The sheer hypocrisy and dishonesty of the female (and suspect male) protesters in the US, that is. Listening to what they said and reading some of their banners induced incredulity that they could be saying precisely what they criticised Donald Trump for just weeks ago.
Claiming vulgar terms for women’s bodies does not advance their rights.
The article reads:
Excuse me: I thought women – everyone, in fact -- were disgusted with the sexism and crudity of Donald Trump. I thought they were absolutely scandalised and infuriated that he has boasted about taking sexual liberties with “beautiful women”, “moving on them” and forcing intimate contact on them.
Respectable media like The Washington Post, which unearthed a revealing 2005 tape, and The New York Times had to hold their noses while they described in detail its content. The Times found it “extraordinarily vulgar”. The Post called it “extremely lewd”. And it was. Others said it was criminal.
So what’s with the pink “pussyhats” in the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday? Why did organisers take one of Mr Trump’s vulgar and lewd, not to mention disrespectful terms, used in the context of possibly criminal behaviour, and turn it into an emblem of their event? Is the word no longer vulgar, lewd or offensive? Or is it only such when a man you don’t like uses it?
The gals who ran the Pussyhat Project acknowledge that it is a “derogatory word for female genitalia” but they “chose this loaded word for our project because we wanted to reclaim the term as a means of empowerment.” They are proud of their lady parts and see nothing wrong with drawing attention to them as a symbol “our femaleness and femininity” in their “stand for women’s rights”.
Well, all sorts of ugly words have been “reclaimed” by different bits of the feminist movement in defence of women’s rights. An infamous play even tried to rehabilitate “rape” so long as it happened in a lesbian context.
But the strategy is fundamentally flawed. If a word, by common consent, is vulgar and lewd – even today, when such words are peppered through the mainstream press – in one context, then it is vulgar and lewd in all contexts. Whether you care about vulgarity is the issue, and apparently the women’s march people do not.
But they cannot at the same time lay claim, as the pink hat project does, to a “femininity” whose strengths are “caring, compassion and love”. The two types of language simply cannot be reconciled with each other. For women to claim it as their own represents a defeat, not a triumph.
It is an admission that a certain kind of masculine culture now dominates society – a culture that has little respect for distinctive feminine qualities, wants to press women into the same sexual and social mould as men, and will call abortion a “woman’s right“ just to get its own way.
Girls, you got it wrong. You handed the boys’ locker room another victory.
Now, isn’t that the truth?
Re: Another triumph for Trump
Posted by PDH on January 24, 2017, 8:16 am, in reply to "Did you notice it?"
Great facts, John. And the reality of implementation is evident.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-trump-signs-order-defunding-international-planned-parenthood-forei Mon Jan 23, 2017 - 11:59 am EST BREAKING: Trump signs order defunding International Planned Parenthood, foreign abortions Peter LaBarbera Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, criticized Trump's order on Twitter. BREAKING: As one of his first acts in office, President Trump has reinstated the #GlobalGag rule. — Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) January 23, 2017
But pro-life leaders praised the move as a "great start" to Trump's term in office. Re-instating the Mexico City policy - federal funding cannot promote abortion overseas --> great news. Abortion should not be a US export.
— Charmaine (@CharmaineYoest) January 23, 2017 Students for Life of America issued a statement saying, "This is a great start to the Trump presidency and we hope this is only the beginning of defunding Planned Parenthood and the end of forcing American taxpayers to fund an industry that ends hundreds of thousands of innocent lives a year and irreparably harms women. This is a new day for all Americans, and we are excited about reversing Planned Parenthood's hold on Washington."
The student group tweeted, "Thank you @POTUS for reinstating the #MexicoCityPolicy! No more foreign aid for Int'l @PPact. This is only the beginning of #defundPP!"
Thank you @POTUS for reinstating the #MexicoCityPolicy! No more foreign aid for Int'l @PPact. This is only the beginning of #defundPP! — Students for Life (@Students4LifeHQ) January 23, 2017
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins applauded President Trump for acting swiftly to restore the Mexico City Policy. “This is a vital step in the journey to make America great again, recognizing and affirming the universal ideal that all human beings have inherent worth and dignity, regardless of their age or nationality," he said.
“I thank President Trump for issuing an executive order in keeping with his campaign promise that he will protect taxpayers from having to pay for abortions," he added. RELATED: President Trump takes office: Here are six key promises he made on abortion, marriage, and liberty