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Europe’s Fit of Priggishness

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Instead of fighting to add photos of naked men to those of naked women, weirdos masking as feminists in the UK wave their prudishness around like a flag.

Recently, Spain has destroyed all of its reproductive rights, and it seems like the UK is following in the same direction. One sign of this descent into puritanical barbarity is the incapacity of the country’s government to oppose anything to gender segregation in UK’s universities. British “feminists” choose to fight boobs instead of fighting segregation. Europe is squirming in a fit of intense puritanism and destroying all of its achievements in the sphere of gender equality and sexual freedom.

I thank reader Kathleen for the link.

15 responses to “Europe’s Fit of Priggishness”

  1. J. Otto Pohl Avatar
    J. Otto Pohl

    I lived in London for three years 2001-2004 and unless things have radically changed then these protesters are just a small insignificant fringe. The page 3 girl is one of those quaint British traditions that even most English find a bit silly. A page 3 lad wouldn’t even have tradition to fall back on. That said there is no shortage of pictures of naked men in London if that is what you want. Consenting adults are pretty much allowed to do what they want in the realm of sexual relations. So I wouldn’t worry about the end of sexual freedom in London.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar
      bloggerclarissa

      A while ago, nobody would have believed that Sweden and Spain could take the road they are taking now. About 18 months ago, a group of Spanish people laughed at me when I suggested that the country’s reproductive rights could be in danger. I really wish I had been mistaken.

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      1. Tim Avatar
        Tim

        Yeah, but this prudish fight against nudity isn’t exactly new. For as long as I have been into feminism, some british feminists were raving around issues like this, and that has been somewhat longer than 18 months 🙂 By now, this has as much tradition as the page 3 girl herself.

        Besides, weren’t it the same brand of british feminism that tried to ban lad’s mags because they essentially sexually harrassed the store clerks who had to sell them?

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        1. bloggerclarissa Avatar
          bloggerclarissa

          “Besides, weren’t it the same brand of british feminism that tried to ban lad’s mags because they essentially sexually harrassed the store clerks who had to sell them?”

          – No, are you serious? Tell me it didn’t happen.

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      2. Tim Avatar
        Tim

        “Displaying [lad’s mags] in workplaces, and/or requiring staff to handle them in the course of their jobs, may amount to sex discrimination and sexual harassment contrary to the Equality Act 2010. Similarly, exposing customers to these publications in the process of displaying them is capable of giving rise to breaches of the Equality Act.”

        If you read one, make it the first one, the quote is from the second:

        Dangerous Dolls: ‘Object’ and Lose the Lads’ Mags


        http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/may/27/lose-lads-mags-risk-legal-action
        http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/23/uk-feminista-kat-banyard-lads-mags

        If you hear about a feminist campaign in the UK and UK Feminista or Object are involved, you can be pretty sure prudishness is involved. They are also the same ones who really like to ally with conservative forces every once in a while, especially when it comes to sex or censorship. I can’t say for sure, but I would not be suprised to find them in support of the UK’s online porn filters.

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        1. bloggerclarissa Avatar
          bloggerclarissa

          I’m speechless. Idiocy knows no bounds.

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  2. Stille (@aperfectbalance) Avatar
    Stille (@aperfectbalance)

    They’re not feminists, they’re Victorian-era angels extending their sphere of influence from the house all over again. Pernicious, prudish busybodies.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar
      bloggerclarissa

      I don’t want to go back to the XIXth century. And I really don’t want this journey to happen under the banner of feminism.

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      1. Stille (@aperfectbalance) Avatar
        Stille (@aperfectbalance)

        Tell me about it :(. There’s this really unhealthy dynamic where on the face of it, these people insist that women are perpetual victims besieged by everything everywhere, while on the back of it the changes they oh-so-holily-beg for serve to impede the freedom of any woman who isn’t precisely like they are. Craven egoism wrapped in the mantle of altruism, really.

        It’s really fascinating,btw, how the Spanish reproductive rights gutting resembled in language the protect-the-sex-workers-from-themselves rhetoric. It’s all infantilizing bullshit pretending women are always victims and never have any agency whatsoever, and I can’t believe how otherwise intelligent people don’t see what a small step there is from that to deciding women need to constantly be under the authority of benevolent, more powerful people that can keep them from harm.

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        1. bloggerclarissa Avatar
          bloggerclarissa

          “It’s really fascinating,btw, how the Spanish reproductive rights gutting resembled in language the protect-the-sex-workers-from-themselves rhetoric. It’s all infantilizing bullshit pretending women are always victims and never have any agency whatsoever”

          – This is a very important observation. This is a link that people should start noticing.

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      2. Stille (@aperfectbalance) Avatar
        Stille (@aperfectbalance)

        Well, it’s not my observation 😛 The sex workers have been crying “we fucking told you so” since the gutting happened. But yes, this is hugely important.

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  3. musteryou Avatar
    musteryou

    It’s not an “incapacity” to oppose gender segregation, but right wing opportunism. I have seen it before, in fact in my own life as well. For those who want to pursue an anti-woman agenda, nothing is better than seeing “their” women put in place by outsiders. The defenders of the morality will stand humming and twiddling their toes whilst this goes on. That’s not a mistake or overlooking their responsibility. They know exactly what they are doing and why.

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar
      bloggerclarissa

      You think Cameron feels a secret affinity for gender segregation? That’s a scary thought. Although I wouldn’t discount this possibility.

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        musteryou

        I’m certain of it.

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      2. FD Avatar
        FD

        Sadly, I’m pretty damn sure Cameron does have a not so secret yen for gender segregation. Every now and then he makes a comment that shows exactly what he thinks of women, and honestly, all you need really is to see the behaviour he allows his party to get away with in relation to barracking of female opposing MPs.
        He also was quite keen on Nadine (funded by rightwing US Xtian groups) Dorries motions towards restriction of abortion and abstinence sex ed.

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