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In reply to the discussion: The Myth of Male Power - Warren Farrell [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)First off, you're poor and struggling to sustain your family? Okay. Do you think you'd be better-off if you were a woman under the same circumstances, unreadier? What I'm asking is, if scientists came up with a ray gun that could irreversibly transform you into a woman, would you jump at the chance? Would a uterus and not one but two ovaries improve your lot in life? Or do you think you'd have a harder time of it?
You say that if feminists want men to be their allies, they need to not "treat them like shit." Now, maybe I'm just ultra-special and one of a kind, but... I've never been treated like shit by a feminist. I've been treated with some wariness and skepticism before, but never "like shit." No one's ever asked me to personally take shame on being a male, feminist or otherwise. I've certainly never been called a "savage brute" who "needs female guidance."
Like I said, maybe I'm a special snowflake. or maybe, when you stomp around declaring that you can't get a college scholarship because WOMEN, you're putting people off, and they act accordingly? In other words, maybe it's not them; maybe it's you