Philip Lewis wrote:


> Are Universities REALLY giving women an EDUCATION these days or are
they
> being used as dupes to progress an agenda of familly breakdown so
that the
> STATE gains ever more power at the expense of the individual? (Phil)

Universities are educating women just as they educate men;  if what
results from that education
is the breakdown of the patriarchal family, don't be surprised.  :-)


>
>
http://www.tnhonline.com/news/2005/03/28/Commentary/Painefully.Right.Patriarchy.Huh-904986.shtml
> Painefully Right: Patriarchy Huh?
> By James Paine
> Published: Monday, March 28, 2005
>
>       There has been a lot of hubbub focused on the word patriarchy
around
> campus lately, most notably (and apparently newsworthy) the Feminist
Action
> League (FAL) with their opus, the Patriarchy Slam. Patriarchy, a
system
> villainously administered by men, is such a threat to society that
some men
> have gone against their evil kindred and formed groups to combat the
> patriarchy menace, aptly calling themselves The Men Against
Patriarchy.


[Cool.]
>
>       Men, as anyone who subscribes to the anti-patriarchy faction
can
> testify, are a bestial group who know nothing but murder, rape and
turmoil.
> Men have few redeeming social values, being unable to carry on a
> conversation without sneering maliciously and making comments about
boobs.
> Even the men who declare themselves as allies of womyn are
subconsciously
> oppressing them and until one actively takes a bullet for a womyn,
they are
> to be regarded strictly as a threat. The only possible exception is
> homosexual men, who are to be accepted as allies (and potential
shopping
> partners), because they too are oppressed by fat, white men in suits.

[Sour grapes]
>
>       Many people became upset with the FAL and their Patriarchy
Slam. There
> were opinions voiced advocating violence against men. Open animosity
was
> expressed towards all males in society, no exceptions. This
frightened
> people. It made them uncomfortable to think that there are groups of
womyn
> with such strong convictions that they might actually make motion
towards
> castrating the men of our society to limit their powers of
patriarchy.

[The Patriarchy Slam was about disarming RAPISTS, so unless you think
all men are
rapists, it wasn't about castrating men per se.]

>
>       Frankly, the Patriarchy Slam shouldn't be seen as a threat, but
rather
> it should be viewed in a refreshing light. Finally, we are hearing
the truth
> from what these womyn want and what they are planning. All pretense
of
> wanting an egalitarian society where we could all wear gender-neutral

> clothing and dance happily in friendly meadows of acceptance were
thrown out
> the window. To have someone actually say something along the lines of
"I
> hate men, I think they are all without redeeming value and should be
kept
> underground, excluded from society save for the sole purpose of
occasional
> breeding," is great in the fact that it is finally an honest
sentiment.

[Indeed, and very telling.  It used to be we had the word, misogyny
only, assuming
that there existed only men who hated women, but now we see that turn
about is
fair play.]
>
>       As an avid videogame player, the use of violence that seemed to
be the
> theme of the Patriarchy Slam seemed downright titillating. The first
thing
> that came to mind when reading the aftermath of this event was "Wow,
these
> ladies are finally on to something." There is nothing like violence,
actual,
> implied, threatened or otherwise, to gain attention. This formula was

> discovered and has been abused for years by Hollywood and the six o'
clock
> news. Kudos to the Feminist Action League and their affiliates for
getting
> with the program.

[This is his admission that men were violent long before women sought
fire to fight
fire.]
>
>       There is great promise in this new breed of feminism. One can
only
> imagine the possibilities of groups of angry violent womyn,
patrolling their
> turf together, wearing the same colors as a banner of their
allegiance to
> the cause of male hate. In groups they can ambush suspected members
of
> fraternities or athletic teams, ceremonially beating them into
submission
> and then allowing a new initiate to castrate the man, effectively
earning
> her way into the posse. While this may seem like ridiculous
hyperbole, do
> not discredit the fervor of these capable and intelligent young womyn
(some
> of whom, you may remember, wore scissors around their necks to
symbolize the
> severance of male genitalia from male bodies).

[You mean from RAPISTS bodies, no?  Or are all men rapists?]

> 
>       (edit)

> > >



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