What do you think of this article??

Question

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/fiori3.html

"The largest immediate hurdle is that our society is so steeped in feminist double standards that not even most men recognize them anymore. Can you ever imagine a book being written by a man (never mind published by a big New-York house such as Broadway) entitled Why There Are No Good Women Left? You can already hear the howls of indignation from Oprah, The View, and conservatives such as Joe Farah who recently cheered the cause of automobile murderer Clara Harris. (Thankfully Farah didn't express a desire to marry Harris. He'd have to be female to do that.) "

http://equality.netfirms.com/dumbfemi.html
http://equality.netfirms.com/femthink.html

http://www.techography.com/article.php?story=20070206050102729

http://www.techography.com/article.php?story=20060315010751279

Answer 1

I think she is spot-on in this article.
Feminists have driven men underground, in a manner of speaking. IMO, most feminists, other than the actually brain-damaged, realize the error of modern feminism after their 30's and more or less drop all the demands of modern feminism. They start looking for the family/home/SAH situation they have been denouncing for a long time, much like it used to be for younger men sowing wild oats before settling down.
When they start looking around, the men their age have either been snatched up by a less dominating woman or been burned to the point they refuse to enter into marriage with it's feminocentric legal standings.
From a feminist viewpoint, there ARE no good men left. They've either moved on to escape the harassment of feminists or settled down below the radar of starting relationships.
Of course there are other scenarios, but the article explains why 'there are no good men left' to me very well.

Answer 2

Its tone is a bit extreme, but when you're blaspheming against conventional wisdom, it's hard not to get a quiver in your voice.
___Women do have it bad in other parts of the world. I can't deny that. But the state of feminism in the West makes more moderate feminism repugnant to other societies. But extreme feminism will die out anyway, because all the countries in which it has become a major force have low or declining birth rates, and the demographics mean that the West is circling the drain.
___Feminists should consider what it feels like to try to think out of their box of conventional wisdom. And it truly is a box, since all sides of culture have been dominated with feminist influence, except for the poor slobs on the bottom. (But then again, they don't figure into conventional wisdom, which is the consensus of academics, writers, journalists, and the movers and shakers in the idea business.) Conventional wisdom, like the late modern version of medieval theocracy. They couldn't imagine any other truth but their own, either.

Answer 3

I think one of the more dangerous problems within our society is that so much seems to be generalised.

Nothing is Black or White - We live in a Grey world.

No two situations are ever the same down to the last detail.

I'm sorry I'm a bit tired and I'm worried this wont make sense, but think about this:
If you have a big basket of egg's and you find one of those egg's to be rotten, you wouldn't throw out the whole basket.
I feel that too many people throw out the whole basket, especially in the media. This kind of attitude breeds and feeds predjudice against things like race, religion, age, sexualty, social structure and so on.

Perosnally i wouldn't give this article a second glance purely because it's too broad with it's approach.

Answer 4

it illustrates and perpetuates many misconceptions about feminism and women in general, and doesn't take into account any positive effects or goals of feminism, in western society and ESPECIALLY worldwide. worldwide feminism is completely IGNORED by all the articles you cite.

date rape IS a major issue, it isn't brought up to villanize men, it isn't MADE UP ! it happens A LOT, there is actual concern. if anything, saying what she said about it villanizes women

sexual harassment applies to everyone

the author condemns women for the same things that men do, while pointing out that men DO THE SAME THINGS (build careers, earn lots of money, wait to have kids, choose to NOT have kids, be 'sexually plundered by so many past partners' so that it's difficult for future partners to develop intimacy, pick partners based on shallow materialism instead of true character)

she complains about double standards, yet she perpetuates them. not someone i would hold much respect for.


as to the article claiming that women are dumb-- i'll address each main point
1) more like lies (or at least twisted truth) about feminism, rather than lies OF feminism. for example, domestic violence that results in homicide--in 2004, there were appx 1200 women victims, and about 400 men.
2) the education and society in the west has changed to help girls do better in school--not too long ago girls were doing much worse, and didn't have much motivation to do well because they planned to be housewives. and maybe girls DO study harder and do better on tests than boys, not to mean that they are smarter, just that they test better. i could not find actual statistics saying that boys were doing worse, and in fact found many stating that in most of the world, girls were still FAR behind
3) girls *physically* mature faster, as a biological adaption to elongate their child bearing years, and neither gender is fully mature emotionally or mentally until their 20s.
4) larger brains =/= greater intelligence. this was an issue in racism as well, as whites have (on average) larger brains they used that to extrapolate that they were more intelligent--and thus superior--to minorities. it was proven false.

Answer 5

Lew Rockwell has some good stuff on his site, and I agree with the article.

You know how David Harris was demonized for cheating on his wife. Okay, he shouldn't have cheated. But there was no reason to run him over--and on top of that Clara was ALSO cheating!

Double standards. What's good for the goose is a huge no-no for the gander!

Answer 6

Obviously an anti feminist site and what exactly would your expect from such a source?

Answer 7

Those websites are just opinions. Women were denied rights for so many years that many of them have gone overboard but most women just want a fair and equal footing with men.

Answer 8

Well, I have 2 things to say about Angela Fiori;

1) Quite possibly this could be Alexandra's sister.

2) She has a very bad hair cut. Very bad.

Answer 9

A supremely stupid woman who wants to "get attention" by being controversial and counter-intuitive, while enjoying all the benefits of a movement she criticizes. I'd be willing to bet she is, herself, a "career woman" with no kids.