Fighting Intolerance with Intolerance

Having one of those lazy days I've been reading a lot of crap I should otherwise ignore.

As a few may know, I don't have a high opinion of modern feminism. I don't deny the achievements made in the past by the feminist movement, but I think anything vaguely sensible supported by feminists is also supported by the left side of politics anyway.

Hey I could be wrong, but when feminists jump en masse to do really important things like call the film Avatar sexist and racist, its hardly on par with the fight for voting and property rights is it?

Anyway I started reading the writings of deranged dingbat Julie Bindel today. To be fair her nonsense would probably be dismissed by most feminists with a functioning brain but anyway she still deserves to be ridiculed for the hate filled dingbat that she is.

First of all she is one of those try hard rebels that fights teh patriarchy through pointless bits of symbolism like refusing to wear make-up, you know until a lucrative promo offer comes along and tempts her to change her mind. Oh you rebel you! So subversive.

Anyway, she follows the teachings of radical feminist Sheilla Jeffreys who advocates that women cannot be free unless they refrain from all sexual activity with men.

"We think serious feminists have no choice but to abandon heterosexuality," it reads. "Only in the system of oppression that is male supremacy does the oppressor actually invade and colonise the interior of the body of the oppressed." It also asserted that penetration "is more than a symbol, its function and effect is the punishment and control of women".

Who else can spot that rather large flaw in that plan? What would happen to women (and humanity) in the long run if we stopped heterosexual sexy time? Something important, vital for the future of humanity..... Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Julie Bindel's main shtick seems to be fighting intolerance with her own intolerance, ie men are evil and are not individuals and every man is responsible for every bit of evil committed by other men. We are born guilty.

To me, political lesbianism continues to make intrinsic sense because it reinforces the idea that sexuality is a choice, and we are not destined to a particular fate because of our chromosomes. I also suspect that it is very difficult to spend your daily life fighting against male violence, only to share a bed with a man come the evening.

There are people who can see individuals and judge them as such. There are others who if they see a person of a certain race committing a crime, will judge all members of that race negatively. Julie does the exact same thing that racists do but applies it to sex, she is less interested in ending violence against women than she is at throwing a presumed guilt at all men.

Women are told we must love our oppressors, while, as feminists, we fight to end the power afforded them as a birthright. Come on sisters, you know it makes sense. Stop pretending you think lesbianism is an exclusive members' club, and join the ranks. I promise that you will not regret it.

Fight sexism by sexism, be discriminatory towards all men because of the crimes of a few.

As much as I think all her hateful nonsense is a heartfelt fuck you there is a a glaring hole is what for lack of a better word I'll call her logic.

The debate over the differing role in biology and environment over humanity is pretty complex. It is impossible to know how much of us is because of our genes and because of the surrounding environment.

One of the biggest debates is if sexuality is pre-determined by our genes or if is a result of environmental factors. Julie has determined with her superior non-scientist mind that everyones sexuality is a choice, because umm she says so.

Thirty years since homosexuality was removed from the list of recognised mental disorders, scientists persist in searching for a "cause", refusing to accept that sexuality and sexual desire are social constructs, not biological or genetically determined.

She presents no evidence of this rather large discovery, apart from some story about how she decided to turn gay because all men are evil. But therein lies the contradiction, how can she on one hand say that biology doesn't matter and that sexuality is purely a social construct which can be chosen, yet also say that men are all evil women hating rapists not because of choice but because of biology and their gender in particular? Eh?

Oh and Julie Bindell, fuck you you stupid cunt for being such a sexist intolerant hateful bitch.