But when cheerleaders at Bainbridge Island High School (Bainbridge Island is in Puget Sound, not far from Seattle), trick fellow cheerleader, Kathleen Sullivan, into drinking syrup of Ipecac -- it makes you vomit -- their coach blithely dismissed it as a prank. The cheerleaders are not suspended, and may still get to remain cheerleaders.
Excuse me, but if a male had done this to a female, the school would have made a Federal case out of it. A sexist double standard by any other name, still stinks.
Cox's sin? He used the term, "knocked up." Even though he spoke behind closed doors, a female coworker (presumably with her ear pressed to the keyhole) overheard him and complained.
As most of us know, women use "earthy language" at work at least as much as men do. Well, guys, maybe it's time we stopped putting up with the double standard. Next time one of your female coworkers assaults your ears, complain. It's time to introduce the concept of fairness into the workplace.
That would explain why so many women at the middle-management level are hell- bent on holding men back.
Nothing like two wrongs to make a right. (And they wonder why more and more men are finally waking up to the fact feminists are at war against men, and are beginning to fight back.)
Let's Talk About ME!, for example, a new CD-ROM by Girl Games, Inc.:
This fall a handful of companies are releasing PC games and multimedia entertainment products aimed specifically at females 8 and older, the rough equivalent to the Nintendo crowd.Women are always talking about themselves, so why not a game to encourage what comes naturally? But aren't women self-centered enough, already? I'm not one to say there ought to be a law against peddling products that cater to the worst elements of human nature, but should we praise those who do? "Oh, boy, Doom now features life-like images of human entrails, isn't that great?"
Gimme a break!
If women in the software biz can make a buck by encouraging girls to grow up to be even more egocentric than they already are, that's their business. But let's recognize it for what it is: the direct equivalent of encouraging boys to grow up to be domineering.
Fortunately, we're not alone:
Educators give mixed reviews to what Maria Klawe, an expert on gender and computers at the University of British Columbia calls "pink software."She advocates software games that engage both sexes without catering to the basest human emotions. Good for her. There's still hope.
An "accused" batterer, an "accused" murderer, now he's an "accused" sexual harasser, too? Oh my, what did he do?
McGrath said the former football star asked her to his home for a Halloween party last Thursday.There you have it; ask a woman out, it's sexual harassment. A word to the wise: don't do it. If women are so hell-bent on framing everything men do in the context of harming women, then give them what they want. Let them do the asking.
What the hell, it might be fun to make them do the work, for a change.
The federal lawsuit, which goes to trial tomorrow in Binghamton (N.Y.), claims that boys in Eve's sixth-grade class called her and other girls names such as "dog- faced bitch," prostitute and lesbian. The boys also snapped the girls' bras, stuffed paper down their blouses and rubbed their hands up and down girls' backs, according to Eve's lawyers.Since then, however, I have observed that, among young, self-proclaimed feminists at my last place of employment, anyway, they see this as a natural form of flirtation -- men who behave respectfully are...not man enough for them.
See the article above. It's time for men to let women take the initiative. Then we can complain of sexual harassment every time the wrong one asks us out.
"There can be little doubt that, in 1964, Congress did not seek to protect men from other sexually harassing men in the workplace, let alone did it articulate the need for such protection, " (U.S. District Judge Charles) Norgle wrote. "Title Vii was passed to protect women against the 'Old Boys Club,' the dominant male gender in 1964."There you have it -- the stage has been set for women to argue that female sexual harassment of men is not recognized under the law.
Okay, but can gay men be guilty of sexually harassing women? What about lesbians sexually harassing women? Guess not. Go girl!
A 34-year-old woman seduces a 15-year-old boy and becomes pregnant. She gives birth to a daughter and thereafter applies for Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Is the child's father obligated to pay child support even though he is a victim of statutory rape? (Pen. Code, section 261.5, subd. (d).) We conclude he is liable for child support.Who said crime doesn't pay? We now resume our regularly scheduled program of sexual harassment silliness.
Krull is accused of sending the message -- supposedly advice to young brides written by a 19th century minister's wife -- to his assistant, Amy Calderwood, after she became engaged.To understand the true ignominy of Krull's crime, we provide the text of that missive for your edification, and trust you will be as horrified as we:Calderwood told investigators that she had agreed to see the message but found it inappropriate. She also said Krull had made unwarranted comments about her appearance and had told her about experiences he and his wife had had with a dance instructor and a personal trainer, both of whom had "large breasts."
The following is a reprint from The Madison Institute Newsletter, Fall Issue, 1894, copyright 1894 The Madison Institute.There you have it. What could possess a man to pass on such a thing? Could it be,...Saaatan! Or, in the words of Randy Lewis, "Feminism is to female as racism is to race."Instruction and Advice
on the
for the
Young Bride
Conduct and Procedure of the
Intimate and Personal Relationships
of the Marriage State
for the
Greater Spiritual Sanctity of this
Blessed Sacrament and the Glory of God
by
Ruth Smythers, beloved wife of
The Reverend L.D. Smythers
Pastor of the Arcadian Methodist,
Church of the Eastern Regional Conference
Published in the year of our Lord 1894
Spiritual Guidance Press New York CityTo the sensitive young woman who has had the benefits of proper upbringing, the wedding day is, ironically, both the happiest and most terrifying day of her life. On the positive side, there is the wedding itself, in which the bride is the central attraction in a beautiful and inspiring ceremony, symbolizing her triumph in securing a male to provide for all her needs for the rest of her life. On the negative side, there is the wedding night, during which the bride must pay the piper, so to speak, by facing for the first time the terrible experience of sex.
At this point, dear reader, let me concede one shocking truth. Some young women actually anticipate the wedding night ordeal with curiosity and pleasure! Beware such an attitude! A selfish and sensual husband can easily take advantage of such a bride. One cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: GIVE LITTLE, GIVE SELDOM, AND ABOVE ALL, GIVE GRUDGINGLY. Otherwise what could have been a proper marriage could become an orgy of sexual lust.
On the other hand, the bride's terror need not be extreme. While sex it at best revolting and at worse rather painful, it has to be endured, and has been by women since the beginning of time, and is compensated for by the monogamous home and by the children produced through it. It is useless, in most cases, for the bride to prevail upon the groom to forego the sexual initiation. While the ideal husband would be one who would approach his bride only at her request and only for the purpose of begetting offspring, such nobility and unselfishness cannot be expected from the average man.
Most men, if not denied, would demand sex almost every day. The wise bride will permit a maximum of two brief sexual experiences weekly during the first months of marriage. As time goes by she should make every effort to reduce this frequency.
Feigned illness, sleepiness, and headaches are among the wife's best friends in this matter. Arguments, nagging, scolding, and bickering also prove very effective, if used in the late evening about an hour before the husband would normally commence his seduction.
Clever wives are ever on the alert for new and better methods of denying and discouraging the amorous overtures of the husband. A good wife should expect to have reduced sexual contacts to once a week by the end of the first year of marriage and to once a month by the end of the fifth year of marriage.
By their tenth anniversary many wives have managed to complete their child bearing and have achieved the ultimate goal of terminating all sexual contacts with the husband. By this time she can depend upon his love for the children and social pressures to hold the husband in the home.
Just as she should be ever alert to keep the quantity of sex as low as possible, the wise bride will pay equal attention to limiting the kind and degree of sexual contacts. Most men are by nature rather perverted, and if given half a chance, would engage in quite a variety of the most revolting practices. These practices include among others performing the normal act in abnormal positions; mouthing the female body; and offering their own vile bodies to be mouthed in turn.
Nudity, talking about sex, reading stories about sex, viewing photographs and drawings depicting or suggesting sex are the obnoxious habits the male is likely to acquire if permitted.
A wise bride will make it the goal never to allow her husband to see her unclothed body, and never allow him to display his unclothed body to her. Sex, when it cannot be prevented, should be practiced only in total darkness. Many women have found it useful to have thick cotton nightgowns for themselves and pajamas for their husbands. These should be donned in separate rooms. They need not be removed during the sex act. Thus, a minimum of flesh is exposed.
Once the bride has donned her gown and turned off all the lights, she should lie quietly upon the bed and await her groom. When he comes groping into the room she should make no sound to guide him in her direction, lest he take this as a sign of encouragement. She should let him grope in the dark. There is always the hope that he will stumble and incur some slight injury which she can use as an excuse to deny him sexual access.
When he finds her, the wife should lie as still as possible. Bodily motion on her part could be interpreted as sexual excitement by the optimistic husband.
If he attempts to kiss her on the lips she should turn her head slightly so that the kiss falls harmlessly on her cheek instead. If he attempts to kiss her hand, she should make a fist. If he lifts her gown and attempts to kiss her anyplace else she should quickly pull the gown back in place, spring from the bed, and announce that nature calls her to the toilet. This will generally dampen his desire to kiss in the forbidden territory.
If the husband attempts to seduce her with lascivious talk, the wise wife will suddenly remember some trivial non-sexual question to ask him. Once he answers she should keep the conversation going, no matter how frivolous it may seem at the time.
Eventually, the husband will learn that if he insists on having sexual contact, he must get on with it without amorous embellishment. The wise wife will allow him to pull the gown up no farther than the waist, and only permit him to open the front of his pajamas to thus make connection.
She will be absolutely silent or babble about her housework while his huffing and puffing away. Above all, she will lie perfectly still and never under any circumstances grunt or groan while the act is in progress. As soon as the husband has completed the act, the wise wife will start nagging him about various minor tasks she wishes him to perform on the morrow. Many men obtain a major portion of their sexual satisfaction from the peaceful exhaustion immediately after the act is over. Thus the wife must insure that there is no peace in this period for him to enjoy. Otherwise, he might be encouraged to soon try for more.
One heartening factor for which the wife can be grateful is the fact that the husband's home, school, church, and social environment have been working together all through his life to instill in him a deep sense of guilt in regards to his sexual feelings, so that he comes to the marriage couch apologetically and filled with shame, already half cowed and subdued. The wise wife seizes upon this advantage and relentlessly pursues her goal first to limit, later to annihilate completely her husband's desire for sexual expression.
copyright 1894 The Madison Institute.
Community United Against Violence reported that in 1995 it documented 347 cases of same-sex domestic violence and 324 incidents of anti-gay violence in San Francisco.San Francisco is not the only city to fall under patriarchal siege: "The other cities were New York (454 cases), San Diego (330 cases), Minneapolis (243 cases), Chicago (129 cases) and Columbus (63 cases)." Moreover, there is evidence the agents of patriarchy have been at this a very long time:
"It is significant that this is the first time these statistics have been compiled," said Greg Merrill, director of client services for Community United Against Violence. "Before now, these groups have focused mainly on hate violence issues, and this represents an acknowledgment that it is important to address same-sex domestic violence as well."It gets worse! The patriarchists have even managed to pass themselves off as members of the gay and lesbian community in an attempt to discredit the fact only straight men are violent: "Gay and lesbian activists say that domestic violence is as common among gay and lesbian couples as among heterosexual couples."
Everybody knows this is hogwash. Like women, gays and lesbians are not subject to the same human foibles as straight men. Next, they'll want us to believe women no longer have to fight a glass ceiling, either!
American women have achieved near-parity with men in the marketplace and, contrary to popular reports, do not suffer from widespread wage discrimination nor are limited by a "glass ceiling," according to a report authored by economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth and historian Christine Solba, released today by the Independent Women's Forum (IWF).According to the IWF report, all other factors being equal, women earn on average between 95-98 cents to the male dollar, and women are no longer being held back: "A recent survey showed that, during the past decade, the number of female executive vice-presidents more than doubled and the number of female senior vice presidents increased by 75 percent."
This is dynamite stuff, folks, and I encourage you to visit the IWF site, or Email them for more information.