Most misogynists, it would seem, are loath to admit that they’re misogynists. “How can you say I hate women?” they’ll ask. “After all, I love my sister. She’s not like the rest of those whores.” Or, “I just hate Western Women.” Or whatever fine distinction they like to make to pretend that their hatred of pretty much every woman they ever come across, or imagine in their overheated little brains, is something other than misogyny.
Then there are those who not only admit their misogyny but who are downright proud of it, thinking it’s a sign of their own personal superiority. Today, a pretty good example of Proud Misogyny, taken from the reactionary Christian blog Samson’s Jawbone.
Our intrepid woman-hater starts off by contrasting his brand of misogyny to the peculiar kind of woman-appreciation advocated by the PUA gasbag now known as Heartiste (but still known as Roissy when this post was written):
Roissy is fond of saying that he’s not a “misogynist”; no, learning the unvarnished truth about female psychology has given him a *higher* appreciation for women. Not so for me. Sociosexual philosophy has disillusioned me beyond all reckoning. Peering deep into the psyche of woman has rendered me grievously scornful in feeling and mercilessly unscrupulous in behaviour towards these unholy, ungodly beings. I venture to say that… I hate them. Yes, I hate them! And how could I not?
Did I mention that he has literary pretensions as well? Like a lot of reactionaries, Mr. Jawbone has adopted a melodramatic, vaguely archaic prose style that he evidently feels is the height of literary sophistication, but which sounds a lot more like the monologuing of some cartoon villain.
Oh, the vile criteria by which women judge menfolk! O, abominable, loathsome beings!
Is anyone else reminded of Newman from Seinfeld?
But Mr. Jawbone is just getting started:
A creature so damnably constituted as to admire a man for his “social dominance” – by which is meant his ability to waltz through an absurd series of meaningless, contrived riddles – rather than his work ethic, his self-sacrifice, his affability, his charity, his honesty, his justice – in short, his righteousness and integrity; such a creature deserves to be used and abused like a cheap street harlot – or better yet, a vermin-ridden ass – and discarded appropriately. Nothing more; she merits nothing better.
Here’s an actual vermin-ridden ass, having a nice scratch in the dirt:
Oh, but Mr. Jawbone isn’t done yet:
Words like “honour”, “duty”, “kindness”… those things that define goodness and rightness… all meaningless, meaningless to this wretched, wicked half of the human race. And do women who profess belief in something “higher”; women who should know better, afford any solace? No. Instead they show themselves as fraudulent, fickle hellcats who think good men are “weak”. So alas, I can no longer view the distaff horde with anything besides revulsion and contempt. They perjure themselves by their own words; they are beasts, deserving nothing but callous treatment and damnation; and I can wish nothing upon them but furious hatred, ignominy and a miserable passing.
What a cheery fellow!
I take no joy in penning the above – but I feel clean and spotless as the lamb. What else is to be said for a lot that believes black to be white, up to be down, and good men to be worthless? Poor Ashley Wilkes, and all good men.
Hate to break it to you, dude, but you’re not actually a good man. You’re a pompous dickbag. Oh, sorry, you’re a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave!
(Thanks to Shakespeare for that last insult, and to Quackers for pointing me to Mr. Jawbone’s post.)
Oh Jesus H. Christ on cracker, jawbone’s op was painful to read. Hack dimwit.
Errr, purple and mickey, you’re not informed enough to post here — but by all means, carry on. The regulars like chew toys.
Yoyo, Alan Moore’s Halo Jones? Awesome. Really good read.
I broke the t-shirts link. Here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/almostdiamonds/2012/12/08/freeze-peach/
Know what’s obscene, a hateful twit who thinks he’s channeling William Blake.
“Words like “honour”, “duty”, “kindness”… those things that define goodness and rightness… all meaningless, meaningless to this wretched, wicked half of the human race.”
So, half of the human race is evil? Wow. Intense. Congrats on admitting we’re human, though.
“And do women who profess belief in something “higher”; women who should know better, afford any solace? No. Instead they show themselves as fraudulent, fickle hellcats who think good men are “weak”.
Define “higher,” dipshit. What do you mean? Love? Define what a “good man” is, those good men we allegedly think of as “weak.” Use your words. Did someone break up with you at some point in your past? Cripes. Welcome to the club. It happens to the best of us. You’re going out on a limb to denounce an entire demo as evil just because of a negative experience(s). Jesus, the self-centeredness is EPIC.
“So alas, I can no longer view the distaff horde with anything besides revulsion and contempt. They perjure themselves by their own words; they are beasts, deserving nothing but callous treatment and damnation; and I can wish nothing upon them but furious hatred, ignominy and a miserable passing.”
OK, let’s just put aside that your prose is so fuckingly beyond precious and borrowed that it’s almost tacky. You admit that one half of the human population should be mistreated badly and repeatedly throughout their lives and die a horrible death. Whew! Tall order. Now convince me you’re a “good man” again. You don’t have to have anything to do with women, you know, there are alternatives. So, please, stop obsessing over us — it’s embarrassing.
Absolutely, Shiraz, halo jones was one of the fist breakthrough comics that appealed to men and women while selling an overtly feminist and humanistic message. She’s no silly Lara croft boobalishious hit woman.
As for the fail MRA Shakespeare , I have read better prose from a car insurance pamphlet.
Yoyo, *fistbump* on the Halo Jones appreciation.
And this:
“As for the fail MRA Shakespeare , I have read better prose from a car insurance pamphlet.”
Yeah. Me too. Sad.
Hey, did you guys see that I became a patron of the arts?
Thanks to LBT, whose artistry inspires me to keep my blog going!
Why do I imagine this guy having the voice of Plankton!?!?!?!
“I’ll get that secret formula!!!!!!!!!”
Congrats, Cloudiah — and your inspiration, LBT.
Gotta go to sleep. ‘Night all.
Congrats cloudiah!
Shiraz (apols to non comix readers for minor aside), Shiraz, do you remember the scene where a very disillusioned Halo shared a breakfast of beautifully prepared pears with a war lord while looking over the environment they had trashed? To me in my very early 20s, it was a perfect metaphor for the ways that best intentions do not survive the collision with real life.
Yeah, I’ve stayed up way too late for a whole week of staying up too late and being exhausted in the morning. Good night, manboobzers!
This might be up your alley– well known science/academia blogger Female Science Professor (science-professor.blogspot.com) recently let an MRA post his thoughts. They are pretty amusing. The comments are filled with the kind of confusion and irritation you could expect when an MRA airs their views outside of their usual forums.
Oh, I read that the other day. I was so ticked at how he was using his so called faith to base these things. As a Christian, I see that kind of hate for a fellow human being as nothing less than blasphemy.* We believe our immortal God became human to suffer die for all humanity. If God, the one who created all things, sees us as worth that kind of sacrifice then who are is this puny human to declare us damned?
Someone needs to read the end chapters of Job and get some freaking humility.
*I grew up in a Evangelical church and I rejected it. Most of the I think of myself as being a nice, liberal, accepting kinda gal. And then someone who calls themselves Christian says something so wrong and contrary to teaching, and much to my embarrassment I growl out, “Blasphemy!” Apparently I can’t entirely shake my upbringing.
Hi raindog2!
You do realise I have to post this now. It’s inevitable.
http://youtu.be/ZNeq2Utm0nU
@falconer
I am impressed by your cartoon suggestions! Yay, for good taste.
It is more than half: all women and many men (depends on the MRM which men are evil though).
The best word I ever learned as an insult while taking a shakespearean acting class was sycophant. You can combo it with so many fun words.
Poltroon is pretty good too, and very apt for MRAs. 🙂
@Kittehs
I don’t know what happened with your post above, but it’s got some odd “network” links and a link to ebay(.com.au, but that could be automatic based on my location). Intentional?
Whut? Which one, lowquacks? The last thing I put in was the clip from Life of Brian.
The Life of Brian clip. Nevermind; while I’d refreshed before and got the same weird links, I just tried and the clip embedded properly.
I imagine the eBay link was a result of the “find on eBay” youtube ad not loading properly, then. Not to worry!
Whew!
Okay, I’m off to watch the final (sniff!) of the Dr Blake Mysteries. Later, if you’re still around; if not, niters! 🙂
o woman, ye loathsome moldwarp, like the boil ‘pon yon fishock’s ass, a taint of humanity with ye vile misandrous connivings and hypergamy, i long for you to validate my broken self with sexual pleasure and therefore will give myself pep talks in the style of a 18th-century brothel’s listing because no one else has ever told me i’m a decent enough person to get laid
Who actually “use[s] and abuse[s]” a vermin-ridden ass, anyway? Surely they’d be unsuitable for normal ass use, animal abuse would be criminal and pointless, and treatment would be the sensible course of action.
IANAdonkey specialist.
I had a comment full of cuss words. Deleted it. Mickey, fuck you. Men sacrifice their well being for women…bullsnot. I was raised traditional: Oh, sacrifice for your man! Your marriage! Submit!” You know what, asshole? I don’t like it. You know what else? I’m fighting back against it. It’s not worth it. I don’t hate men because they were taught to be clueless fucktards who don’t look within, who play the victim when they’re not. But I hold men accountable for doing so, just like I am, to see what I’m doing to foster this foolishness. Stop pointing your damned dry calloused fingers at everybody else and make the changes within yourself. You are not a victim and some of this is your own goddamned fault.
To the regulars here: I’m sorry. I’m still working through this. I’m exhausted and my asthma’s acting up from painting and cleaning and dust and packing and having way too many people in my house. I also really don’t like being told “we’re gonna do this and that etc”. Uh, no, I’m not. I’ve done more than my share. My work has been insulted one too many times. Its not just me who needs to watch what is said. Sigh…regulars, David, I’m sorry.
@Melody: Thanks for your endorsement! *basks*
@Yoyo: the first thing of Alan Moore’s I ever read was Watchmen. It’s a great story but it’s kind of made me gunshy around him. Also also, I haven’t had a lot of exposure to the 80s British alternative comics like you’ve suggested. I’ll definitely take a look, though.
@Tina: Don’t worry about irritating me with your venting, plenty of people blow off steam on here all the time. I’m sorry the culture has given you cause to be upset, though. 🙁
@Yoyo: Whoops, sorry, Moonshadow is J. M. DeMateis, and that means it’s Marvel. Shouldn’t jump to conclusions 😉