Ram on feminism

Heidi-ho campers!

As usual This post will start with something semi-related as an excuse to make fun of something, express my opinion and then bring you to realize how all of the thoughts seemed related while swimming around in this crazy head of mine. Today I want to talk about feminism(Gasp!), but first a story.

An old high school friend of mine looked me up through this wonderful thing called facebook. It had been about 10-11 years since we had last spoke and it is always fun to reminisce about the days when you used to run around after school and pull wild pranks and get into trouble and such. Of course the obligatory boring questions were first on the list. What are you up to nowadays? You guys have any kids? How's life... bla bla bla. She said her and her husband were still married, no kids yet etc. She also said that she was a dancer and a motivational speaker for feminism. I felt my stomach churn a little bit when I heard this. If you read the Spearhead or Citizen Renegade (both blogs fully endorsed by The Ram Spot), you would know the general point of view about feminism (that is not completely shared or endorsed by the Ram Spot... gotta keep the Bloglovin readers), is that feminism and the fembots that represent it are actually what is destroying America, ruining the dating scene for men, and is the reason for the divorce rate being so high. I wasn't sure we could be friends anymore. I responded "Feminist are kind of like Muslims. People hear that word and cringe because the worst advocates of the fem movement give the rest of them a terrible name."

Think about it. What image pops into your head when you hear the word feminist? Don't lie. It is an angry dike with a chip on her shoulder isn't it. Either that or the chick in a bandanna flexing her bicep.

Now for my personal take. My parents were staunch conservatives. I love them dearly, but I have never had the desire to take on other people's battles or judge people in situations I have never been in and don't plan to be in. For instance, the abortion issue and gay rights have always influenced what political party or candidate my parents would endorse because they think those things are wrong. Do they affect them? No not at all, but they are not going to stand for the further decline our country(in their opinion). I guess the point I'm trying to make here is that whether I agree or disagree, approve or disaprove, like or dislike feminism and the feminist movement is actually pretty irrelevent. It's not really my battle. Even though the opinion of people who have blogs matters way more because we have blogs, I'm pretty happy sitting this one out. I do however have one distinct opinion on it;

Guys... It's our fault!

This may not make me popular with the male readers... but as always I'd rather be popular with the ladies. There was a time when men were men and as the weaker sex, women needed men. Women were ok with this dynamic... shit, they preferred it. Somewhere along the line (I'm going to say around the late 60's). The idea of what it meant to be a man started to change. There started to be more fatherless children being raised by mothers, feminine pretty boys begun to embrace their rock star sex symbol status, society as a whole forced this idea that it was OK for us not provide, not protect, be gay or metro on us and we ate the whole pie. It was justification for men to make babies and not care for them, date as many women as they wanted etc. John Wayne and Humpry Bogart roll over in their grave when the Jonas Bros or Bieber are called sex symbols. Think that shit would fly in their day? The point is what the fuck did you guys expect? We abandoned women a long time ago(when it was convenient for us to) and now we are upset that they don't need or want us anymore...

That's not entirely true though. Be a man, a real man and see if the fem point of view rattles you. It won't. You will assume they are so angry at the loser-esque guys that don't handle their bidness, not you. Women need to be stronger, more confident, more opinionated nowadays. They don't have guys that are capable of taking care of them in their life. Let's all quit bitching and make ourselves a needed part of the equation again.

And for the record, I don't hate Sarah Palin because she is a woman or I am against female leaders in any sort of way. I hate her because she is stupid. I hate all stupid people equally.

Now let's interview the worlds leading feminist Ali G style!