Over at Bittermost, I've been having a conversation about Paglia's TIME magazine article. needless to say, Katherine is firmly of the mind that masculinity is still alive and well, and that any erosion is "miniscule."
well when you consider that she thinks because some football players knit as proof of that...how can you take her seriously? I find her dismissive attitude sooo offputting, I dont' understand the urge to engage her. She is incapable of being sucinct, she insists on writing a three hundred word essay for every response...the woman is too obsessed with her own superiority to be taken seriously.
Well thank you, folks. Point made; case closed. If the most that several people can come up with is a vague memory of some male celebrity over the past 40+ years doing something slightly semi-"feminine" -- needlepoint? ballet? pantyhose? -- I think we can safely conclude that, for now, "masculinity" is not in any imminent danger of collapse due to feminist takeover.
while you are addressing real issues, she's addressing window dressing. Who cares if a man takes ballet....haven't there always been men in ballet? I seem to recall all the way back to childhood men in tights. What I see in the culture is the attitude that men are no longer necessary, a throwback to cavemen days. Boys are being raised to think their purpose in life is to look cute and play video games instead of being raised to be fathers and leaders. We have more single mothers today and more children being raised in poverty because of those single mothers because boys are being so devalued that they dont see the need to stick around to care for their offspring. This is actually supported BY that 'patriarchy' she decries as so oppressive, but then she turns around and supports the actions of that patriarchy. Ask her about single motherhood and watch her twist herself in a pretzel about how empowering it is to women to be poverty stricken teen moms with no mate to assist them.
They are pathologically unable to see that the policies they push are causing more harm than good. GIVING African Americans better SAT scores equals better education? Well I suppose if someone gives me a feather, I could fly! This is the basic problem that Progressives have, they think if you give someone something..a trophy, a better grade, a 'head start' that somehow that solves the problem. The results are that, as you point out, the ones 'given' the extra grades drop out...which allows the Progressive to then holler that even with 'all we've done' it isnt enough! They never stop to consider that maybe what they have done is the wrong thing to start with.
facts are hard things to deal with but the feminist movement has brought us more single mother homes, which results in poorer school performance, lower grades, higher suicide rates, higher crime rates and higher poverty rates...and STILL we have the problems she whimpers about: glass ceilings and the lack of women in high positions (not withstanding the overwhelming amount of incredibly incompetent women Obama has thrust upon us)
