LIVE AT FIVESEVEN: 01.14.15

Corey Mock is not a rapist, but he is also no longer a wrestler at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, because he was accused of rape by a fellow UTC student named Molly Morris.

Morris’s version of the story is told at Vice Sports and includes the claim that someone at a party spiked her drink. Why? Because she vomited and had trouble remembering events later. However, according to Corey Mock’s father, a toxicology test showed no evidence that she had been drugged. What is acknowledged by all is that Mock had sex with Morris after she vomited. This was a bad idea.

There were a lot of bad ideas that night. It was the wee hours of the morning. Morris didn’t arrive at the party until 2 a.m., and she had two drinks before she got sick. It must have been near dawn — 4 a.m.? 5 a.m.? — before the sexual activity occurred. Corey Mock’s father says:

My son asked Molly Morris if she wanted to go into the bedroom; she said “yes”. They both lay in the bed and began kissing. He removed her pants and performed oral sex. At some point, he stopped to remove his clothes and she removed her bra. He climbed on top of her and after having some trouble entering her, she reached down and guided him inside her. At NO TIME during this encounter did Ms. Morris communicate in any way that she did not wish to engage in sexual activity, verbal or otherwise. She does not dispute that any of these details happened, she merely says she does “not remember.”

Here’s your classic “he-said/she-said” scenario and I don’t want to pass judgment, but to college boys let me say this:

DON’T HAVE SEX WITH GIRLS AFTER THEY VOMIT.

Vomit is not sexy, OK? More importantly, a girl who gets drunk to the point of vomiting is not likely to have pleasant memories of your subsequent sexual encounter. She may have no memory at all, but a night that includes both (a) vomit and (b) sex will probably not be a pleasant memory, and this seems to be a big problem.

College kids do stupid things routinely. It is clear from the story that Corey Mock genuinely liked Molly Morris. He had asked her out several times before she finally agreed to have breakfast together, and then the party two nights later. Here is the aftermath:

The morning after the party, Morris says she woke up “in the bed, naked, with a sheet. He was in the bed, too.” She got up, gathered her clothes, and left. When she got back to her apartment, she fell asleep. But she woke up not too long after that to take a shower, because she could smell the vomit on her body.
Morris felt ill all day. “It was not hangover illness, it was something completely different,” she says. “My stomach was super nauseous, in knots. My whole body felt like it was in a fog. Like, my head was just in a really weird funk. It’s so hard to describe.” She also had physical injuries including a hickey on her neck and vaginal bleeding. “My entire body was just sore and in a funk.” That night, her roommate convinced her to go to the pharmacy and get Plan B, the morning-after pill.

Corey Mock is not a rapist, but clearly he made a bad decision.

DON’T HAVE SEX WITH GIRLS AFTER THEY VOMIT.

I’ve got four sons and two daughters. Everybody knows how hard I’ve fought against this feminist “rape epidemic” hysteria, but an ethos of personal responsibility goes both ways. I am not going to step aside while feminists use Title IX to obliterate the constitutional rights of young men every time a woman has post-hookup regrets, but young men should not be surprised when their irresponsible behavior has bad consequences.

Wake up, everybody: Bad things happen to drunk people.

It was stupid of Molly Morris to go to that party alone.

Excuse me if this sounds like “blaming the victim,” but let’s get real: If you show up at a party at 2 o’clock in the morning, after everybody’s already been drinking for hours, that’s not really a safe situation. To show up at 2 a.m. alone? Are you crazy?

Two words, ladies: Buddy system.

Never go to a bar or a party alone.

Better yet: Don’t go to bars or parties, period.

Especially not at 2 a.m.

As for you guys, the formula is simple: Vomit = No Sex.

Not difficult to remember that, is it? But if you need a more extensive lesson, here is Corey Mock’s father’s advice:

SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES:
A WRESTLING FATHER’S PERSPECTIVE
My son, Corey Mock was accused of sexual assault by a young lady named Molly Morris while at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga in the Spring of 2014. I am not writing this to defend my son; the truth is, no one really cares — that’s life. I am writing this because I don’t want to ever read about this happening to another wrestler again.
Undoubtedly, many of you have read one or more of the articles currently “out there” on my son’s case; almost all of these have been written by feminists pushing their agenda. I am not going to address this except to the extent I believe it will help others, so here is the very simple truth, and I apologize in advance for providing explicit details but unfortunately they are critical to this story.
My son asked Molly Morris if she wanted to go into the bedroom; she said “yes”. They both lay in the bed and began kissing. He removed her pants and performed oral sex. At some point, he stopped to remove his clothes and she removed her bra. He climbed on top of her and after having some trouble entering her, she reached down and guided him inside her. At NO TIME during this encounter did Ms. Morris communicate in any way that she did not wish to engage in sexual activity, verbal or otherwise. She does not dispute that any of these details happened, she merely says she does “not remember”. (A toxicology exam a day later was negative confirming there was no drug in her system.). Two days later, after a series of very pleasant text message exchanges between the two of them which are in evidence, she suddenly informs him that she “never gave consent to sex”. If you do not believe her actions denote “consent”, you should probably stop reading now. My son has NEVER been accused by a law enforcement agency; unfortunately for us, she never went to the police.
At the initial hearing conducted by the school, my son was found innocent of all charges. One week later, with absolutely NO additional evidence or explanation, the judge simply reversed her decision.
I AM NOT WRITING THIS TO ENTERTAIN YOU; I AM WRITING THIS TO WARN YOU!
There has been a fundamental change on college campuses all over this country. In this current culture of “hookups” in lieu of dating, with women every bit as sexually aggressive as men on campuses, parents, wrestling coaches, and wrestlers heading to college need to understand the extent of this new danger. I am not just the father of a wrestler, I am a Division 1 wrestling coach as well and I am very familiar with the college culture.
If a woman accuses you of sexual assault at UTC, you will immediately be removed from the wrestling team prior to any investigation or determination of guilt. YOU HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN COLLEGE. The colleges have taken the position that you relinquish your rights when you sign the application and the courts have upheld this. This is not just at UTC, this is everywhere. The University or College will do everything in its power to prosecute you and kick you out of school regardless of the evidence and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it, and they know it. You can sue the school and the alleged victim as we are doing, but the minimum cost to sue is $50,000 and the NCAA isn’t going to give you your year back if you win.
This sounds nuts right? This can’t be true! Thanks to our liberal politicians who cater to the very well funded and well organized feminist groups, the Dept. of Education through Title IX (sound familiar) has put every college in the country on notice that if they find a college has not been “responsive” to sexual assault accusations they could lose their federal funding. Colleges are scared to death and their reaction is to crucify young men who are accused. Why are we not hearing more about this? Because most people can’t afford (or choose not to afford) to sue the schools and therefore, the schools are not being held accountable. The Duke Lacrosse case and currently the UVA fiasco are two exceptions that are in the media.
Morally and ethically I want to say, don’t have sex until you get married. We all know that would be naive. Ignoring this problem because it’s edgy would be irresponsible. Having said that, my strong and now experienced advice to you is if you choose to have sexual relations with a girl, get her on video on your phone consenting verbally. Make sure it is clear on the film that she is of sound mind. There is little else that will help you if she suddenly decides she made a mistake and accuses you of assault.
Relaying the specific explicit details of this event bring myself, my son, and our family no pleasure. This has been a very difficult and heart breaking experience. Corey will lose the opportunity to compete his last year and he emphatically denies doing anything wrong; we intend to prove that in a court of law. But, we agreed not to be silent; and to do everything we can to help prevent this from happening to others.

Category: Crime, Education, Feminism, Sex

Harry Reid’s Constituents

Posted on | January 13, 2015 | 12 Comments

Quick Hits

Posted on | January 13, 2015 | 5 Comments

–by Wombat-socho

Noticed this in passing: the extremely weird fantasy novel by Mary Gentle, Grunts, is available for $1.99 on the Kindle. For those unfamiliar with it, Grunts is about a bunch of orcs about to lose the Last Battle against the forces of Good, despite having the numerical, strategic and tactical advantages…until they find some strange weapons from another world in a dragon’s hoard. As one commenter at Amazon remarked, these orcs are more like the fungoid brawlers from Warhammer 40K than Tolkien’s bog-standard humanoid minions of evil, but it’s still a fun read.

A related freebie: Saruman of Many Devices, in which Saruman the White looks into the palantir of Isengard and finds Center (from Drake & Stirling’s Raj Whitehall novels) looking back. Amusing crossing of the streams.

Category: Books

UVA Fraternity Cleared by Police, But Fraternities Are Punished Anyway

Posted on | January 13, 2015 | 26 Comments

Jackie’s story was fake, but as Allahpundit says, “someone needs to intervene to stop the sort of gang rape that never actually happened to Jackie,” so despite the dishonesty and journalistic malpractice, there are new rules for fraternities at the University of Virginia:

The University chapter of Phi Kappa Psi was officially reinstated by both the University and the national Phi Kappa Psi fraternity organization, the University announced in a press release Monday morning.
“The reinstatement resulted after consultation with Charlottesville Police Department officials, who told the University that their investigation has not revealed any substantive basis to confirm that the allegations raised in the Rolling Stone article occurred at Phi Kappa Psi,” the release stated.
Charlottesville Police Captain Gary Pleasants said the investigation into the incident is still ongoing, but that no evidence indicates Phi Kappa Psi should continue to be under sanction.
“We are looking at the allegations in their totality,” he said, adding that investigators have not yet made a determination about the accuracy of the incident as a whole.
He said police hope to conclude their investigation in a couple of weeks, and they will not disclose more specifics about their investigation until that time.

To read between the lines, it appears that while police are still trying to figure out what (if anything) happened to Jackie, it has been determined that Phi Kappa Psi had nothing to do with it. Meanwhile:

Last Tuesday, [UVA President Teresa] Sullivan authorized new addenda to the University’s Fraternal Organization Agreement that were submitted by the four student-led Greek leadership councils. The new addenda outline specific practices that each fraternity and sorority will put in place to enhance the safety of their members and guests. Sullivan also announced the immediate reinstatement of all social activities, with the stipulation that the FOA addenda must be signed by the president or designee from each fraternity and sorority by Jan. 16. Phi Kappa Psi became the first fraternity to sign the Inter-Fraternity Council’s FOA addendum on Jan. 8.

This is sort of like the way gun-control advocates use any mass-shooting incident to urge passage of new laws which would have done nothing to prevent the highly publicized atrocity. They’re always trying to “close the gun show loophole” by exploiting hysteria over shootings committed with guns that weren’t bought at gun shows. And never mind the violent crimes in cities like New York and Chicago that have ultra-strict local gun-control laws. Facts and logic are irrelevant to the progressive agenda, and Allahpundit points to a quote in an article last month revealing the Rolling Stone reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely had her own agenda at UVA:

Alex Pinkleton, a rape survivor and U-Va. student, said of Sabrina Rubin Erdely . . . “However, she did have an agenda and part of that agenda was showing how monstrous fraternities themselves as an institution are and blaming the administration for a lot of these sexual assaults.”
Fraternities were important to Erdely, as Pinkleton, a friend of Jackie’s, told [CNN’s Brian] Stelter: “I didn’t like that it seemed like she was looking for a story that had to be at a fraternity,” she said.

Erdely had to have a rape at UVA and it “had to be at a fraternity.” She could have added it had to be at a white fraternity, because Erdely’s choice of UVA was by no means accidental in that regard: Erdely “knew she wanted to write about sexual assaults at an elite university,” as she told the Washington Post. Obviously, she wanted a story with villains who fit the profile of the privileged white male patriarchal oppressors on whom feminists blame “rape culture.” Phi Kappa Psi was a target of opportunity and why Jackie and Erdely pinned their gang-rape tale on this specific fraternity is a mystery yet to be solved.

Meanwhile, it’s Double-Secret Probation for fraternities at UVA — “No more fun of any kind!” — and perhaps this is not entirely a bad thing. For months before the Rolling Stone story, I pointed out that if university administrators really wanted to stop “rape culture” on campus, all they had to do was to crack down on underage drinking.

Over and over, these “he said/she said” stories have the same narrative arc: An 18-year-old freshman girl, away from home for the first time, goes to a party, gets fall-down drunk and then has a sexual experience that is unfortunate and regrettable, but which cannot be proven as rape. The guy involved in the incident was usually also drunk and he insists that whatever happened between him and the girl, however unfortunate and regrettable, was consensual. Because incidents like that usually cannot be prosecuted as crimes, universities have taken to using disciplinary tribunals to hear such claims, and feminists have become angry that these extra-judicial processes are ineffective.

The legal drinking age is 21. Simply enforcing existing law — thus reducing the number of drunk teenage girls who are most commonly the complainants in these incidents — would be a logical response. However, media hype about a “rape epidemic” on campuses (a manufactured crisis based on phony statistics) was part of a political propaganda campaign whose feminist leaders do not give a damn about facts or logic.

Feminism’s message is clear: “Shut Up, Because Rape.”

UPDATE: Few have noted that Erdely’s feminist agenda required white rapists at an elite university. A story involving students being raped at a third-tier school or being raped by non-white males would do little or nothing to advance the gender/race/class narrative of Cultural Marxism. This idea — a high-profile sex crime perpetrated by upper-class white males — was what sent the New York Times chasing after the Duke lacrosse rape story in 2006. Because rich white guys are the Demonized Scapegoat within the Left’s paranoid worldview, only certain crimes get that kind of major-media push. Last month, a freshman girl at William Paterson University in New Jersey said she was sexually assaulted by five males, but because (a) it’s not an elite school and (b) the accused rapists are black, this isn’t the sort of gang-rape that feminists care about.

Some victims are more equal than others.

Category: Crime, Education, Feminism

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.13.15

Posted on | January 13, 2015 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

TOP NEWS
White House Admits Not Sending Someone To Paris Rally Was A Mistake

Josh Earnest, for once not defending the indefensible

Earnest refused to give details about discussions regarding the decision
Optics politics: Why Obama skipped the Paris rally
“Ambassadonor” Jane Hartley shows Obama’s solidarity
Doubling down: Charlie Hebdo’s next cover is another Mohammed cartoon

Nigerian Government Reduces Death Toll From Borno Attacks To 150
Claims local officials exaggerated scale of attacks
Cameroon repels Boko Haram attack, killing 143

Pope Calls For Pursuit Of Truth Over Sri Lanka’s Violent Past
Kicks off Pacific tour by seemingly appealing for reconciliation commission
Sri Lanka’s Catholics hope to heal war wounds

POLITICS
Paul Ryan: Not Running In 2016

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) at a campaign appearance with Mitt Romney in 2012

Wants to focus on his work; recently appointed chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee

Antonio Weis Withdraws From Consideration For Treasury Post

ISIS Allies Hack CENTCOM Twitter, YouTube Accounts

Administration Finally Issues Obamacare Tax Forms

Harris In, Newsom Out Of CA 2016 Senate Race

Van Hollen, House Dems Push For Tax Increases, Wealth Redistribution

Federal Judge Strikes Down SD Gay Marriage Ban

Albuquerque Tea Party Still In Limbo Five Years After Filing For Tax-Exempt Status

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Oil Extends “Disconcerting” Fall: WTI $45.36, Brent $46.73
PRC December Exports Beat Expectations, But Pressures Persist
Nikkei Leads Asian Shares Down, Following US Stocks
Cadbury Creme Egg Change Angers Chocolate Lovers
Wall Street Sinks On Sliding Oil; Gold, Bonds Benefit
Minnesota Sees Modest Crop Results
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Up 1% In Q4
Microsoft Blasts Google For Exposing Windows Bugs Before They’re Patched
Instagram Patches Flaw That Lets Anyone See Your Private Pics
GameStop Announces Plans To Use XBox One Server Cloud Technology
“Call Of Duty Online” Goes Live In China

SPORTS
Ducks Choke On Buckeyes 42-20

Ezekiel Elliott celebrates after a second-half touchdown

Four turnovers not enough for Oregon to stop Ohio State

Fox Fired As Broncos Coach After Four Winning Seasons

Flyers Ride The Lightning 7-3

Harden Scores 30 As Rockets Rout Nyets

Caps Edge Avs 2-1 For Sixth Straight Home Win

White Sox Avoid Arbitration With Viciedo

Celtics Hold Off Pelicans, 108-100

Nationals, Mets And Rays Reportedly Discussed Desmond Deal

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Why Everyone At The Golden Globes Looked Uncomfortably Sweaty…

Amy Adams, because even by my low standards, those other women looked fugly.

…or not. (spoiler: the a/c was working after all)

Brian Williams “Not Fazed” By Daughter’s Sex Scene

Are Leo DiCaprio And Rihanna A Thing?

Angelina Jolie “Hurt”, “Upset” By Golden Globes Snub

Usher Gets Engaged To Longtime Girlfriend

Sony Honcho Amy Pascal Skips Golden Globes

Eminem Grants Wish to Terminally Ill Fan

Meet The Globes’ Mystery Winner, Ruth Wilson

FOREIGNERS
France Deploys Over 10,000 Troops To Guard Vulnerable Sites
Divers Retrieve Crashed AirAsia Jet’s Cockpit Voice Recorder
Kerry Praises Pakistani Military
Administration Officials Say Cuba Has Freed 53 Political Prisoners
UK PM Cameron Suggests Banning Encrypted Apps
Former Mexican Mayor’s Wife Sent To Prison
Nigerian Archbishop Accuses West Of Ignoring Boko Haram
Pakistan National Security Advisor Accuses India Of Attacking Pakistan From Afghanistan
German Anti-Islamist Rally Swells After French Attacks
Pro-Democracy HK Newspaper Tycoon’s Home, Office Firebombed
Putin Uses Ukraine Tensions As Excuse To Skip Auschwitz Commemoration

BLOGS & STUFF
Proof Positive: Before You Argue The Point, Know Your Bible First
Michelle Malkin: Media Cowards And The Cartoon Jihad
Twitchy: “Grade A Hypocrisy” Sally Kohn Says We Must All Be Careful Not To Infringe On Liberty
American Power: Who’s Printing The New Charlie Hebdo Cover And Who Isn’t
American Thinker: The New Privileged Class – Illegal Immigrants
BLACKFIVE: Book Review – Dark Skies By Matthew Dunn
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: The Unspeakable Crime Of Noticing Things
Conservatives4Palin: Go Ration Yourself, Ezekiel Emanuel
Don Surber: This Isn’t National News? EVIL.
Jammie Wearing Fools: Dumbest Story Of The Day From WaPo – “France Has Strict Gun Laws. Why Didn’t That Save Charlie Hebdo Victims?”
Joe For America: 2,000 Black Lives In Nigeria Don’t Matter
JustOneMinute: Lafayette, We Are Not Here
Pamela Geller: Hamas/CAIR Demands Fox Drop Those Speaking The Truth About Jihad
Protein Wisdom: Hey, What Happened To The Phrase “I’m Not Anti-Semitic, I’m Anti-Zionist”?
Shot In The Dark: Do You Remember…
The Gateway Pundit: Ralph Peters – “Yesterday President Obama Chose The Side Of Terrorists!”
The Jawa Report: Sandcrawler PSA – Islamic Terrorism And You
The Lonely Conservative: Beware Democrats Promising Gifts To The Middle Class
This Ain’t Hell: Two More Female Marines Dropped From Infantry Course
Weasel Zippers: The VA Strikes Again – Veteran Dies Of Cancer After Waiting A Year For Screening
Megan McArdle: Obama’s College Plan Bows To Elites
Mark Steyn: The Trouser Press

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Category: Live at Five

Rule 5 Monday: Midnight Snack

Posted on | January 12, 2015 | 18 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

“I just want a little piece of you/For my midnight snack…”
-The Donnas

Better late than never, right? As usual, some links lead to pix normally considered NSFW, so use discretion when clicking.

Thinking Man’s Zombie leads off this week, crossing the streams of Dr. Who and Rule 5; hard on his heels is Average Bubba with Rule 5 Friday. Goodstuff gets weird this week with Ivanka Trump (also Anita Ekberg), and Ninety Miles from Tyranny has Girls With Guns, Hot Pick of the Late Night – Goa!!!, and the Morning Mistress. Animal Magnetism also has Rule 5 Friday, plus the Saturday Gingermageddon; Loose Endz returns with Miss January, and First Street Journal turns his attention to the distaff side of the French Gendarmerie.

EBL has some odd critters in the herd this week, starting with Pudding and Bubbly, Nadia Marcinkova, an intersectional post with Vlad Putin and Anjem Choudhary (don’t say you weren’t warned), Virginia Roberts, more of the annoying imam Anjem C., Panthers v. Seahawks, Cowboys v. Packers, RIP Anita Ekberg, Winners and Losers, and Rand Paul: Asset & Liability.

A View from the Beach has Kate Moss, “My Immortal”, Wombat Thursday, Girls with ‘Gun’, I Think She Did A Bang Up Job For A First Time!, Lab Study Shows Boys Like Girls in Small, Tight Clothes, The Fox News Song, Ultimate Nerd Porn, and Wildcard: Ravens vs. Steelers.

At Soylent Siberia, it’s your weekly coffee creamer, Overnighty Sublime (almost sounds like a Bond Girl), Monday Motivationator: Couched In Awesome, Found A New HEADer Artist For You, Irish, Evening Awesome: Grass-Fed, Tuesday Titillation Titanic, Overnighty Chest of Drawers, And For My Minions Using The Julian Calendar…, Overnighty Afterglow, Falconsword Fursday With Funbags, Corset Friday Configurations, T-GIF Friday Disco, Overnighty Peek-a-boo, Weekender Hardboiled Dick, and Bath Night – Tight Spaces.

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Sonni Pacheco, his Vintage Babe is Dorothy Dandridge, Sex in Advertising has Heidi Klum in the shower, and there’s also a double dip of NFL cheerleaders. At Dustbury, it’s Taylor Swift and Nina Dobrev.

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox is midnight on Saturday, January 17.

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Category: Rule 5

Feminism and Sex: ‘Bad, Dumb, and Desperately Unfun and Unsexy’

Posted on | January 12, 2015 | 65 Comments

Anna Merlan’s verdict on a destined-for-infamy scene in Girls can best be understood as a verdict on Lena Dunham’s feminist ethos.

Dunham’s ethos, in turn, can best be understood as an expression of the decadent cultural values of 21st-century “progressives”:

They are the Nowhere People — rootless, without loyalty to family, community or religious tradition, and thus “free” to create for themselves imagined identities and idiosyncratic belief systems. Although they usually think of themselves as unique individuals, they are really sheep in a herd, predictable and therefore ultimately boring. Any politics, as long as it’s not conservative politics; any religion as long as it’s not Christian religion; any sexuality as long as it’s not normal sexuality.

So when HBO provides a dishonest pervert like Lena Dunham a platform from which to promote these values, our objections and criticisms are automatically rejected as illegitimate if expressed in terms of our own preferences — Christian, conservative, normal.

Dunham deliberately degrades the most attractive actress on the show — Allison Williams, daughter of NBC News anchor Brian Williams — by depicting her engaged in a shameful (to say nothing of unhealthy) kind of depraved sexual activity, and why? Because it is necessary, in the feminist mind, to believe that human beings are incapable of finding pleasure in sex that is healthy, wholesome and consistent with traditional morality. A husband and wife happily having normal intercourse together? This is impossible, according to feminist theory, which construes heterosexual love is inherently oppressive to women.

“Male sexual violence against women and ‘normal’ heterosexual intercourse are essential to patriarchy because they establish the dominance of the penis over the vagina, and thus the power relations between the sexes. . . . There are numerous examples of ways that heterosexual practice establishes male domination in women’s most private and personal spheres. . . . Men see women as objects for their sexual gratification.”
— Dee Graham, Loving to Survive: Sexual Terror, Men’s Violence, and Women’s Lives (1994)

Heterosexual intercourse — note how Professor Graham placed “normal” inside scare-quotes — is a horrific experience inflicted on women through “male domination,” you see. If a male obtains “sexual gratification” from a woman through “heterosexual practice,” this means she has been victimized by his “sexual violence.”

Feminism’s implacable hostility to marriage and motherhood — especially as these institutions are understood by Christians — inevitably produces a rhetoric that is anti-male and anti-heterosexual. Male sexuality must be demonized, and women’s universal victimhood asserted, in order to justify the feminist project of destroying the basic institutions our society. The feminist rhetoric of “gender,” aimed at subverting our normal understanding of masculinity and femininity, is an integral part of this project. Normal women prefer masculine men and normal men prefer feminine women. Therefore, if feminists can teach young people to reject their normal “gender roles” by teaching them that these roles are oppressive, this androgynous “equality” will make it more difficult for young people to form normal relationships as adults.

“Social constructions of gender, like power, stem from patriarchal ideologies . . .
“Environmentally speaking, gender is independent of sex . . . and signifies the social constructedness of what maleness and femaleness mean in a given culture. The hierarchy that implicitly positions men above women due to reproductive difference, is a harmful one.”
— Amy Austin, “Patriarchy and the Problem of Being Born Female,” Aug. 9, 2014

Parents who wish their children to be successful and happy adults, and who therefore encourage boys to be masculine and girls to feminine, are seen by feminists as part of a system that oppresses unhappy weirdos and miserable failures. In order to satisfy the resentments of unattractive women, the normal admiration of beauty must be prohibited — the “male gaze” reduces females to being “sex objects.” In order to compensate unhappy women for their personal failures, male achievement must be derogated as social injustice — men’s success is presumed to be unfairly obtained through discrimination against women.

These feminist beliefs serve the function of telling unhappy women that they are never responsibile for their own unhappiness, and the propagation of this belief system provides career opportunities for women like Lena Dunham whose only claim to fame is her devotion to feminist ideology. No matter how wretched Girls may be — it’s supposed to be a “comedy” — critics feel obligated to praise it, because Dunham presents herself as a feminist and the show’s themes are therefore interpreted as feminist messages, even if this involves the celebration of Allison Williams getting a “desperately unfun” rimjob.

The editors of Huffington Post are required to heap unmerited praise on “the incisive, witty and hilarious dialogue that Dunham and the rest of her writing team come up with every week,” and cite as examples these lines from the first episode of the HBO show’s fourth season:

Hannah on preparing to move: “I don’t usually pack. I usually leave my crap in a pile and hope it makes it to where I’m going.”
Shosh on life after college: “I finished my degree. And now I’m just in the world, trying to get ‘er done.”

How incisive! How witty! How hilarious! Between this alleged brilliance and Allison Williams getting a rimjob, we can expect Lena Dunham to collect another pile of Emmy Awards for Girls.

No one can be permitted to criticize this phenomenon as what it actually is — a deliberately perverse insult to our sense of human decency — because telling the truth about feminism is a hate crime.

Category: Feminism, Sex Trouble

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