Monday, 23 February 2009

• Are Women as Sexist as Men?

  
  

  
  

  Guys, how many times have we heard women say things like,
  
  "men are jerks"
  
  "I can do more than one thing at a time because I'M a woman!" (not too frequent a comment but I've heard it a few times)
  
  "Men are insensitive!"
  
  "Women are more understanding than men!"
  
  "Women think faster than men"
  
  "You can't hit a girl, but if a girl hits you, you probably deserve it"
  
  Now, if one of us guys so much as gives an opinion on why women might not be paid as much, we are labeled a sexist.
  

  We are subject to vicious verbal attacks for merely supposing there are realms in which we are better than women, while women will gladly point out to us realms in which they believe themselves to be superior.
  
  A modern woman thinks sexism is a man supposing he can be better than a woman in a particular field. While a woman can easily away with saying women are better than men in general.
  
  Women demand equal rights, and while I think that is a good thing, I would like to see more women taking on equal responsibility. While you may not be paid as much, or hired as readily, there are a lot of things you need to give up before society is truly equal.
  
  Women need to stop thinking they have the right to assault men. Many women believe, and some women will even say that men should not be allowed to hit them back in self defense. This is not pursuit of equal rights, this is domination.
  
  Women will usually win in court cases even if they swung first, and so usually if they strike a man there is no attempt of legal retaliation.
  

  However I'm sure everyone reading this has seen a woman get away with striking a man, and probably been angry at a man for striking a woman. Now I'm not suggesting men should be allowed to beat women, I'm simply stating that there should be no double standards relating to assault and self defense cases. That is, unless you want to be considered the weaker sex.
  
  And for those saying women cannot hurt men, well, think again. I am physically stronger than any woman I know. But that does not make me invincible. Anyone can be caught off guard with a low blow, or a jab to the throat. Both of which are really dangerous and excruciatingly painful. And these things do happen.
  
  Please bear with me as I give a long drawn out example from my own experience:

  A few years back, I was part of a Christian youth group. Some new members had joined us and we were out on night time corn maze.  Our youth minister, a woman who happened to be out of shape, didn't want to actually watch us in the maze, because it involved too much exercise. So, she made it a boys against girls race, and left us to ourselves. 

  The guys got bored running around, so when we heard the girls coming, we decided to jump out of the shadows and startled them. It was all in good fun.  We knew most of them well, and they all knew us, so no one was going to be in any real danger. And it worked really well. They looked like deer caught in the headlights. 
  

  However, one of the girls apparently didn't find it funny, and decided to express this the best way she knew how. Or rather, thought this a good excuse for some violence.
  

  First she attempted to kick me, which I easily anticipated and blocked. I don't claim to be an expert fighter, but she was obvious and slow about it. Anyway I gave her a look  and she backed off. Then she spotted a friend of mine a few feet away,  who was laughing too hard to pay attention. She ran up to him and kicked him full force right int he groin.
  

  The girl who'd kicked my friend, a new girl, was bragging to the group, in particular to her mother, about what had transpired. She didn't really even try to make it sound called for. She said we jumped out, she kicked me but I blocked it, so she kicked him between his legs. Her mother, and some of the group members were laughing.
  

  I was angry and so I called her a bitch for it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat too. Well anyway, long story short, everyone sided with her, and I was almost thrown out of the youth group. But I quit before they could decide what to do.
  
  Now, if you were to turn this around, or any story like it, the ending would seem ridiculous. Women call men A-holes all the time just for our opinions. While Men can *never* get away with striking a woman. If I were to strike her, I would be arrested, and buried in foul names.
  
  If you want to be equals, than why don't you stop abusing laws that protect you? (not to assume all women and girls would do that)
  
  Before I go any farther, I would like to point out that statistics and number showing men hurting women is not a valid argument against this. Men should never assault, rape, or take advantage of a woman, All I'm saying is, women need to take equal responsibility for their own actions.

  My post will probably seem like a spiteful rant, however I really mean to make a point, women are just as sexist as men, and just as prone to wanting special treatment.

  Another point I should like to make is that women will always side with another woman over a man, no matter what the subject.
  

  For instance, the recent post labeled, “How I ruined a girls Valentines Day”, a man is harassed by a woman who wishes to take the last pack of Sam Adams, which he has picked up first. He refused, clearly within his rights, to give it to her, and proceeded to purchase it. Once outside, she lied to her boyfriend that he had stolen it from her. Her boyfriend, believing her, assaulted the man, and was quickly awarded two well deserved punches in the face. Now, on finding out he was given a bloody nose because she lied to him, he broke up with her.

  While nobody sided with her over whether or not she deserved his beer, (well, nobody with a brain) many women stated they thought her boyfriend was a jerk for breaking up with her.
  

  Is that seriously how far women will go to make the woman the victim of any story? Clearly he broke up with her for telling a lie that got him beaten. Who would stay in a relationship where things like that were happening? Trust is an important part of any relationship, and after that I doubt he had much left for her.

  Women side with women, because they automatically assume all problems are caused by men. This is clearly sexism, a thing which women themselves will not tolerate.

  Are women as sexist as men? Do I, a mere man, have the right to suggest such things about women?

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