The men strike back at sexism
The Misanthrope by ETHAN CHATAGNIER
Today brings us, once again, Fresno State’s prouction of “The
Vagina Monologues,” my annual reminder that I sat on a brilliant
idea far too long.
The Penis Rants now may never see the light of day.
To all the men who were hoping to write a poem to their genitalia, or
talk to a crowd of strangers about it – well, they’ll just
have to do it on a public bus like everyone else. I apologize to them,
but I don’t blame myself (I never do). Why blame myself, after all,
when I can blame society?
With the right kind of critical eye, one can see how men have been oppressed
for ages. Yeah, you heard it. This whole feminism thing is going backwards.
Men are expected to pay for the date, to subserviently open doors and
pull out chairs. Beyond that, any number of unmentionable tasks, like
killing the spiders, or indomitable feats, like getting-rid-of-that-awful-mouse-without-killing-it,
are delegated to us.
Thankfully, we have begun to see some progress, getting women out of the
household and into the workforce where they belong. But there is a long
way to go, and it will be hard to atone for all the centuries of women
without careers.
It will be an uphill battle against institutionalized sexism. Do we have
a Men’s Resource Center? How about a men’s studies department?
It seems we are being kept ignorant. While women’s studies majors
pull the wool over our eyes, we begin to believe their claims of terrible
oppression in the modern day.
“Society makes women think this. Society makes women think that.”
Blah blah blah. Shell out 18 bucks for your own ravioli and then you can
complain.
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