Damaged Women Stage Drunken 2 a.m. March On Washington
What happens when angry women take to the streets? Mark Twain once said that “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”
Gynocentrism
Should men boycott Valentine's Day?
Is Valentine’s a gynocentric farce or is it a necessary way for men to practice chivalry toward women? Marc Rudov debates the question with feminist Tanya Acker. Guess whose side we’re on?
The woman who took on Kate Winslet: Fathers4Justice manager Nadine O’Connor
Nadine O’Connor was the brains, the braun and the balls behind a controversial ad, which directly questioned a woman’s automatic, unquestioned power in family law, taking on Kate Winslet and planning to take on other beloved Hollywood child abusers.
Violet Paget on the “grotesque” worship of women (1895)
There have been women for centuries who have noticed how sick and degrading the pedestalization of women as “better” or “superior” to men is, and bemoaned its growing influence on culture. Peter Wright has a sterling example in the writings of Violet Paget–from 1895!
Equality: A Step Down for Women?
There are those who are sadly misinformed about what “equality” would mean for women. They don’t have it and, as Tom Golden notes, they probably wouldn’t like it very much if they did. Tom Golden lays out the facts many don’t want to hear.
The creator of ManWomanMyth returns!
One of the best of the best voices championing the humanity of men has returned!
In defense of the modern [Aussie] man
On International Men’s Day this year (November 19th), advertising and marketing company M&C Saatchi released a White Paper titled The Modern [Aussie] Man. It was attacked mercilessly by three significant publications. Here is what they got wrong, and then some.
Marriage is slavery
Marriage is a union between equals, or so we are told. Scratch beneath the surface of this time honored tradition and a very different reality appears, one that is eerily reminiscent of bygone culture in which men were slaves to overlords.
Excusing Irrationality
Dating coach Harris O’Malley opines on the Huffington Post that common terms used to describe women behaving irrationally or abusively are men’s way of silencing and belittling women. To which Jesse Folsom says, “whaaaaa…?”
The other beauty myth
In 1991 Naomi Wolf wrote The Beauty Myth where she claimed that women are oppressed by patriarchal pressure to be beautiful. What she failed to tell us is where the beauty-mandate originated, or how it is used to gain and maintain power over men. Peter Wright fills in some of the gaps left by Wolf’s victim narrative.
