get good scores. I mean, shouldn't men
be fixing cars instead of looking for white collar jobs anyway?
Men:

Women: Don't you think that's men's future? Women will go to school
and be lauded, and men will focus on the physical as they should so
they can fix cars and dump the trash. After all, they're stupid and
intractable in school, so many female teachers (are there any male
teachers left? Aren't they pederasts?) will tell you that. They should
just take their drugs and be quiet. Fewer and fewer boys will go to
college. Of course, the women are the real losers--white collar
executives won't want to marry plumbers. Once again, men cause women
grief.
Men:

Women: You men do seem to be retreating from everything
mainstream--school, church, public life. Sure, you restrict yourself
to the areas you're allowed to have--I hear that football attendance
is up nearly three times over thirty years ago. But that's just part
of your plan--because you're men, you don't need to work as hard as we
do. You have it made.
Men:

Women: When you think of it, the triumph of female values sure has
made this culture inward-looking, safety-obsessed, and child-fixated
hasn't it? Is that what's meant by decadence?
Men:

Women: Why don't you say anything?
Men:




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