Before we get started, let's begin on the same pgage. Yesterday, I read a very disturbing and very sad blog post on a Catholic run website. In the last twenty-four hours, this post (Six Reasons You Shouldn't Send Girls to College) has gone viral and generated a mulitude of responses. My initial reaction upon reading that terrible piece of writing was shock, quickly followed by disgust, and rounding third was anger.
Tell me, how is it that this archiac, misogynistic, patriarchal piece of shit can still be an idea? Other than as a satrical piece written for a few laughs that should never have been posted. It's revolting to know somewhere a man (this was most assuredly written by a male) actually, truly believes this and wants to preach this sort of chauvanistic crap. And what's worse: people will believe him too!
That's the frightening part of this whole blog post for many women. As many caustic responses he received (some of which were quite brilliant), I think this post represents a large portion of the American, and unfortunately Christian, population and how they perceive women. And this perception revolves around women as objects not human beings. Women shouldn't receive an education because then they realize there is more to them than just ownership and baby making. That women have voices and hearts and wants other than shutting themselves in a home and pretending they don't exist. That's what is so goddamn scary about this: that there are men and women who still think like this.
As many women who scream from the top of their lungs that they deserve to be human beings and treated as such, there are tenfold more in the opposition. Articles likes this, even when reading them, sound so absurd to me, and probably to others. But then there are those who will read and nod their heads, mumbling 'yes! why waste an education on women? They should stay home and have babies!' And these are the people with the loudest voices. I was pleasantly surprised to see so many negative responses to the blog post, and not many voices rising up in agreement. Maybe that in and of itself shows something wonderful, that voices no longer remain content in silence, but instead more women and men speak out against such ridiculousness as that resoundingly ridiculous article.
Oh, here is the link to it, in case you're interested:
http://www.fixthefamily.com/blog/6-reasons-to-not-send-your-daughter-to-college
Tell me, how is it that this archiac, misogynistic, patriarchal piece of shit can still be an idea? Other than as a satrical piece written for a few laughs that should never have been posted. It's revolting to know somewhere a man (this was most assuredly written by a male) actually, truly believes this and wants to preach this sort of chauvanistic crap. And what's worse: people will believe him too!
That's the frightening part of this whole blog post for many women. As many caustic responses he received (some of which were quite brilliant), I think this post represents a large portion of the American, and unfortunately Christian, population and how they perceive women. And this perception revolves around women as objects not human beings. Women shouldn't receive an education because then they realize there is more to them than just ownership and baby making. That women have voices and hearts and wants other than shutting themselves in a home and pretending they don't exist. That's what is so goddamn scary about this: that there are men and women who still think like this.
As many women who scream from the top of their lungs that they deserve to be human beings and treated as such, there are tenfold more in the opposition. Articles likes this, even when reading them, sound so absurd to me, and probably to others. But then there are those who will read and nod their heads, mumbling 'yes! why waste an education on women? They should stay home and have babies!' And these are the people with the loudest voices. I was pleasantly surprised to see so many negative responses to the blog post, and not many voices rising up in agreement. Maybe that in and of itself shows something wonderful, that voices no longer remain content in silence, but instead more women and men speak out against such ridiculousness as that resoundingly ridiculous article.
Oh, here is the link to it, in case you're interested:
http://www.fixthefamily.com/blog/6-reasons-to-not-send-your-daughter-to-college
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