Manly Girl
It turns out there are plenty of young gentlemen who are angry at obstinate feminists. So it is not just a matter of age. Perhaps I was WRONG? Nah, just kidding.
Last night I went to the first FI (Feminists of Iceland) meeting of the season. The meeting was packed and the speakers were members of parliament, one representative per political party. Most of it was the regular yada yada "we are all working towards a more egalitarian, integrated society" blah blah. Some of it was really interesting, one party does not have a problem with putting down a 50% rule, meaning that all parties must have a 50% female election list. I don't even agree with that but hey, fine by me. One party has no problem with the lack of women holding public offices and that there is no reason why more than 2 of the 9 supreme court judges should be women. Fine, I won't be voting for them any time soon. One party wants to make domestic violence an offence where the police are entitled to remove the offender form the home, not just depending on whether the victim presses charges.
There quite a few men in the audience, which made me really happy.
This morning, one of them posted message on the feminist message board. He stated a number of things:
Last night I went to the first FI (Feminists of Iceland) meeting of the season. The meeting was packed and the speakers were members of parliament, one representative per political party. Most of it was the regular yada yada "we are all working towards a more egalitarian, integrated society" blah blah. Some of it was really interesting, one party does not have a problem with putting down a 50% rule, meaning that all parties must have a 50% female election list. I don't even agree with that but hey, fine by me. One party has no problem with the lack of women holding public offices and that there is no reason why more than 2 of the 9 supreme court judges should be women. Fine, I won't be voting for them any time soon. One party wants to make domestic violence an offence where the police are entitled to remove the offender form the home, not just depending on whether the victim presses charges.
There quite a few men in the audience, which made me really happy.
This morning, one of them posted message on the feminist message board. He stated a number of things:
- that the woman who greeted him at the meeting was as skinny as a model (and that is important because...?)
- that the idea for ending domestic violence was horrible, because what he does in his home is his business. Which I will kindly remember if he ever enters my home.
- that feminists are not for meritocracy - which is really funny considering that one of the topics of discussion was the woman judge who was not appointed to the supreme court even though her CV far surpassed the judge's who was appointed (and oddly enough happened to be the prime minister's cousin)
- that he was really mad.
Yes, I agree, he is mad. I can totally understand that my feminist ideas are not for everyone. But to get your undies in a bundle because desperate measures are needed to end domestic violence? Oh, buddy.
Makes me wanna cry like the manly girl that I am.
posted by disinterpreter at 10:36 AM
2 Comments:
Keep up the good work, Elin! I hope that the Party proposing the enlightened legislation about removing the offender from the home is successful in its undertaking. Zero tolerance of domestic violence is the only acceptable option. Too often women victims are forced into refuges (and subsequent financial misery) whilst the offender sits tight, which can act as a powerful disincentive against bailing out of an abusive relationship. The unrepentant knuckle-dragger who posted the comments on the board has obviously no conception of the obstacles, overt and covert, strewn in the path of qualified women, designed to preserve the status quo. I was relieved that the Women's Committee of the European Parliament had the good sense to exclude the UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom from their ranks. He was quoted in the Guardian as declaring: "I just don't think they [women] clean behind the fridge enough". This cheap attempt at catching the public eye followed hot on the heels of another revealing comment to the effect that as an employer he would never recruit a woman of childbearing age. This is the type of prejudice we are confronted with day by day. Against such a backdrop, the assertion that women are afraid of a meritocracy is exposed as arrant nonsense.
Thank you. Yes, our competent Minister of agriculture has been quoted saying that women should stay behind the stove. Personally, I find standing behind the stove frightfully impractical.
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