Also read piggy's article and I didn't find it so appealing as victoria did.
I don't know what it is with her that she tries to appease the men here so much. It's not just that she wants to promote intellectual debate because this totally agreeing is getting rather tiring and actually leading to the negative.
So....what did I think of the article ?? It might be interesting from a discussion point of view but let's just cut it down to size.
I - "Women need make-up and force this on themselves. Men would never do this"
Is that so ?? Personally I rarely use make up and when I do it's mostly for a social event. Do guys do nothing for a social event or a formal event ?? Of course they do. When you have a job interview you go into a tailored suit and prepare well. If you're going on a formal date you'll also take time to look nice, nice deodorant or a parfum. Seemingly cosmetics for men IS becoming a new issue and no, this is not from a women's perspective:
http://www.askmen.com/fashion/keywords/mens-cosmetics.html <---Guys...I guess we can agree that this is a mens point of view so yeah..............
II + III - "I watch more porn then Quaqmire. On a side note....feminism and job equality is bullshit anyway. Women are just filling in gaps by more worthless men"
While I agree that men can be seen as a form of downscale and that there are a lot of fucking idiots who happen to be of the XY gender I don't think this is the only reason women excel in carreers. Yes, positive discrimination is an issue which helps. On the other hand though, it's mostly through the commitment and determination of the individuals and the society which FINALLY gives women these chances. Like already begrudingly accepted by the topic starter women indeed do better then college. Finally job equality actually means much more then just the job. It means women are not dependent on men anymore for the income, a very liberating issue.
IV - "Guns are internal. We don't need a gun to make us feel like a man even though commercials make it out like that."
Is he serious ?? He whines on so much about Issue 1 - make up and then when it applies to guys then all of a sudden it doesn't matter anymore. No no no no no mister, you can't play with double standards. That women is partly right even in adressing that a culture and a society which upholds gun usage as a way to make you feel good is inherently wrong. I won't discuss the dangers of gun usage and the violence it entails in this thread (although it's interesting).
V - "Women whine on too much about their perceived lack of audience things aimed at them"
Well the way the evidence is presented here I would have to give him this point. On the other hand though, citing only 1 piece of an article to then set that as a evidence base for all women's writing is rather short minded and narrowed.
VI - "We don't dare to question our internal thoughts"
Well oke...I don't get what this has to do with sexism. Glad to see he's not so narrow minded not to whine on only about feminism and sexism. It's hard to argue either for or against here for it all boils down to an "what if" question. I don't know if I would have done things differently or would have put efforts down to change things.
VII - "A girl gets raped and no one protected her, not even other women. Seemingly women won't stand up for each other like men will"
Well first off I know nothing of this rape which happened so many years ago in one American city. Telling that it's a singular case again where he bases his whole generalization of women on. If it is true it is quite sad that other women didn't help them. But would men have done it any differently ?? There's a lot of needless violence (if there even is such a thing as needful violence) in which a person gets beat up in public. Guys don't help victims either. Bullying at school, not a lot of people would back the bullied people up. I can't judge others based on their behaviour but personally I do tend to stick up for people being victimized,bullied or mistreated. I don't know what others do but it's their choice to stick up for others or not. Bottom line being is that I don't think it's a women only thing that they let it slide by.