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Our Male Centric society needs to change: becoming human centric and gender-equal

October 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Us women need to know WE EXIST as much as guys do in society, and in the world. 

We need to SEE WOMEN as often as we see men in all areas of society

We need to know WE ARE AS IMPORTANT as guys are. 

We need to know that we are AS NECESSARY to all aspects of society as guys are.

We need to know that OUR VOICES ARE HEARD as frequently as guys voices.

We need AS MANY GREAT FEMALE ROLE MODELS in the media and in the public as guys have (by “media” I include film, books, TV, music/singers/bands – by “public” I include politicians).

We need to know that we are NOT OTHER

We need to know that we are NOT PERIPHERAL to society (any longer),

Instead, we need to know that we are EQUALLY CENTRAL in every aspect of society as men are.

That MEN and MALE are NOT THE NORM

The male voice needs to be seen no longer the generic gender-neutral voice of “human-kind” but as a gendered male voice the same way as the female voice is  seen as a gendered female voice.

I shall discuss in a later post what ways in which many aspects of our society is male-centric. If you don’t believe it is, bare with me. I shall discuss this in more detail and with examples later. Very briefly, though = so long as male singers/actors/movies/main characters are liked almost equally by guys and women, and female singers/actors/movies/main characters are liked less by women, and significantly less by guys compared with male characters/actors etc > then female being equally central as male in society (equally seen, equally important) doesn’t stand a chance. Female everything will still be seen as inferior. It will still be seen as different, as female, as “other” from the “norm” (male everything is seen as “normal”/central in most aspects of society).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Categories: Feminism · Male Centricity of Society · Patronising The Weaker Sex · Society is SEXIST · What a Girl Wants
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Six Sexist Things: I won’t be convinced there is no sexism in society until…

October 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment

1. “female” and our concept of “feminine” are not considered worse or inferior to ”male” or our concept of ”masculine”. It is as cool, and as okay, to be female and to be feminine as it is to be a boy or to be masculine.

2. Women are equally central to society as men are. This means no more sexist language (eg. using “he” to mean “she or he”. Alternatively use the word ”they” as a gender-neutral singular, or else, half the time say/write the word “she” instead of ”he”). Female characters have as many main roles, and as many good roles, as male characters on movies or TV, and in books. Men and women in general listen to and like music by female singers as much as they like/listen to music by male singers.

3. the hyper-sexualisation, reproduction and consumption of the female body is heavily reduced. The female body is treated a lot less like property. Being hot, attractive or beautiful is no longer so important to women, it is no longer what gives them their value.

4. all degrading and violent porn, and child porn, is made illegal and this is enforced - it is made illegal to produce or distribute this type of porn; and the courts and the police crack down extremely harshly on offenders = first by caring enough to seek out offenders/investigate shops selling porn; and secondly by sentencing all offenders very harshly. Police no longer ignore/turn a blind eye to this type of porn. I include in this type of porn: rape fantasies, gang-bangs, and “school-girl-porn-star” fantasies (eg. where the porn star is wearing clothes that resemble parts of a school uniform).

5. Prostitution is decriminalised only for the prostitutes, and never for the johns. And the police actively search out johns. And the johns face harsh penalties.

6. strip clubs no longer exist.

These are just the bare basic necessities – in my opinion – to work towards a society that is much better for women, and is much less sexist (there are other sexist issues as well that need sorting out, I’ve just listed some of the most obvious and huge ones).  This list is my own opinion. You may not agree with all (or any) of it. I shall give my reasons for each in later posts. Particularly I will focus on the first 2 or 3 issues, as they are they involve the whole of society, and are issues that are hugely important to me.

 

 

 

 

Categories: "Girl Germs!" · Can only be happy if you're Attractive! · Feminine vs Masculine · Feminism · Hypersexualisation of the Female Body · Male Centricity of Society · Pornography · Prostitution · Society is SEXIST · What a Girl Wants · sex industry
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