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The sound and silence of the 'C' word: why such hatred for women? : Comments

By Jocelynne Scutt, published 20/7/2012

One word is apparently less mentionable than just about any other...

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"Why always such a downer; did you not get enough of the tit as a baby" etc, etc.

This is what I mean; a bloke can't go on a blog and call a spade a spade and bulls..t bulls..t without having his emotional and psychological orientation and health questioned. It's all Ophra and chat show pop garbage.

Anyway, I'm fine thank you.
Posted by cohenite, Monday, 23 July 2012 1:46:49 PM
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Geez,
it's gonna look a bit lame if I now claim to be a misanthrope too, but yep, count me in. And yet I think misanthropy is a perk, a luxury and a conceit that's just not available in poor countries where community is still the first line of defence against danger, the elements, and want. Misanthropy is also, logically, self-loathing and I doubt our we're quite as jaundiced in that regard. So I'm a misanthrope only in general terms--of the predictable and despicable behaviour of humanity en masse. I have no trouble despising some individuals, and yet it's as individuals we're most defensible, ironically because as individuals we're most self-deluded--persuaded by our own self-validating rationalisations.
I'm a radical feminist, Poirot (or whatever mode of identity-politics you like) in that I'm not looking to be appeased, or to improve my lot within the current dispensation. I don't want to be patronised with nonsense about a level playing-field, or indifferent cultural reforms designed to mollify--like gay law-reform, which capitalist government couldn't give a stuff about, yet draws kudos from in its "agonising", only serves to validate "the law". The same law that's predicated on fundamental inequities, exploitation, alienation and social/cultural degradation. So the same old tune I'm afraid. I won't be co-opted.
As is implicit in your comments, there's no meaningful gender-difference, all is subsumed under commodification. Humanity en masse.
Houellebecq,
I came up with the white picket fence mentality for my first wife and I think that was the source of all our conflict; I just couldn't bare it and rebelled, and she reacted.
Well I avoided the C-word this time, though the word capitalism offends me far more than c--t.
Posted by Squeers, Monday, 23 July 2012 6:48:48 PM
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Who when kicking their toe hasn’t uttered some pretty profane words in the heat and pain of the moment. This kind of letting off steam comment should be ignored in a rough highly charged emotional game like football, indeed it should be expected.

I’m sure the boys black and white would all have a beer together as friendly as can be when the game is over.

Please people lighten up
Posted by CHERFUL, Monday, 23 July 2012 8:41:53 PM
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My main complaint about women is that in their foolishness they have stolen from me a way I could pay them a compliment.

As a young bloke in the late 50s, in the navy, every second word on board was a swear word. When ashore in more genteel society, this could not be tempered, it had to be turned off completely, or allowed to continue full blooded.

I was shocked when the rather up market sister of a girlfriend calmly suggested, "sh1t, we need to get some organisation around here", when preparing for a bar b que. Back then we would never consider using such a word in the presence of a lady.

As cussing became more popular with sophisticated ladies we were in a difficult position. We started to look like prudes, with our careful language when in mixed company. That would never do, so we let rip along with the ladies.

In fact it was not long before we listened to the admirals daughter, rather than a seaman, when we wished to increase our cussing vocabular**

A pity really. It was a nice way of offering our respect. So ladies you could still be getting that respect, if you weren't such dumb cuunts.
Posted by Hasbeen, Monday, 23 July 2012 9:45:36 PM
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