I would totally apply for a work visa.
Jun. 28th, 2007 08:43 amJillian's comment is fantastic to me today. I shall reproduce it here, since I can. (Edited a bit, but the square brackets make that clear.)
[Men's] argument is some sort of variation on "there's a killer that lurks in the heart of all (most, some) men, and women have an innate knack for bringing that killer out". Their argument stands in contrast to the argument that says "We've created a society that allows – and sometimes encourages – men to view women as chattel to such a degree that lots of them act like sick fucks, and even the ones who don't feel compelled to make excuses for those who do".
The second argument encourages both genders to work together to try to change that situation. The first argument – that all (most, some) men have killers lurking in their secret heart of hearts, just encourages women to stay as far away from men as humanly possible.
Do straight men think about this before they say these things? Because I can tell you that if I thought the first argument were correct, I would move to a women's only Lesbotopian enclave tomorrow, and never, ever leave it. And so would every woman in the whole country. And none of us would ever have sex with any of them ever again.
[...][The] sheer incongruity of the fact that STRAIGHT MEN make an argument whose natural conclusion is that no woman should ever have sex with a man again just never ceases to bowl me over.
The main post was about a couple of guys' reaction to the murder of Jessie Davis, allegedly by Bobby Cutts, Jr. I really wouldn't advise reading any right-wing opinion posts about it, or any of the links that Jill provides at the main Feministe post, since doing so may drain you of your will to allow others to live. I had to go read I Can Has Cheezburger after all that.
Originally posted at Xtinian Thoughts. Comment here or there.