Centuries
Okay, so here's the thing: he was punishing her for not wanting him, then calling it comedy; you know that, right?
He had scripted a kiss into their USO skit that he wrote and then insisted on "rehearsing" the kiss, manhandling her in the process.
The photo was staged after this little bitter comedian's snit of his. And yet he was mad at her, not himself. Okay...so then he took that photo, waiting for her to fall asleep before doing so and sidestepping the part where she agrees to be touched, posed and/or photographed.
This is how male entitlement functions...
And then I heard and read some sad women-children today insisting that well, he didn't actually touch her breast, how could he, there was Kevlar covering it, and she was on Hannity so, uh, she's not credible and and and and you know as you're listening to this infuriating yet meaningless patter that, even if you could even focus to say what needs to be said and somehow get through to these sad women-children, they're too far gone. It's a waste of breath to tell them what you're actually hearing them say: I have no self respect and therefore no respect for other women.
I mean, would any of these minimizers want to experience that, for all the world to see, for all the world to tear apart? I doubt it. Or maybe they have and are fine now volunteering other women for the experience? Or maybe their tearing apart took place in private, maybe it's the secret these women-children are hiding from themselves, the way they prefer to be, since they seem too thin-skinned to hear other women talk about their own experiences...instead, it's the critique of the woman discussing the transgression, the trespass, or a declaration that it's not actually a transgression, a trespass, anything but a discussion of the actual thing that happened, that thing he chose to do.
Instead, it's this familiar circular firing squad that discourages women from speaking out, led in part by other women. Meanwhile, we've tried that for centuries and it's grown tired, this silence, tired...
Meanwhile, we've tried that for centuries, centuries...
He had scripted a kiss into their USO skit that he wrote and then insisted on "rehearsing" the kiss, manhandling her in the process.
The photo was staged after this little bitter comedian's snit of his. And yet he was mad at her, not himself. Okay...so then he took that photo, waiting for her to fall asleep before doing so and sidestepping the part where she agrees to be touched, posed and/or photographed.
This is how male entitlement functions...
And then I heard and read some sad women-children today insisting that well, he didn't actually touch her breast, how could he, there was Kevlar covering it, and she was on Hannity so, uh, she's not credible and and and and you know as you're listening to this infuriating yet meaningless patter that, even if you could even focus to say what needs to be said and somehow get through to these sad women-children, they're too far gone. It's a waste of breath to tell them what you're actually hearing them say: I have no self respect and therefore no respect for other women.
I mean, would any of these minimizers want to experience that, for all the world to see, for all the world to tear apart? I doubt it. Or maybe they have and are fine now volunteering other women for the experience? Or maybe their tearing apart took place in private, maybe it's the secret these women-children are hiding from themselves, the way they prefer to be, since they seem too thin-skinned to hear other women talk about their own experiences...instead, it's the critique of the woman discussing the transgression, the trespass, or a declaration that it's not actually a transgression, a trespass, anything but a discussion of the actual thing that happened, that thing he chose to do.
Instead, it's this familiar circular firing squad that discourages women from speaking out, led in part by other women. Meanwhile, we've tried that for centuries and it's grown tired, this silence, tired...
Meanwhile, we've tried that for centuries, centuries...
posted by Burnt Notions at 9:06 PM
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