01-03-2004, 04:46 AM
I think rights should be related to work -- If you want to be treated the same as me, do as much work as me. I fyou want to be treated better, do more work, or more important work. If you don't want to do any work for your rights, I don't think you are in any position to complain that you're being treated unfairly. I believe this goes for men and women, both.
In my experience, 'equal rights' and 'feminism' are flip sides of thesame coin. Both have good points, both have bad. My experience is that a Feminist is the type who finds fault with men regardless of what actions they take -- they usually feel superior to men. But at the same time, if they are out on a date, they expect him to pay the bill -- but not without arguing over it. If he pys without arguing she feels he thinks she can't pay, and if he doesn't move he thinks it's her job to pay.
Of course, women in general have some huge behavioural problems as far as I'm concerned. It's a horrible source of stress in my life right now, too, mostly because of my mother... That's space for my own rant, though, and I won't bring it here. The problems are they expect men to hear what they don't say, and understand when they disguise what they're saying. The only difference, IMO, between a woman and a cat is that women have the choice of speaking intelligibly.
Am I a 'chauvinist pig'? I don't think so, but I'm sure there are people who would if they met me. I always try to behave with the manners I feel are appropriate -- if that means letting the ladies get on the bus first, I do that, if that means yelling 'shut the fuck up bitch!' at the top of my lungs, I do that. Normally I stick with the polite side of my manners, but sometimes I slip into the inner-polite that everyone at my schools used. I try to be a "gentleman", and that hasn't gotten me any more than a female friend, IRL.
And when it comes to the old "I'll call you" line, girls use it just like guys. I know from experience. In conclusion: I'm all for equal rights as long as you do equal work. I don't support bashing of either gender, though sometimes verbal attacks are necessary to relieve stress. Anyhow, Equal-rights are usually good, Femininsts are usually less good. Yeah, that about sums it up.
In my experience, 'equal rights' and 'feminism' are flip sides of thesame coin. Both have good points, both have bad. My experience is that a Feminist is the type who finds fault with men regardless of what actions they take -- they usually feel superior to men. But at the same time, if they are out on a date, they expect him to pay the bill -- but not without arguing over it. If he pys without arguing she feels he thinks she can't pay, and if he doesn't move he thinks it's her job to pay.
Of course, women in general have some huge behavioural problems as far as I'm concerned. It's a horrible source of stress in my life right now, too, mostly because of my mother... That's space for my own rant, though, and I won't bring it here. The problems are they expect men to hear what they don't say, and understand when they disguise what they're saying. The only difference, IMO, between a woman and a cat is that women have the choice of speaking intelligibly.
Am I a 'chauvinist pig'? I don't think so, but I'm sure there are people who would if they met me. I always try to behave with the manners I feel are appropriate -- if that means letting the ladies get on the bus first, I do that, if that means yelling 'shut the fuck up bitch!' at the top of my lungs, I do that. Normally I stick with the polite side of my manners, but sometimes I slip into the inner-polite that everyone at my schools used. I try to be a "gentleman", and that hasn't gotten me any more than a female friend, IRL.
And when it comes to the old "I'll call you" line, girls use it just like guys. I know from experience. In conclusion: I'm all for equal rights as long as you do equal work. I don't support bashing of either gender, though sometimes verbal attacks are necessary to relieve stress. Anyhow, Equal-rights are usually good, Femininsts are usually less good. Yeah, that about sums it up.