GMMUS

I'm not a misogynist by any means.  I do not hate women.  I do not agree with the way women are treated in society, in both modern and old times.  I am just showing the other side.  This title stems from tidbits of information I hear from my girlfriend specifically just as I'm writing this.  All these quotes are coming verbatim from my GIRLfriend who is a WOMAN. "Women have their roles in life and so do men."  "If a women wants to be like a man then they have to suck it up and get made fun of once in a while because that's not the way of life." "Women will never have the capacities to do some jobs."  "I don't think we should ever have a women president for the fact we have raging hormones and we will go to war on a whim."  "Women are built differently and are more emotional." "Last semester Ms. Rellihan showed me that women are either too compassionate or they go overboard to try and prove they are capable of a mans job." "Like my Mom for example, when she's at work she takes everyones excuses and comforts them and won't punish them, she doesn't take charge of her employees, she lets them walk all over her." "Then there's my boss who screams over the littlest things and won't listen to any excuses."  "Women aren't allowed to say the things I just said because all women are supposed to want equal rights but I don't think we are capable of equal rights."

Now while I don't agree or disagree with any statement above I do think that neither a man nor a woman could get away with saying any of it.  My girlfriend had wanted to say these things in her class at the time she took it but she says "I didn't want to be in a big bitch-fest."  This brings up an interesting dilemma.  At one point it would have been ok for a man to say such things, 18th century perhaps, but now it's not ok for neither a man nor a woman to say it.  So for all the women's rights movements actions towards having a voice for women it seems that even some things have slipped through the cracks.  It seems there are some distinct groups that cannot embody the 1st amendment rights. Women who agree with anti-women beliefs, men who agree with anti-women beliefs, and anyone else who disagrees with the women's choice.  I'm not saying that I think either of those groups are right in their beliefs but I feel that it should be dually noted that not all women are for the advancement of women as I believe there are probably more women like my girlfriend.  It's similar to abortion in a sense that you can be for either: abortion, the woman's choice, or for the woman regardless of her choice.  I think more people, men and women need to be for the woman and not her choices.

Please comment as to whether or not you agree or disagree with what either she or I have said or anything else you feel like commenting on or contributing.

(Also note that I will not be so negative or controversial in all my posts.)

Andy