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Feminism is about equal rights for a person, whatever their gender. Oddly, much of the manosphere interprets this as something very different, and thinks that if a woman has the same rights as a man, the man will somehow lose his own rights, his genitals will be removed and he will be made to wear a frilly apron and scrub floors. This isn’t a new phenomenon. The dystopic forced-fem castration fantasy was staple of anti-suffrage propaganda in early 1900s.

From The Society Pages:

“…Those opposed to women’s suffrage also used postcards to get their message out to the public. The Palczewski Postcard Archive at the University of Northern Iowa, sent to us by Katrin, has a number of great examples that illustrate the frames used to present women’s full political participation as threatening.

For instance, a 12-card series produced by Dunston-Weiler Lithographic Company presented suffrage as upending the gender order by masculinizing women and feminizing men. Suffragists, the postcards tell us, cause women to abandon their household duties and become aggressive and unladylike…”

For more postcards, click here.

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AskMen.com recently shat out another misogynistic trollfest disguised as dating advice. It’s written by “relationship correspondent” Matthew Fitzgerald (thanks to Vagenda’s Twitter feed for the link). He wrote a book that is loved by douchebloggers like Angry Harry, a Manosphere staple who nobly fights for the rights of heterosexual, white middle-class men against oppression by those dastardly feminists, ethnic minorities, rape victims and any gay people who want to get married.

Anyway, back to AskMen. In an article about how women are all evil, think with emotions instead of rationality, accuse men who “aren’t afraid to be themselves or to exert their natural sexuality” of date rape and want – you know, respect and stuff (the bitches!) – Fitzgerald inadvertently alludes to rather a lot of submissive-male/dominant-female BDSM fantasies. If I were a troll, I’d even suggest that misogynists have a deep-seated kink that they don’t want to admit to. I’m not though, so I won’t. Here’s the article, with all the shit bits removed and all my favourite out-of-context femdom bits left in:

“…the rise of a class of ball-busting bitches…surrender their natural masculinity and pander to women…a world full of wusses and doormats, men who cater to women and willingly hand over all their male power in exchange for a few crumbs of approval…forced to bend over backwards to please women…feminize men into submissive she-males…a guy wants a chick to be masculine…letting women snip pruning shears at their crotches…buy their time and attention with meals, gifts, etc…nervous, insecure or overly nice around women…available at the drop of a hat…go out of their way to please women in the hope of getting laid…grovel, beg, or are desperate for sex…feel shameful or guilty about their natural sexuality…Let women manipulate them or treat them like “walking wallets”…feet-kissing doormats…be tied down…desperate and groveling for it…love the company of women and treat them very well…”

See. Much nicer. Click here for the original woman-hating cockery if you must.

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Yesterday, the shortlist for the Orange Prize for Fiction was announced, reigniting the debate over whether or not there should be an all-female literary award at all, and giving the Telegraph an excuse to put a gloriously enticing photo of Bettany Hughes across most of its front cover. Hughes said: “The number of first-time novelists is an indicator of the rude health of women’s writing. The verve and scope of the storylines pays compliment to the female imagination.”

(Unfortunately, the Telegraph article itself doesn’t seem to understand the difference between wanting to “abolish” something and wanting it to no longer be necessary, then condenses Hughes’ career as a writer, documentary maker and eminent historian into the word “presenter”, but perhaps I’m just being pedantic.)

Anyway, here are some snippets of a debate I ended up having on Facebook with author, Mark Farley about feminism, the publishing industry and – erm – lesbian pipes… Click each thumbnail below to enlarge, and click here to read the Telegraph article or just salivate over the photograph, depending on your priorities. I would recommend both.