Feminism doesn't threaten men...

[jhameia]

Patriarchy does.

So if patriarchy isn't about oppressing "thy neighbor's wife nor his cattle nor his manservant nor his maidservant nor anything that is thy neighbors" then what *is* it really about?

I'm going to say it's all about controlling other men. Using women as collateral, bait, status symbols, bribes, rewards, and just general all around leverage. Oh, and of course scapegoats (it's Teh Feminists, they're in ur officz, dilutin' ur pay raises!)

So that's what I mean when I say "worse."

What I mean when I say that might be worse in a productive way is... guys, you really want to play that game? You think patriarchy works for you? You think you can come out ahead? That you could ever "score" enough pussy? "Get lucky" enough? "Win" the hand of the fairest maiden? Get some father to "give away" the best bride?

No, even if you play that game you're not going to come out ahead.

Which is why, I figure, that feminism isn't anything like as big a threat to men as anti-feminism is... as patriarchy is.

Sure, they act ticked off -- you would too if you realized your designated role in life was to have your ass dangled in front of some tool to keep him in line. So the question there isn't why are *they* ticked off at patriarchy, it's why aren't more *men* ticked off at it -- the way we ought to be when we realize our designated role in life is to keep in line in hopes of getting what's dangled in front of us. *Especially* when, for the most part, if that wasn't the game... if the system wasn't almost entirely about making you think sex is scarce because women aren't available except as a reward... then we'd all of us -- men *and* women -- would almost certainly end up having, and *enjoying* sex... with our *fun, cool, human equals* and not other men's *assets*, a lot more often.

Just sayin'

OMG I love this man.

Comments

Re: An alternate point of view.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Except that this so-called "common sense" isn't so common to people who subscribe to old-world views that systemetically oppress other people. You have the privilege of being brought up in a community where such ideas are commonplace. Others are still struggling to make this sensibility commmon in other places.

I honestly fail to see why the resistance to feminism is so strong in the face of a systemetic heirarchy that visibly oppresses so many.