I am going to reiterate a conversation I had with my boyfriend last night - It went like this
me- "I am going to make a sticker that says "respect women: don't buy this product." and I'm going to go to the local book store and put them on anything I find offensive" - I am planning on putting them on disgusting magazines. I have already spoken to the manager about my feelings and he laughed in my face and said its funny because sometimes, to be funny, those magazines end up in the little kids section...(you see my anger?)
Him- "Hmmmm....I see your point but I'm not sure you should say "women." Maybe you should say "respect individuals or people." Because using the word women has such bad connotations these days."
Me- "WHAT?! I'm not even saying feminist, or using the woman symbol...just the word women. How can my sex have a negative connotation to the word?!?!?! My whole point is to make it not have any negative connotations. The second I want a woman treated differently I am some idealist communist. Its the whole point to use the word women and you just proved my point why I need to do this."
Anyways, you get the point...Now can someone help explain to me how the word woman has all of a sudden become taboo? I really dont get it. Well my theory is, men are very very secretly terrified of women taking over....Its not just scary talking about feminists anymore- its scary talking about women in general. WTF
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The word "women" has negative connotations?! Dear god, I almost give up. Maybe men are afraid of us. Maybe it is like the overbearing and oppressing king who wants to prevent his people from becoming educated because then they might overthrow him. I see it everyday where men are threatened by powerful, dominating women while women are wooed by powerful, dominating men. I think your boyfriend is right about "respecting individuals" but the focus of your plan is geared towards the objectification of women, not men. I am not saying men are not objectified and that it should not be addressed, but the images we see more than any other deal with the portrayal of women, and if we do not focus on that then I believe we lose the message. So, I guess your boyfriend will have to try and block out those negative connotations with the word "women."
Some people are under the impression that by giving women equal rights, men will somehow have to give up all of theirs. Which is obviously not the point. Those people are just afraid that "equal rights" means that men will have to give up their (mostly heterosexual, white,) male privilage. While I don't think that's necessarily the case with your boyfriend, maybe that's what he has in mind when he says that "woman" has negative connotations.
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