Apologies

On a grand scale, I don't understand why we have a society set up that is so mean to women. I guess I understand why it is, what I don't get is why it has to be that way. I've come to believe that men really hate, or at least, resent women - deep down, males have a jealousy developed before they were able to consciously understand the jealousy. Then, during adulthood, we begin to want to pass our genetic material on, and for women, it is easier to be sure we’re doing it. We can be 100% sure that our kids – the ones to which we give birth – have our genetic material. Men don’t have that luxury, and I’m terribly sorry about that, but I’m tired of being punished for it.

I’m so sorry that men will never get to give birth, I’m sorry that they feel like they don’t contribute to the reproductive process. What I don’t understand is why they can’t seem to get over it. Things developed in the unconscious mind and instinct to reproduce are hard to get over, I guess. But the extent to which men will go gets very ridiculous. When men finally realized their contribution in the form of sperm, some ignored the obvious similarities between offspring and their mothers and decided that ALL of the genetic material came from the men, and women were simply carriers. Freud even developed the idiotic concept of “penis envy”, ignoring the very obvious implications of society on gender roles.

Maybe this makes me a man-hater, but really, why shouldn’t I hate men? Give me a good reason to not hate the gender that has shown me nothing but their own insecurity, the needless oppression of my gender, and hatred for something I can’t help – my uterus. My hatred of one gender is based on how that gender treats me. Men’s hatred of women is precisely because of what our bodies can do. My response is this: get the fuck over yourselves. You’ll never be able to give birth or breastfeed. We don’t think less of you because of it. If we do think less of you, it is because you can't seem to get over it.

Please note that I hve decided not to use the term "sexist" and have instead decided to just use men. I don't yet have a big readership, and I highly doubt that I have any male readers, but I know that men tend to get defensive about this kind of thing. I don't see this post as anything other than some musings and statements of realities.

If, as a man, you feel the need to be defensive, remember that actions speak much louder than words. It is also a little pointless for you to feel defensive about something you can't help. I don't imagine that you can control your subconcious feelings of insecurity over the inability to be 100% sure that you've passed on your genetic material. I do expect you to be able to understand these feelings and control your behavior. This is called maturity.