Hmm

[deathpixie]

Funny how things travel in coincidences. Not a couple of days after a conversation with a friend about the way women are viewed as manipulative and somehow evil, Joss Whedon shares his thoughts.

I'm not entirely sure of the Womb Envy theory - my presonal theory is that it's a function of fear, of men in general (not any one specific man or group of men) being afraid of the impact women have on them, on their behaviour and the control they can weild through sex that leads to the 'evil' tag, but again, that's just a vague opinion and nothing to do with any of the actual men I know (with a couple of exceptions). It's something to think about, any way, the fact that 50% of the population is not only targeted as weak and morally reprehensible, but that that 50% also buys into it.

The article also raises for me the question of the power of the modern media in our society, and whether, with the glut of reality TV, we've become so used to viewing things as part of a giant television show or movie or game, that we don't stop to considering the actual reality of it. The empathy of it.

Heavy thinking before heading off for the traditional May 2-4 BBQ, this time at Johnny's place where we don't have to get caught in the rain. I'll leave you to it.

Comments

[philf.livejournal.com]

See, this is why I wish someone would invent the technology to hyperlink verbal conversation, so when someone says something like 'feminism', I could just click on a link and have a word-balloon materialise above their heads with a definition of what they mean, 'cos half the time what someone else means by a word and what I mean are subtly different to just enough of a degree that we end up arguing over something we basically agree on.

It's very confusing ;)

[pollymel.livejournal.com]

You, I'd consider a feminist. ;)

[resplendissante.livejournal.com]

God, that would help SO MUCH. :) I totally agree with you. :)

[(Anonymous)]

*grins* Only I could see it all going horribly wrong, or someone finding a way to make a virus work with it so what you actually got was a whole slab of text about cats that no one really understands, and then you have a big arguement about whether you've been holding in the power button for long enough for the thing to bloody well turn off.

[seraangel.livejournal.com]

And that anonymous comment was me...having once again forgotten to log on. Oh! I had a thought about making puppy dog eyes at Rossi to take up indoor climbing after DexCon, depending on how long after DexCon you're staying, would you be up for that?