Before reading this essay and Penty’s opposing argument, imagine that you are a soul completely without gender. You are preparing to enter life here on our big blue marble and you will use this debate to determine which gender to be born with. Now, you might not make your choice based on which is the better gender. You’ll be convinced that women are better, of course, but there’s no denying the challenges you’d face as a woman so you can’t be faulted for choosing the easier gender in spite of its inferiority. However, when you record your vote at the Collective Bias community, your vote should reflect who won the debate (which gender is better), not necessarily which gender you are or would choose to be.
Disclaimer: I am not a man-hater.
1) Violence is almost exclusively a male pasttime. Women grasp the futility of war, hate crimes and physical displays of anger and power. Your chances of being beaten, shot or mugged by a woman are extremely low. Your chances of being raped by a woman are zero.
2) Weird sexual fetishes are also almost exclusive to the male gender. Take a look at what women have had to do throughout history (see Chinese footbinding and Corsets links below) and continue to do today (see Britney boob job link below) to satisfy man’s bizarre sense of erotic attraction. Women have never insisted that men mutilate, starve or deform themselves to be attractive.
Next time you’re in the adult video store, take notice of the gender of the patrons browsing the Fetish section. It’s not likely you’ll see a woman there shopping for the latest Golden Showers or Fisting video. If there’s a web site out there devoted to giant turds and "interesting things I pulled out of my ass," you can bet, it’s a man’s website.
3) Men think farting and The Three Stooges are funny. This is a maturity issue. There’s no denying, most men never grow up. Now some might mistake this for a benefit rather than a detriment, but that too is a maturity issue. Only the immature think it’s cool to be immature. Women know there is a time to be a child and a time to grow up.
4) One reason people give for having children is to achieve immortality--to pass their soul along to another human being to be carried forward into the future for eternity. If a child is thought to hold the immortal soul of its parents, it is the woman who holds and carries her soul within her body, nourishing it, energizing it and releasing it. The soul of Man is always outside of himself.
5) The most compelling argument for the superiority of women lies in the instiution of patriarchy itself. If the gender competition is likened to a horse race, it is clear that Man has gone to great lengths to cripple the female horse from the start. Now why would you put such effort toward disabling your opponent unless you feared she was better than you and might actually win? Imagine the fearful position Man must find himself in now as he gallups along, only to glance behind and see that female horse, with only three good legs to run on still gaining on him and closing the distance fast? There can be no doubt, without the crippling effects of patriarchy, Woman would have overtaken Man long ago and won this silly little race by a long shot.
And the irony is, if not for Man’s competetive nature, there would have been no need for a race to begin with! It was never Woman’s aim to "beat" Man or to dominate him. It was Man who set up the race, defined the rules and the goals and then created limitations on Woman’s ability to reach the finish line. Men decided this kind of career is necessary to win and this way of life is successful and this is how you must look to be victorious--and then they high-fived themselves because they’d stacked the deck and made it so that women could achieve none of those things.
And then we did. We really are amazing, aren’t we? We took their challenge, hobbled up to the starting line on our deformed feet, with our silicone implants and our hairless bodies, our 4-inch heels and 20-inch waists, with more responsibilities and less pay, we showed them we could achieve their goals and win their game.
Imagine the race we could run with the bindings removed! With our self-esteem intact, our bodies healthy and unaltered, our talents and achievements respected and fairly compensated!
Or imagine if we changed the race entirely and set our own goals and standards for success. We could train Man to be more like us, reverse thousands of years of patriarchal dogma and entitlement, teach him to curb his aggressive instincts or channel his aggression in positive ways.
Or we could leave Man to his violence and destruction, to amuse himself with fart jokes and The Simpsons while we create peace, save the planet and make the world a better place for our immortal souls, our children, to live forever.
Before reading this essay and Penty’s opposing argument, imagine that you are a soul completely without gender. You are preparing to enter life here on our big blue marble and you will use this debate to determine which gender to be born with. Now, you might not make your choice based on which is the better gender. You’ll be convinced that women are better, of course, but there’s no denying the challenges you’d face as a woman so you can’t be faulted for choosing the easier gender in spite of its inferiority. However, when you record your vote at the Collective Bias community, your vote should reflect who won the debate (which gender is better), not necessarily which gender you are or would choose to be.
Disclaimer: I am not a man-hater.
1) Violence is almost exclusively a male pasttime. Women grasp the futility of war, hate crimes and physical displays of anger and power. Your chances of being beaten, shot or mugged by a woman are extremely low. Your chances of being raped by a woman are zero.
2) Weird sexual fetishes are also almost exclusive to the male gender. Take a look at what women have had to do throughout history (see Chinese footbinding and Corsets links below) and continue to do today (see Britney boob job link below) to satisfy man’s bizarre sense of erotic attraction. Women have never insisted that men mutilate, starve or deform themselves to be attractive.
Next time you’re in the adult video store, take notice of the gender of the patrons browsing the Fetish section. It’s not likely you’ll see a woman there shopping for the latest Golden Showers or Fisting video. If there’s a web site out there devoted to giant turds and "interesting things I pulled out of my ass," you can bet, it’s a man’s website.
3) Men think farting and The Three Stooges are funny. This is a maturity issue. There’s no denying, most men never grow up. Now some might mistake this for a benefit rather than a detriment, but that too is a maturity issue. Only the immature think it’s cool to be immature. Women know there is a time to be a child and a time to grow up.
4) One reason people give for having children is to achieve immortality--to pass their soul along to another human being to be carried forward into the future for eternity. If a child is thought to hold the immortal soul of its parents, it is the woman who holds and carries her soul within her body, nourishing it, energizing it and releasing it. The soul of Man is always outside of himself.
5) The most compelling argument for the superiority of women lies in the instiution of patriarchy itself. If the gender competition is likened to a horse race, it is clear that Man has gone to great lengths to cripple the female horse from the start. Now why would you put such effort toward disabling your opponent unless you feared she was better than you and might actually win? Imagine the fearful position Man must find himself in now as he gallups along, only to glance behind and see that female horse, with only three good legs to run on still gaining on him and closing the distance fast? There can be no doubt, without the crippling effects of patriarchy, Woman would have overtaken Man long ago and won this silly little race by a long shot.
And the irony is, if not for Man’s competetive nature, there would have been no need for a race to begin with! It was never Woman’s aim to "beat" Man or to dominate him. It was Man who set up the race, defined the rules and the goals and then created limitations on Woman’s ability to reach the finish line. Men decided this kind of career is necessary to win and this way of life is successful and this is how you must look to be victorious--and then they high-fived themselves because they’d stacked the deck and made it so that women could achieve none of those things.
And then we did. We really are amazing, aren’t we? We took their challenge, hobbled up to the starting line on our deformed feet, with our silicone implants and our hairless bodies, our 4-inch heels and 20-inch waists, with more responsibilities and less pay, we showed them we could achieve their goals and win their game.
Imagine the race we could run with the bindings removed! With our self-esteem intact, our bodies healthy and unaltered, our talents and achievements respected and fairly compensated!
Or imagine if we changed the race entirely and set our own goals and standards for success. We could train Man to be more like us, reverse thousands of years of patriarchal dogma and entitlement, teach him to curb his aggressive instincts or channel his aggression in positive ways.
Or we could leave Man to his violence and destruction, to amuse himself with fart jokes and The Simpsons while we create peace, save the planet and make the world a better place for our immortal souls, our children, to live forever.
With all of that potential just waiting to burst forth, who wouldn’t want to be a woman??
With all of that potential just waiting to burst forth, who wouldn’t want to be a woman??
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