Friday, March 09, 2007

Thin Black Duke quotes a stupid college editorial.

As Angell Hall first grants me escape from the harsh Ann Arbor wind, I am immediately subjected to a barrage of flyers that are extreme even by collegiate standards of political correctness. They read:

“If you do one or more of the following things:

� use words like ‘pimp’ and ‘player’ to praise sexually exploitative men

� blame women who have experienced sexual assault for indecency, stupidity, for ‘asking for it’

� think ‘no’ means ‘yes’

� excuse sexual violence because ‘men can’t control themselves’

YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO RAPE CULTURE.”

The F-Word is the campus group responsible for these green flyers that have violated our vision. Its motto - “Feminism: don’t be afraid to use it!” - tells you all need to know about its world view. From its extreme rhetoric consisting of strawman arguments to its willingness to place women in a victim role, the group really hasn’t accomplished anything exceptional or revolutionary.


The college experience really shaped my feeling that you have to be ready for feminism to really get it. I mean seriously, it's pretty difficult to pander enough to satisfy people who think that sort of flyer is extreme rhetoric. Sooner or later you're going to have to cut the crap. That's why I stand firm and say you're not entitled to women's bodies. We do with our own bodies what we will.

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