tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post272717644572631343..comments2023-10-12T02:29:10.937-05:00Comments on the we hunted the mammoth (formerly man boobz) blogger archive: Roxxxy and the SexbotapocalypseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00569290850910434331noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-58844701650611679392011-01-19T22:25:54.709-06:002011-01-19T22:25:54.709-06:00@amused, "the societal model of the 1950'...@amused, "the societal model of the 1950's America, in which a significant number of married women concentrated solely on housework and raising children is an anomaly, not the norm" Er, not, it isn't an anomaly, it is a fiction. Poor women, in particular women of color, have always traditionally done labour outside of the home. My grandfather's sisters did farm labour and piece work (his youngest sister only did the latter as she was very ill and died young, likely of leukemia). I know plenty of women that age who would not see that as anything similar to their reality. The only women in my family that I can think of who lived at that time and did not do some sort of paid work were those for whom it was literally unavailable (my paternal grandmother is Cherokee and unemployment rates are extremely high for native american reservations) and they suffered hard for it. I grew up in a poor rural area and some of the most sexist old men used the term 'hard working woman' as a compliment. So, no, this fifties nostalgia is not one of reality for anyone but a tiny fraction of the white upperclass. In reality, fifties America was one of bitter segregation, starvation, and deaths due to no medical care. My home area did not even have electricty or running water until the sixties and Johnson's "War on Poverty". Even then, my mother was born in 64 and she remembers a time when a fair share of people she knew did not have one or the other. The fifties were only good for a tiny sliver of the population, that is upperclass white men with upperclass white women picking up a few crumbs (though they had no reproductive rights, could be legally raped by the spouses, did not have equal access to either primary or secondary education, etc.)DarkSideCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867049908238110075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-14176152138065434532011-01-19T05:56:35.338-06:002011-01-19T05:56:35.338-06:00Amused's last post must have been caught in th...Amused's last post must have been caught in the spam filter for a while, as I didn't notice it before now. What she says in the first paragraph made me think of a book that some folks here might like to look into, if they have not done so already:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Way-We-Never-Were-Nostalgia/dp/0465090974" rel="nofollow">The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap</a>Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720554450230297814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-54950507098072367282011-01-18T15:27:55.092-06:002011-01-18T15:27:55.092-06:00lol
They still are.
I guess they're still not ...<i>lol<br />They still are.</i><br />I guess they're still not getting their sexual needs sated.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02789436253418072535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-8998479775639280742011-01-18T12:47:47.623-06:002011-01-18T12:47:47.623-06:00@D: David choose to bring up the writings of one &...@D: David choose to bring up the writings of one "stupid" MRA manifesto as evidence against all. I see there being no difference between a web blog and a handful of fanatics reading and agreeing with it, vs a published work, and a handful of fanatics buying and supporting it. Read the context in which I brought it up before attacking me for even mentioning it. But if you don't like the SCUM Manifesto, perhaps the Redstocking manifesto would be more appropriate?Mark Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903543991069260042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-11728356905005375782011-01-18T12:31:40.309-06:002011-01-18T12:31:40.309-06:00Again John, the Elizabeth Cady Stanton book has he...Again John, the Elizabeth Cady Stanton book has her actual words and what they say is "I was mad at my male relatives and friends for not considering I was their equal." <br /><br />It was the anti-feminists of the 19th century that actually reflect what the 20th century feminist was talking about more than the feminists like Stanton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-80835188995753228572011-01-18T12:13:44.406-06:002011-01-18T12:13:44.406-06:00"If women were unique in anything back in the..."If women were unique in anything back in the 19th century, it was for their "hysteria"<br /><br />lol<br />They still are.evilwhitemalempirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247858808218667825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-35644920370645815242011-01-18T12:01:50.831-06:002011-01-18T12:01:50.831-06:00First of all, contrary to MRA claims, the societal...First of all, contrary to MRA claims, the societal model of the 1950's America, in which a significant number of married women concentrated solely on housework and raising children is an anomaly, not the norm. While post-war American prosperity made it possible for a short while, for most of history, this would be an impermissible luxury for the overwhelming majority of couples, with the exception of the aristocracy, royalty, and the richest mercantile families. For most of history and throughout most of society, women worked and earned an income for the family. Peasant women planted and harvested, took care of cattle and spun wool, generating income for the family, whereas wives of artisans and tradesmen almost invariably worked in their husbands' businesses as assistants, secretaries, laborers, etc.<br /><br />And thus, as terrible as the Industrial Revolution was for the poor in many respects, this "commodification" of women's labor was actually an improvement, because it finally put monetary value, however small, on women's labor. <br /><br />What early feminists objected to wasn't this "commodification" (let's be frank: remuneration) of women's labor, but on the contrary, social prejudices that denied credit to women's work. They objected to the system of social prejudices that required a woman to work her ass off in her husband's business, while everyone pretended that he is the "sole breadwinner".<br /><br />They objected to laws which gave men unfettered access to their wives' earnings and assets, so that if a woman had any, the effect of marriage was to essentially bankrupt her.<br /><br />They objected to laws which denied married women any control or or benefit from things created by their labor, while vesting such control in their husbands -- such as female writers having no publishing rights to their own works.<br /><br />They objected to laws and social mores which held women to an extremely stringent standard of virtue, while allowing boys to be boys. Anti-feminists always mischaracterize this complaint as a desire by feminists to empower women to engage in promiscuity. In fact, all feminists with whose views I am familiar object also to the prejudices that lead people of both genders to compulsively pursue joyless, meaningless, punitive sex. What those early feminists objected to, however, was a society in which a woman could be utterly disgraced and financially ruined because of a mere suspicion of a single indiscretion -- but a woman would have no legal or social recourse whatsoever against a husband who cheated on her, gave her venereal diseases, spent money on prostitutes, and forced her to care for his children fathered with other women.<br /><br />They objected to a society in which abortion was illegal, but wives were expected to have sex with their husbands at any time and in any way the husbands wanted -- and to "take care" of unwanted pregnancies by breaking the law. It's really shocking to study social trends before the legalization of abortion -- how vociferous men were in wanting to keep it illegal, and how naturally they expected their wives to have multiple abortions to serve their convenience. Until quite recently, to be a married woman was to be criminal -- that was a far greater concern to early feminists than the supposed inhumanity of being paid for work.<br /><br />They objected to a society in which men's privileges over women had the force of law, but their <i>obligations</i> towards women did not.<br /><br />They objected to a society that gave women no opportunity to pursue education, professions and financial independence, instead forcing all women into the same mold regardless of intelligence or aptitude.<br /><br />I don't want to kick feminism to the curb. I enjoy having access to employment, education and a variety of other things men take for granted. Now women who have nothing to lose, on the other hand -- they might have a different idea, but then, they don't speak for <i>me</i>.Amusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022757117571638422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-18627004824995863942011-01-18T11:59:16.667-06:002011-01-18T11:59:16.667-06:00The bot looks odd and maybe makes some people thin...The bot looks odd and maybe makes some people think "man" or "trans" because her neck is so thick. Not much different from the neck of a ventriloquist's dummy. And like most efforts to duplicate human movement, it's too smooth and looks totally robotic.<br /><br />Those fake babies are weird, sure, but they're less creepy than these sexbots because they aren't supposed to stand in for a fully formed human being with an actual personality and brain and so on. <br /><br />I have a friend who has a couple of the babies. They're just fun to have around and hold, if you like babies. She's under no delusion that it's real or can actually respond in a meaningful way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-34953184345950880552011-01-18T11:51:27.162-06:002011-01-18T11:51:27.162-06:00@Pam:
"Don't forget that out one side of...@Pam:<br /><br /><i>"Don't forget that out one side of their mouths comes the 'women's uniqueness in their nurturing role' while out the other side comes the 'women are NOT unique in the nurturing department, in fact, men nurture as much if not moreso and this goes unrecognized'."</i><br /><br />If women try to justify the use of force and coercion by citing their nurturing capabilities, saying that men should have a minimal role in their childrens' lives following a divorce and that this somehow necessitates sole custody for mothers, maximized child support obligations for fathers, and a total loss (or near-total) of legal and physical parenting rights for fathers, then I call foul. I've known of men who were legally prohibited from even waving to their children from across the street, lest they be imprisoned for using "intimidation;" all along the child voiced his inquiry to the mother about why daddy somehow didn't care.<br /><br />Women may have a unique role to play, but that doesn't mean that fatherhood should be subsumed to the wishes of the mother in the event of a divorce -- especially when State-sanctioned violence is her tool of power and control over the father. For fit and non-violent fathers, THAT kind of State control -- at the mother's behest -- is completely unjustified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-88359763393269592372011-01-18T11:41:54.087-06:002011-01-18T11:41:54.087-06:00@Elizabeth:
"I have a book about Elizabeth C...@Elizabeth:<br /><br /><i>"I have a book about Elizabeth Cady Stanton's views on why she started up with the Women Rights Movement and it had little to do with the commoditization of traditional women's work."</i><br /><br />I too have a book. It's a book that David Futrelle is in love with, a book written by the feminist author Gerda Lerner. Seems like your book is at odds with my book:<br /><br />"The Creation of Patriarchy"<br />by Gerda Lerner<br />Appendix: Definitions<br />Page 241:<br /><i>"On the other hand it was easier for women to maintain a sense of self-worth, because they so obviously shared the world and its tasks with men. Certainly this was so in pre-industrial society, when the complementarity of men and women's economic efforts was clearly visible. <b>It was more difficult to maintain a sense of self-worth in industrial society, because of the complexity of the technological world in which men operated and because of the commodity nature of all market transactions... It is no accident that worldwide, feminist movements begin only after industrialization.</b>"</i><br /><br />Yes, being that this is a feminist author there is some dogma mixed in there, but Lerner does hit on a genuine reality when she ties the rise of feminism to the commoditization of women due to industrialization. I've weighed in on this already in <a href="http://www.manboobz.com/2011/01/roxxxy-and-sexbotapocalypse.html?showComment=1295330671817#c4694107079083847667" rel="nofollow">my comment above</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-23782334682627604102011-01-18T05:59:02.523-06:002011-01-18T05:59:02.523-06:00@Elizabeth,
Don't forget that out one side of ...@Elizabeth,<br />Don't forget that out one side of their mouths comes the "women's uniqueness in their nurturing role" while out the other side comes the "women are NOT unique in the nurturing department, in fact, men nurture as much if not moreso and this goes unrecognized".<br /><br />If women were unique in anything back in the 19th century, it was for their "hysteria", a mental disorder stemming from sexual dissatisfaction. Since it was a well-known "fact" that women did not have sexual urges, they "endured" sex for procreation only, the first vibrators were not seen as sexual devices but, rather, medical ones, to help alleviate the symptoms of a mental disease unique to women.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02789436253418072535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-47473431624143156392011-01-18T02:29:59.517-06:002011-01-18T02:29:59.517-06:00Now that is some twisted thinking.
I have a book ...Now that is some twisted thinking.<br /><br />I have a book about Elizabeth Cady Stanton's views on why she started up with the Women Rights Movement and it had little to do with the commoditization of traditional women's work. It had a heck of a lot more to due with her getting mad at the way she was viewed by the men in her life.<br /><br />It was the anti-feminists that started up with the cult of domesticity...the feminists wanted equal footing with men.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-21060994519230341482011-01-18T01:57:39.223-06:002011-01-18T01:57:39.223-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-85910950808150512612011-01-18T00:58:31.287-06:002011-01-18T00:58:31.287-06:00Kratch
The SCUM Manifesto.
Are you kidding me? ...Kratch<br /><br /><br />The SCUM Manifesto.<br /><br />Are you kidding me? Try watching the movie Who shot Andy Warhol released by liberals feminists and then get back to me how you can consider her insane diary to be main stream feminism in any way.<br /><br />I assume she is taught in woman studies as a question as to why she did the things she did. Much the same as Marc Lepine would be studied.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073167288335750603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-58001577663405439802011-01-18T00:44:11.907-06:002011-01-18T00:44:11.907-06:00John Dias,
The industrial revolution started in ...John Dias,<br /><br /><br />The industrial revolution started in England, but it played out in sweatshops in Ireland.<br /><br />These places hired women and children exclusively, they did not hire men because the government wanted a breakdown of Irish families. <br /><br />If you don’t know about the conditions these women and children faced I suggest that you read Leon Uris for a start.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073167288335750603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-46941070790838476672011-01-18T00:04:31.817-06:002011-01-18T00:04:31.817-06:00@David Futrelle:"Some, not all, MRAs, have co...@David Futrelle:<br><br><i>"Some, not all, MRAs, have convinced themselves that sexbots will destroy feminism."</i><br><br>The primary emotional reason behind the rise of feminism in the 19th century was the feeling that big industry had commoditized the contributions of women. If the nurturing qualities of women could be purchased rather than being the sole domain of a woman in her home, then commerce and technology were rendering women to be irrelevant. They could go to work in a factory, and be reduced in value to that of a lemming, because their former role could now be outsourced. More than 100 years later, feminism had morphed into a left wing entitlement movement based on the myth that it was men -- not industrialization -- that robbed women of their identity. Women bought that myth, and increasingly entered the workforce under the assumption that this was liberating to them, never realizing that the original emotional appeal of feminism was to fight the commoditization of women and preserve their distinctiveness, so that women could be appreciated for the unique nurturing role that they played.<br><br>After three waves of feminism, and various triumphant feminist screeds, men are now feeling unappreciated and they too are now made to feel that they have no unique or distinct value to offer society. Technology and industry have rendered men -- like the women over a century ago -- to feel irrelevant.<br><br>So it's no surprise that some men -- the ones mentioned in David's post here, rare as they are -- are looking to sexbots as a solution. They think that if they can be made to feel rejected and irrelevant, well then, they will use technology to reject women too. It's a "fighting fire with fire" mentality, but it won't end well. Loss of gender identity is the problem (although today, feminists seem to think that it is the solution). The true solution is for women to rediscover their nurturing qualities, for men to rediscover what makes them truly unique and valuable to society -- such as their ability to build and take risks, and for both sexes to kick feminism to the curb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-41918627628341199442011-01-17T23:52:15.868-06:002011-01-17T23:52:15.868-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-91354388336466038102011-01-17T21:30:09.858-06:002011-01-17T21:30:09.858-06:00To Kratch:
Jack Donovan made a posting on the Spe...To Kratch:<br /><br />Jack Donovan made a posting on the Spearhead defending male-on-male sexual harassment and some posters approved him.<br /><br />http://www.the-spearhead.com/2010/01/22/male-on-male-sexual-harassment/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-18489341360189845312011-01-17T21:07:49.528-06:002011-01-17T21:07:49.528-06:00And how does that answer nick's question... &q...And how does that answer nick's question... "Are you trying to attribute this as an MRA thing?", Other then to say "yes, it is an MRA thing because some (not all) MRA's believe it to be the case"... but this answer still makes it an MRA thing when it isn't. MRA's, in large part, don't believe this any more then I suspect "most" Feminists don't believe consensual sex is rape (Do you consider yourself a rapist David? or perhaps your celibate so as not to be one?). If the answer to nicks question was no, then there would be no need to mention MRA's at all, let alone spell out a direct connection.<br /><br />Now, if you decided to instead, quote him and then answer a completely different question, then perhaps you should stop accusing others of not being able to read. hmm?Mark Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903543991069260042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-2527357127221048752011-01-17T20:47:08.110-06:002011-01-17T20:47:08.110-06:00Kratch, I really have no idea what you are on abou...Kratch, I really have no idea what you are on about. Everything I have said has been completely straightforward here: Some, not all, MRAs, have convinced themselves that sexbots will destroy feminism. That's what I said above, and that's what I say now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00569290850910434331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-15663569140759637512011-01-17T20:37:01.127-06:002011-01-17T20:37:01.127-06:00"Nick is the one who brought up MRAs. I respo..."Nick is the one who brought up MRAs. I responded by noting, correctly, that some MRAs do in fact think that sexbots will destroy feminism. "<br /><br />Nick asked a question as to whether you were trying to attribute this to MRA's. Your response was to spell out the connection. Claim all you want that you aren't responsible, that someone else is to blame, and then look down and try and discredit or shame whoever attempts to hold you accountable. That is what "some" feminists do best, is it not?Mark Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903543991069260042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-80713351571536197992011-01-17T20:18:39.193-06:002011-01-17T20:18:39.193-06:00I don't assume people can't read. I assume...I don't assume people can't read. I assume (when someone completely misses the point and attributes things to me that I haven't said) that they've probably just skimmed what I wrote instead of actually reading it. <br /><br />Nick is the one who brought up MRAs. I responded by noting, correctly, that some MRAs do in fact think that sexbots will destroy feminism. This does not mean that all MRAs think this, or that it is necessary to think this in order to be an MRA. I'm not sure what you think I'm saying, but it is really no more complicated than: some MRAs, a minority of them, think that sexbots will destroy feminism. <br /><br />If you were to say, some feminists are lesbians, I would have to say, yes, some are.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00569290850910434331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-27122633018567452562011-01-17T19:54:49.652-06:002011-01-17T19:54:49.652-06:00"kratch, clearly you don't read before yo..."kratch, clearly you don't read before you post, but if you read my post and my comment above you will see that I very explicitly don't equate sexbots-will-destroy-feminism MRAs with all MRAs."<br /><br />You don't differentiate the two, instead, you clearly spelled out "a connection to MRA"s".<br /><br />"As for the MRA connection, there are a number of MRA/MGTOW folks who really do believe that technology (like this) will make women obsolete and/or destroy feminism."<br /><br />As this is in direct response to nick's comment:<br /><br />"I am not sure if David is sort of making this as a MRA thing or just attempting to bash and intimidate men in general as that's the typical feminist way."<br /><br />then it stands to reason, given your directly making the connection, that you are making it an MRA Thing.<br /><br />"Hint: pay special attention to this phrase in my comment: "They are a minority, but they're out there""<br /><br />If it is just a minority (I think even this is overstating things considerably), then that does not produce an MRA connection, any more then there is a connection between being an MRA/feminist and being homosexual, simply because a minority of MRA's/Feminists also happen to be gay/lesbian.<br /><br />I'm curious, do you always assume first and foremost that people can't read before you post a reply? Is that the default setting for you? IE, If someone doesn't agree with you, then they are somehow mentally challenged?Mark Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903543991069260042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-87430778937871239082011-01-17T19:32:57.100-06:002011-01-17T19:32:57.100-06:00kratch, clearly you don't read before you post...kratch, clearly you don't read before you post, but if you read my post and my comment above you will see that I very explicitly don't equate sexbots-will-destroy-feminism MRAs with all MRAs.<br /><br />Hint: pay special attention to this phrase in my comment: "They are a minority, but they're out there"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00569290850910434331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111611851606292564.post-79104728140015289262011-01-17T18:57:21.233-06:002011-01-17T18:57:21.233-06:00D: “I do wonder though being that mra like to say ...D: “I do wonder though being that mra like to say that feminists are lonely and can't get a man, why a male version hasn't been put out?”<br /><br />http://www.realdoll.com/cgi-bin/snav.rd?action=viewpage&section=mrealdoll2<br /><br />David: “nick, this post is a followup to one in which I quoted a guy who is convinced sexbots will make women obsolete, a position that is 1) ludicrous, 2) insulting to women and 3)but so ludicrous that it's really not actually insulting to women, but a reason to mock the guy putting forth that argument. “<br /><br />So, one person said this, and you’ve equated it to the entire MRA? I can’t seem to find a single MRA justifying or supporting this idea in ether of your two articles. I do see many feminists discussing how the fact MRA’s (IE, more then the one you quoted?) are disturbing and creepy for wanting this, and how it’s far more likely women could do without men then the other way around.<br /><br />David: “As for the MRA connection, there are a number of MRA/MGTOW folks who really do believe that technology (like this) will make women obsolete and/or destroy feminism.”<br /><br />And feminists have been saying the same thing of men for a long time (IE: women need men like a fish needs a bicycle). Difference is, for some reason, science has been funding methods to make feminists dreams come true (cloning, making sperm of bone marrow, etc)… Which view do you find more dangerous, the fringe crazies advocating robot lovers or the funded, scientific replacement of men?<br /><br />David: “a version of this argument was made in The Misandry Bubble, a stupid but very influential and widely cited MRA/MGTOW manifesto.”<br /><br />That wouldn’t be anything like The SCUM Manifesto, would it?<br /><br />David: “It's there, and was there long before I even thought of this blog.”<br /><br />Then it’s fair to say that hatred towards men is an integral part of feminism based on the relation to the SCUM Manifesto? And just to note, that was published (not just an internet blog) back in 1968 and made into a movie in 1976, suggesting she was far more then a fringe member of feminism.<br /><br />Avpd0: “Many MRAs are closeted gay”<br /><br />You make a lot of judgements about “most” MRA’s based on only a handful of comments. Yes, so MRA’s are gay, several are openly gay in fact. Does that make them any less men, or any less deserving of a voice (based on your attitude, as well as N.O.W.’s complete inaction when the nations of the U.N. voted to remove sexual orientation from a resolution condemning summary and arbitrary executions, it would appear the feminists believe yes, they are less deserving of a voice.)?<br /><br />Avpd0: “Many MRAs are fascinated by sexbots “ and “Most MRAs/PUAs are low-status or very poor and they want women out of their leagues. “<br /><br />Are you this judgmental about everyone, or just people you don’t like? In two posts you have managed to define what most MRA’s are three time, based solely on … what, three people?Mark Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903543991069260042noreply@blogger.com