Why have they been allowed
to get away with it? How have the
radical feminists managed to intimidate our nation for so many decades? Don’t Americans realize that they are vulgar
misanthropes who do not have our best interests at heart?
Just how vicious and uncouth
these activists are has been on display ever since Donald Trump was elected
president. Now that he has taken office,
their loathing of him and everything he represents has reached epic
proportions. These folks are haters to
the marrow of their bones.
Now I grant you that Trump
provided reasons for them to be distressed.
He has publicly insulted some women and engaged in locker room talk in
private. He also, especially during his
inter-marital periods, was apparently something of a womanizer.
But Bill Clinton was far
worse. He was actually accused of rape
and plainly had oral sex with a young intern in the oval office. Clinton was loved and his transgressions
overlooked partly because he was a charming rogue and partly because the
radicals approved of his policies.
And that is the point; the
radical feminists are neo-Marxists. They
want a revolution that changes America into an egalitarian utopia. They not only hate male chauvinist pigs; they
also hate free market capitalism and representative democracy. If they had their way, they would dictate how
we should live.
Like all revolutionaries,
these radicals have no compunctions about how they go about tearing down the
system. How malicious they can be was on
full display during the so-called Women’s March on Washington. The epithets and threats were never-ending.
Consider Ashley Judd’s
rant. She believed that she was being
clever by crudely characterizing the new president. She also rejoiced in describing herself as a
“nasty woman.” Evidently she assumed
this made her heroic. I think it merely
demonstrated that she is a nasty
woman.
The radicals don’t like
men. They don’t like children. They don’t like women. I’ll bet that they don’t much like themselves. People who are fond of other people usually cut
them some slack. At least part of the
time, they try to be understanding. They
surely refrain from gratuitous insults.
To wit: why would feminists
make fun of Baron Trump? Does a ten year
old boy deserve to be reviled because his father is despised? Why also would they accuse Melania Trump of
being a dim-witted slut? Are they
confusing her with her husband? If so,
isn’t this anti-woman?
The radicals manifestly hate
the family. They hate heterosexual
love. Indeed, they scorn anyone who does
not kowtow to their anti-human agenda.
Although they claim to be for women’s rights, this is a lie. They don’t want women to be themselves. They want them to be harridans.
Let me put the matter as
plainly as I can. Radical feminism has
been a scourge upon our land. For
decades, it has split people apart and sponsored gender-oriented political
correctness. Instead of helping people
adjust to our post-industrial world, it has fostered suspicions and ill will.
The roles of men and women
are changing. So is the nature of
marriage and the way we raise our children.
Women have moved out of the kitchen and into the executive suite. Men now prepare many more family meals. But how does vilifying those with whom we
disagree help this transition?
The radical feminists are
not deep thinkers. Dropping the F-bomb
with abandon does not demonstrate that they have been liberated. All this shows is that they are mean-spirited. Isn’t it ironic that this is one of the
things they rail against in their foes?
Trump is detested for many
reasons. First, he defeated
Hillary. Second, he is not a
minority. Third, he is rich. Fourth, he is not an elegant speaker. Fifth, he defends capitalism. Sixth, he loves America. But should he also be defamed because he is a
man.
Women who love themselves
should also love men—as men. The same
goes in reverse for men vis-à-vis women.
Let us hope that left-wing activists do not get away with using ordinary
gender tensions to advance their socialist cause.
Melvyn L. Fein, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Kennesaw State University
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