Perpetual Consent

Contrary to what the world community believes, women are not in a perpetual state of consent. We are not simply receptacles available for male pleasure accessible should they desire.

I know it sounds crazy. The media inundates us with girls gone wild advertisements and images of fabulous twenty-somethings that embody impossible standards of the patriarchy. Its manipulation, brainwashing. This pornography based culture systemically degrades and dehumanizes women. Its a deliberate, methodical method to keep women in lower class of oppressed people. Their execution is FLAWLESS. Look at how effective misogyny is! We are responsible for mens desires, and yet our rights to our bodies are still up for debate. We still make less money, regardless of education, compared to men. Ultimately men fear and hate women.

ALL MEN HATE WOMEN. Need proof? Look at your husbands porn collection. He is turned on by a person who is humiliated and forced into submission by his misogynistic wage hierarchy. If that woman were to put put on some clothes, go to college and choose to climb the corporate ladder instead of lying on her back, she still wouldn't make the wage he could. That makes your husband feel good. Still think that porn collection is harmless and innocent? Consider this- The percentages vary by study, but up to 85% of prostitutes/ porn stars were victims of sexual abuse or incest as children (1,2,3). This sort of sexual abuse psychologically damages a woman, takes away her humanity. Pornography is the theory, rape is the practice.

The world we live in doesn't punish rape, its excused away if not blatantly encouraged. This allows them to keep the powerless underclass of women in a state of fear which leads to submission. Rape trials are notorious for criminalizing the victim and putting her on trial for the crime committed against. She is questioned about her sexual history, how many drinks consumed and what she was wearing preceding the crime. Its presented in a manner that suggests women are ultimately responsible for the transgression against them. On a larger scale, rape is used as an instrument of war. The UN fails to recognize state sanctioned rape as a crime.

I informed a colleague that I was a feminist. With a raise of his eyebrows, he expressed sympathy for the movement and thought he was a feminist also. However, he indicated he didn't approve of women receiving or asking for "special privileges". Fucking really? What about the PRIVILEGE of walking to your car without looking over your shoulder, car keys ready? The PRIVILEGE of making decisions in regards to your reproductive rights? How about the PRIVILEGE of innate uncontested societal value?

Oh yes, men fear and hate women. It would suck to not have those privileges handed to you at birth wouldn't it?