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The frivolity of feminism
Opinion:
I write this article with the objective of pointing out that feminism in its very ideology has become both contradictory and tokenistic. Even by writing this, it’s probable I’ll be labelled ‘a sexist pig, and that a salad of undignified comments will follow.
While many men may view sexual hedonism as compulsory, their sincerity is always questioned by a blockade of feminist arrogance. Appreciating women and the beautiful beings they are is a must; doing so is one of the very few things which I’m good at.
Women care more about sensationalist cosmopolitism, and glamorizing their image than anyone else. Recognising that they’re the easier of the two sexes to advertise, women use this to their advantage. But of course, the feminist reply to that would be that they have to do so, to get ahead in a male dominated world.
It’s interesting that in many commercials females are portrayed as the sex that can only be pleased if a certain product is bought by the male. This could be reflective of the present day, that men must go to certain lengths to satisfy women’s expectations. We all know the commercials of which I speak, the ads where we’re told “If you don’t have this chewing gum, then the girl won’t talk to you”.
Or the commercial where the guy with pimples can’t get the girl he wants. But then he uses Clearasil, his spots disappear, and suddenly the girl is interested. Indeed, marketing to the adolescent male seems to be built on a concept of fear - if you don’t own this, no girl will look at you again! Is it big businesses or is it women that exert this concept more? I would say both do it equally. Businesses are expecting you to buy their products, and some women expect you to pursue perfection and become so for them. Therefore, businesses are merely marketing in accordance with the natural corollary.
The fluid concept of the ‘superwoman’ is strongly represented by the likes of American Vogue editor Anna Wintour, whose arrogance, power and individualism is awe-inspiring. But the true ‘superwoman’ is rare and has been traded by feminists for what’s now a stale form of victimhood. They still view the public sphere as being dominated by males; and the private sphere, being the household and childcare as the responsibility of women.
They see this as being the fault of the male and they don’t understand that things are not what they used to be. Women can vote and work anywhere and are as successful as men in sports, music and the film industry. Also, after divorce or separation, family law is more sympathetic to women in a custody battle. Indeed, feminists prefer the role of the victim than they do the heroine. They look for sympathy more than they do admiration.
I was recently discussing comedy with friends. I made the point to the group made up of both sexes, that women comedians are neither funny nor entertaining. The group’s reply was mainly one of disdain, and as predicted I was slated as a misogynist for insulting the more beautiful and interesting of the two sexes.
To elaborate on the point I made that night; no guy ever comes back from a date and says to his friends “Jane is fantastic! She’s charismatic, sexy, intelligent and so very funny!” All adjectives bar the last may very well be used. The thing is that women don’t need to be funny. We already find you attractive thanks! But if a male isn’t funny, he’s not in with a chance. With no sense of humour, a male’s sexual desires will never be fulfilled, and the l’amour that he dreams of will remain but a dream.
Feminists are driving down a cul de sac, heading for a dead end. By the very virtue of the fact that for their own ideology to be continuous, there must always be inequality between men and women. So their biggest enemy is really a necessity for them to fulfil their political agenda.
In conclusion, if anyone is so brutish to call me a sexist or a misogynist (which would be tomfoolery on their part) for my writing this article, I challenge them to a textual battle, a debate, which they won’t win.
By: Cormac O’Malley
