Comments on: Hey, did you know Bryan Adams is sexist now?

By: Rob Farrington

Rob Farrington — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:16:55 +0000

I go for the 80s ‘Robin of Sherwood’ TV series, myself. Definitely an underrated classic.

I myself am furry EVERYWHERE, but luckily my fiance loves it, although for some reason she locks herself in the bathroom whenever there’s a full moon.

By: philmon

philmon — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:09:38 +0000

That’s because modern activism is all about the OUTRAGE. Not about discourse on the issues themselves.

When they have to dig up 30 year old ads to be outraged about to get their daily fixes, they should probably take a little time out and consider the implications of that fact.

But I won’t hold my breath.

By: I R A Darth Aggie

I R A Darth Aggie — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:32:59 +0000

What’s hilarious is how offensive the feminists say this ad is, but the commenters have zero problem whatsoever insulting and deriding the man for the hair on his arms.

*glances at his arms, looks at the ad*

Oh, good, they’ll make fun of my furry arms and I won’t give them the time of the day. Hey, at least I don’t have a furry back. I think. It’s not like I can see it…

By: Morgan K Freeberg

Morgan K Freeberg — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:09:06 +0000

For the record, I love taking care of my man. I love cooking for him. I don’t love doing laundry or cleaning, but I do it because it’s nice. Not because he expects me to, but because it’s a nice thing to do.

What a delightfully nutty little oppressed fruitcake you are.

But I’m a lot crazier. Because, as a straight man, when I see women doing nice things for me I happen to like it. Now it’s true, I read all the comments over at Feministing and I didn’t see anyone telling me I should stop women from ever doing nice things for me. But I didn’t see them say what exactly I should do when the occasion happens along. For quite a few decades, I’ve noticed them leaving guys like me out like that. How are we supposed to know what our instructions are?

I think we’re looking at a multi-fold definition of the post-modern feminist — right here. They assumed:

1. That a woman doing nice things for her man, was somehow diminishing herself;
2. That this self-diminishing held up, even though the nice thing the lady was doing for her man was looking good and therefore improving herself;
3. Most telling of all — that the only motivation the woman would have for doing anything nice for her man, was to keep him from leaving (melponeme_k, September 16, 2008 1:48 PM).

And just as a bonus…back to a question you raised…what in the world is up with criticizing the fella for the hair on his arms? Is there some kind of sick high-fiving going on over that — oh look, thirty years ago it was thought to be appealing that a man had hairy arms, now we as feminists have managed to stigmatize it and pressure society to reject manly men and be more accepting of feminized men. Is that the thought process?

If so, I agree with you then — word of this should get out. People need to understand that feminism is, after all, an attempt to get rid of men, in spirit if not in body.