This is toxic masculinity, plain and simple. This is the violent misogynist language women are quite familiar with: The angry male challenged by a female.
Steve, I don't know if you ever knew of a writer named Jenny Asenscio on Medium, I got friendly with her when I first joined because like me, she had a power feminist attitude and share…
This is toxic masculinity, plain and simple. This is the violent misogynist language women are quite familiar with: The angry male challenged by a female.
Steve, I don't know if you ever knew of a writer named Jenny Asenscio on Medium, I got friendly with her when I first joined because like me, she had a power feminist attitude and shared my dislike of whiny-ass, chronically victimized Jessica Valenti, arguably Medium's most popular 'feminist' writer, although she was never very prolific, although I encouraged her to write more to counter the perma-victim mentality of so much of Medium's 'feminist' writers. Jenny became Ian last year when she became the highly unusual case of an older person (mid forties) 'coming out' as a man. Yet he still retains his power feminist views and has spoken out (rather like a woman ;) ) decrying transwomen with dicks pressuring lesbians to have sex with them and claiming they're 'transphobic' if they don't - ignoring the fact that lesbians *aren't attracted to penises*. I note that that sounds remarkably like the way women have been traditionally been pressured by men to have sex: "If you don't want to have sex with me you must be a lesbian! Oh you're not? Well *prove it*!"
When a 'woman' uses a penis or a penile symbol to threaten natal women, it's a giant red flag that they're a 'woman' in name only.
"Steve, I don't know if you ever knew of a writer named Jenny Asenscio"
Yep, Jenny is fantastic. So feisty! And I love how I can absolutely depend on him to call out trans activists who use intersex people as a talking point to support nonsensical claims. I see him in my comments fairly frequently when I write about trans issues.
I am, in general, very skeptical of many versions of the Privilege Narrative. Not denying that anything exists, but I question the utility and applicability of the exaggerated narratives built on that foundation. We can nuance that more some other time.
I just have to say that the behavior of some MtF trans rights activists is among the strongest examples which cause me to give some more credit to the "male privilege" perspective. It seems more nakedly portrayed than usual. Asserting that one has a woman's brain and soul, while treating biological women and their concerns with so much disrespect - ouch!
And this does not characterize all trans people by any means; only some trans rights activists. I have known trans women who were very respectful of women's rights, and I hope they don't get caught in a backlash to the more extreme activists. I do not consider all trans people to having the same viewpoint! (Nor any other identity group).
I'm with you on that one. Privilege exists, but we pay oversized attention to some and not so much to others like wealth privilege, or 'green' as Steve called it awhile back. Not to mention when it's combined with celebrity privilege, which is how OJ Simpson got away with murdering his wife, Kobe Bryant got away with raping a woman, and I strongly suspect how Bill Cosby got away with raping white women as far back in the day when a lynching wouldn't have been entirely out of the question had he been accused (it's interesting how many white women with a LOT more power over black men back then never told.) Cosby's career would have been over and he never would have been able to venture south of the Mason-Dixon).
This is toxic masculinity, plain and simple. This is the violent misogynist language women are quite familiar with: The angry male challenged by a female.
Steve, I don't know if you ever knew of a writer named Jenny Asenscio on Medium, I got friendly with her when I first joined because like me, she had a power feminist attitude and shared my dislike of whiny-ass, chronically victimized Jessica Valenti, arguably Medium's most popular 'feminist' writer, although she was never very prolific, although I encouraged her to write more to counter the perma-victim mentality of so much of Medium's 'feminist' writers. Jenny became Ian last year when she became the highly unusual case of an older person (mid forties) 'coming out' as a man. Yet he still retains his power feminist views and has spoken out (rather like a woman ;) ) decrying transwomen with dicks pressuring lesbians to have sex with them and claiming they're 'transphobic' if they don't - ignoring the fact that lesbians *aren't attracted to penises*. I note that that sounds remarkably like the way women have been traditionally been pressured by men to have sex: "If you don't want to have sex with me you must be a lesbian! Oh you're not? Well *prove it*!"
When a 'woman' uses a penis or a penile symbol to threaten natal women, it's a giant red flag that they're a 'woman' in name only.
"Steve, I don't know if you ever knew of a writer named Jenny Asenscio"
Yep, Jenny is fantastic. So feisty! And I love how I can absolutely depend on him to call out trans activists who use intersex people as a talking point to support nonsensical claims. I see him in my comments fairly frequently when I write about trans issues.
I am, in general, very skeptical of many versions of the Privilege Narrative. Not denying that anything exists, but I question the utility and applicability of the exaggerated narratives built on that foundation. We can nuance that more some other time.
I just have to say that the behavior of some MtF trans rights activists is among the strongest examples which cause me to give some more credit to the "male privilege" perspective. It seems more nakedly portrayed than usual. Asserting that one has a woman's brain and soul, while treating biological women and their concerns with so much disrespect - ouch!
And this does not characterize all trans people by any means; only some trans rights activists. I have known trans women who were very respectful of women's rights, and I hope they don't get caught in a backlash to the more extreme activists. I do not consider all trans people to having the same viewpoint! (Nor any other identity group).
I'm with you on that one. Privilege exists, but we pay oversized attention to some and not so much to others like wealth privilege, or 'green' as Steve called it awhile back. Not to mention when it's combined with celebrity privilege, which is how OJ Simpson got away with murdering his wife, Kobe Bryant got away with raping a woman, and I strongly suspect how Bill Cosby got away with raping white women as far back in the day when a lynching wouldn't have been entirely out of the question had he been accused (it's interesting how many white women with a LOT more power over black men back then never told.) Cosby's career would have been over and he never would have been able to venture south of the Mason-Dixon).
It's the Golden Rule...The one with the gold....