I was replying to one of the very few who comment on this blog and thought I should take the time to make it a short post. I’m very sorry, BTW, that my blog-handling chops are so primitive that I couldn’t figure out how to manage this blog without requiring memberships. I also would like to apologize for the infrequency with which I post. I have a family and a job and they come first, though reducing and eventually evolving beyond male supremacy is always on my mind.
You can get a little heartsick, if you think about injustice constantly. I really want to enjoy life, too. Anyway, I finished a new book about feminism.
It’s a great book for men that’s about porn and how it affects men, that could go a long way to explaining to feminist-friendly men about what they are participating in when they view porn to get off. It’s called Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity. Don’t read it yourself unless you need to find out how truly sickening the world of porn can be.
The same wires carrying this to you are used far more often to help men hypnotize themselves into an orgasm by proving to them, over and over again, that women love being degraded and debased. This has got to be stopped. Free speech is one thing, but porn is not speech! Ask Catherine MacKinnon.
Freida | 22-Aug-08 at 9:50 am | Permalink
Oh, Fred (Robert). I had a feeling TP was you. I bought your book, but am having a hard time reading it, because I hate porn so much and sometimes think I should remain in blissful ignorance. I think about injustice a lot, and probably seem like a feminist lacking a sense of humor.
I also believe men would be better off without oppressing women, but in ways most of them cannot currently understand. It takes a completely different mindset to appreciate how equality for all is better than being at the top of the heap. I’ve noticed that a lot of men have made this leap when it comes to racism, yet they fail to realize that sexism is just as wrong, and just as harmful to everyone.
Fred | 22-Aug-08 at 11:29 am | Permalink
Freida, I’m sorry, but I have never written a book myself. I’m just some random person who hates oppression. Thanks for thinking so highly of me, though!
Freida | 22-Aug-08 at 11:31 am | Permalink
Oops, I could be mistaken. Maybe by “just finished” you meant reading, not writing. Sorry. I hope I am mistaken, and there is more than one empathetic male in the world.