"Fetishized abuse is the whole point of pornography."

I Blame The Patriarchy: "In fact, it has been suggested that the only possible result of the juxtaposition of human and animal exploitation on a porn site is the eroticization of animal torture. To be sure, this contingency is considerably less remote than the screwy idea that pornography, which is itself abuse, can actually stop abuse. Pornography, in fact, is the antithesis of “ethical treatment”. It relies for its existence on violence against women. As such it appeals directly to its consumer’s abusiveness. Fetishized abuse is the whole point of pornography."

This excellent piece is occasioned by PETA's evident intention to launch a porn site to press its case.


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Just in case you thought the sexes are equal

I Blame The Patriarchy: "For it is the stated position of the Savage Death Island Chapter of Spinster Aunts International that, in a patriarchy, “consensual sex” (between women and dudes) doesn’t even exist. This is because, in a patriarchy, agency is not conferred equally upon women and dudes. This untoward circumstance creates a contingency wherein the notion of consent is, for women, entirely non-substantive, a figment, a desperate fantasy invented to obscure the true nature of women’s status as the sex class."


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Dominique Strauss-Kahn's smug, entitled trail

I Blame The Patriarchy: "Mark my words. Malignant narcissist Dominique Strauss-Kahn will get off scott-free, scattering in his smug, entitled wake a bloody trail of ruined lives torn asunder." I can never improve on the words of this bilious counterpoint to all of the temporizing stuff on the Web relating to the treatment of girls and women. If we do not start with reality, we end up with a garbage can filled with "fair and balanced" avoidance of the truth.


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