Hyerdahl wrote:
> MCP wrote:
> > http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/a-b/adams/2005/adams031705.htm
> >
> > March 17, 2005
> > by Mike S. Adams, Ph.D.
> >
> > In 2003, the Women's Resource Center (WRC) at UNC-Wilmington
> embarrassed the
> > university by placing an obscene advertisement for The Vagina
> Monologues
> > (TVM) just outside the entrance to the school cafeteria. The sign,
> reading
> > "p-----s unite," was even seen by children entering the cafeteria
> with their
> > parents.
>
> [Well, I suppose that goes to show, just how women have taken back
all
> those words MEN INVENTED to describe the female sex organ.

We know that men invented these?

>  Isn't it
> educational to let children know what men thought of women and how
men
> attempted to denigrate the female sex organ, HIStorically?

No, acting like a fool is never really educational for children.

>
>
> > Last week, the WRC decided to advertise TVM on the lighted marquee
in
> front
> > of the university. Wilmington residents were greeted by the word
> "vagina"
> > flashing in bright lights as they passed the university on the way
to
> work,
> > to school, or to church. In fact, the flashing "vagina" sign was
> positioned
> > right across the street from the Greek Orthodox Church and the
> > administrative headquarters of the local Baptist Church.
>
> Again, isn't it time women took the denigratory words men assigned to
> them and used them for GOOD?

The word 'vagina' is derogatory?

>  You bitter boys who INVENTED such words,
> seem somewhat embarassed now that women are using them for good.

Oh, I don't know, Hy...I'd be embarrassed if someone flashed the word
'penis' in bright lights outside a church too.

> >
> > (edit of meninist vitriol)
>
> > But the most embarrassing part of the evening occurred when UNC-W
> Chancellor
> > Rosemary DePaolo was recognized in public by the Vagina Warriors
for
> > establishing a domestic violence task force in the wake of the
> murders of
> > two UNC-W students. This recognition was given despite DePaolo's
> public
> > admission that she spent less time on the murders of the two
students
> than
> > she spent on a hazing incident involving the UNC-W swim team. Both
> murdered
> > women had been stalked by male students with prior criminal
records.
>
> So, that seems a positive use of time, no?

It depends--was the hazing related to the homicides?

> >
> > The chancellor's decision to attend the Vagina Monologues (and to
be
> > recognized by the Vagina Warriors) raises serious questions about
her
> > judgment. But I also wonder where the Board of Trustees stands on a
> few
> > issues. For example:
>
> I'd support her.

You're on the Board of Trustees?

> >
> > 1. Does the Board condemn the use of the "c-word" as degrading to
> women? Or
> > do they, like (recently resigned) Colorado University President
> Elizabeth
> > Hoffman, think the word is sometimes endearing?
>
> The word has been taken away from bitter boys.

Not really.  Any man I know of can still say the word.  All they've
done to it was add a new level of foolishness to its use.

> >
> > 2. Does the Board approve of the sale of sex-organ shaped lollipops
> at
> > university-sponsored events?
>
> I see no problem with it;  you boys can have a penis shaped one.

Personally, I'd like to see everyone act like grownups and not be so
obsessed with their genitalia.

>
> >
> > 3a) Does the Board condemn the questioning of a six-year-old girl
> about the
> > smell of her vagina? b) Do they see this as evidence of pedophilia?
> c) Are
> > they willing to condemn pedophilia, despite the campus emphasis on
> moral
> > relativism?
>
> No, questioning an actor PLAYING a child about their sex organs is
not
> pedophilia unless you're doing it for sexual stimulation.

So then, as far as you're concerned, putting on a play in which
domestic violence is portrayed in positive terms with positive benefits
would not tend to imply approval of its use (though, for the record, I
don't believe an actor in a play is evidence of pedophilia)?

> >
> > 4. Does the Board question Rosemary DePaolo's competence? If not,
do
> they
> > question the competence of her advisors?
>
> No, it doesn't seem that anyone is bothering with bitter boy bile.

I don't think it's just the men, Hy.

> >
> > 5. How long will the inmates be in charge of the asylum?
>
> You'll have to ask those who can fire Laurance Sommers.

True--the ones over-reacting to his remarks *are* kind of loony.

> >
> > From what I understand, many campus feminists think that marching
> across a
> > stage chanting the word "vagina" will eventually win
them the right
> to vote.
> > I think it just makes them look stupid. But, what do I know. I'm a
> happy
> > man, without an angry vagina.
>
> News Flash!  Women HAVE the right to vote;

That's news?

>  perhaps the real message of
> VM is to let bitter boys know they have no words anymore.  When they
> use the words, "cunt" or "pussy", they're just
going to be laughed at
> now.

Screamed at and sued is probably more accurate.

>  As to your alleged 'happiness', without vagina, what men like you
> have are angry dicks.

And all their assets.   :)



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