tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post6279319007493149537..comments2024-03-29T06:12:04.668+11:00Comments on loon pond: Speaking of puritanism and manly seed and the imaginative Brendan O'Neill, as the pond is always wont to do on a meditative Sunday ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-71542209710379582882016-01-12T02:44:02.057+11:002016-01-12T02:44:02.057+11:00Only the Graudian can have a cartoon about sexism ...Only the Graudian can have a cartoon about sexism which features the word croquembouche. Wanker, mon ami?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-38966351011520152552016-01-11T22:57:53.684+11:002016-01-11T22:57:53.684+11:00I did that stuff myself once, too, DP, at Carolina...I did that stuff myself once, too, DP, at Carolina's Gentlemen's Club in Brisbane's West End - but it was way back in the late 80s, and I naively thought that 'mainstream' pubs and bars might be different these days. Silly Mish.Mishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15739039921358799040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-88799506472807454912016-01-11T16:13:54.826+11:002016-01-11T16:13:54.826+11:00GHunt has even written a Wikipedia entry about it....GHunt has even written a Wikipedia entry about it.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_prostitution<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-57299175649802101902016-01-11T15:46:33.905+11:002016-01-11T15:46:33.905+11:00And remember 'flirty fishing'? Religions h...And remember 'flirty fishing'? Religions have used sex for years- just look at the sculpture of St Theresa having an orgasm which graces St Peter's in Rome. St Nick is even the patron saint of prostitutes.<br /><br />http://mentalfloss.com/article/15857/5-weirdest-patron-saints<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-20638111774019311672016-01-11T08:07:18.547+11:002016-01-11T08:07:18.547+11:00That Carry sounds interesting ... must check it ou...That Carry sounds interesting ... must check it out.dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-78383974182773305042016-01-11T08:05:37.833+11:002016-01-11T08:05:37.833+11:00There will be plenty who can affirm that anecdotal...There will be plenty who can affirm that anecdotal evidence Mish, especially the unfortunates who work providing businessmen with their lunches and dinners (as many friends of the pond once did) ... the Playboy syndrome has never fully died, it's just gone behind closed restaurant doors ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-26199439622069811682016-01-11T08:03:20.394+11:002016-01-11T08:03:20.394+11:00thanks DW, the pond has taken that one in ...thanks DW, the pond has taken that one in ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-62131199912362630872016-01-10T22:54:02.905+11:002016-01-10T22:54:02.905+11:00This is anecdotal, not empirical, but a number of ...This is anecdotal, not empirical, but a number of my 20-something female students work in hospitality, and they are expected not only to tolerate harassment, but to actively encourage it: 'flirting' with male customers is a mandated behaviour, and they are not permitted to work unless they are wearing the 'right' attire (and I don't mean formal black and white).Mishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15739039921358799040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-48083241562947161302016-01-10T21:26:12.947+11:002016-01-10T21:26:12.947+11:00A GP, let’s call her Sue, said: “I’m afraid things...<i> A GP, let’s call her Sue, said: “I’m afraid things are much worse than people suspect.” In recent years, Sue had treated growing numbers of teenage girls with internal <a href="https://francoistremblay.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/the-impact-of-pornography-on-the-new-generations-is-far-reaching/" rel="nofollow">injuries caused by frequent anal sex</a>; not, as Sue found out, because she wanted to, or because she enjoyed it – on the contrary – but because a boy expected her to. “I’ll spare you the gruesome details,” said Sue, “but these girls are very young and slight and their bodies are simply not designed for that.”<br /><br />... The end result is what Sue sees in her work as a GP. Young girls – children, really – who abase themselves to pass for normal in a grim, pornified culture. Another study of British teenagers found that most youngsters’ first experience of anal sex occurred within a relationship, but it was “rarely under circumstances of mutual exploration of sexual pleasure”. Instead, it was boys who pushed the girls to try it, with boys reporting that they felt “expected” to take that role. <br /><br />Moreover, both genders expected males to find pleasure in the act whereas females were mostly expected to “endure the negative aspects such as pain or a damaged reputation”. <br /><br />Their whole sexting culture sends them one crude, insidious message: buggers must be choosers. ...<br /><br /> I suggest that future sex education classes begin with this joke: <br /><br />“I asked my wife to try anal sex. ‘Sure,’ she said: ‘You first.’”</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-37414648751883436932016-01-10T21:12:44.518+11:002016-01-10T21:12:44.518+11:00https://witchwind.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/utopia-...https://witchwind.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/utopia-what-would-a-womens-society-look-like/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-38081420157001447802016-01-10T21:10:28.280+11:002016-01-10T21:10:28.280+11:00https://francoistremblay.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/...https://francoistremblay.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/mras-are-not-a-new-thing-by-a-long-shot/<br />https://francoistremblay.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/what-if-1984-was-written-by-a-radfem/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-51770054326971514552016-01-10T17:13:46.955+11:002016-01-10T17:13:46.955+11:00Can't be much of a problem then, can it.
Appa...<i>Can't be much of a problem then, can it.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/vacant-sex-discrimination-role-has-advocates-concerned-20150930-gjy3pz.html" rel="nofollow">Apparently</a> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/have-a-thick-skin-sex-discrimination-commissioners-advice-to-her-successor" rel="nofollow">not</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-3696558749715589442016-01-10T16:07:34.005+11:002016-01-10T16:07:34.005+11:00I had a look at the Human Rights Commission site y...I had a look at the Human Rights Commission site you've linked, and noticed the following:<br /><br />1. "Sexual harassment disproportionately affects women with 1 in 5 experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace at some time."<br /><br />Is it really as few as 1 in 5 ?<br /><br />2. "Despite being outlawed for over 25 years, sexual harassment remains a problem in Australia."<br /><br />Only 25 years ? That is, as long ago as since 1990 ? Wau, the human race has come a long way in a short time, hasn't it. Only 6000 or so years of recorded history in order to get to the point where Australia outlaws sexual harassment. And flirting has been fun for all that time, at least.<br /><br />3. There's currently nobody nominated as Sex Discrimination Commissioner. Can't be much of a problem then, can it.<br /><br />Thanks for the HRC pointer.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-53075459645368354542016-01-10T12:15:33.159+11:002016-01-10T12:15:33.159+11:00Yes, I remember when flirting was fun, Brendan.Yes, I <a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/sex-discrimination/projects/sexual-harassment-know-where-line" rel="nofollow">remember when</a> <a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/sex-discrimination/guides/sexual-harassment" rel="nofollow">flirting</a> <a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/sex-discrimination/publications/encourage-support-act-bystander-approaches-sexual" rel="nofollow">was fun</a>, Brendan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-54878271445769919262016-01-10T12:15:26.539+11:002016-01-10T12:15:26.539+11:00So who looks after the girls who are not lucky eno...So who looks after the girls who are not lucky enough to have a man to protect them from the urges of other non-related men and related men? Apparently there are a lot of real uncles who molest children in the family and fathers who believe they have the right to introduce their daughters to sex. These men rarely are charged because of the damage that publicity does to the child involved.<br /><br />Punching out other men is one way patriarchy looks after women and girls; another is to put us in burkas. Patriarchy has not been good enough to ensure freedom for women from badly raised men so far as I can tell and although I had a father and a brother and now have sons; this crap happened to me all my life. <br /><br />I never enjoyed the 'compliment' when I was of apparently being so attractive that men can't help themselves but touch me - and it is wonderful to be 'invisible' to that type of men now that I am old.<br /><br />I'd never have told male relatives about the crap because that is such a girly thing to do and is only a second best solution to the problem of how women can be free to make our own choices without depending on the decency of men that cannot be ensured in a patriarchal culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-3717202843277488012016-01-10T11:23:59.058+11:002016-01-10T11:23:59.058+11:00Mad...fucking...witch...must...resist...imagining....Mad...fucking...witch...must...resist...imagining...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj4Nxsj_1t4" rel="nofollow">Kevin</a>-Meets-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_Nation_%28opera%29" rel="nofollow">Carrie</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-19013654907857753712016-01-10T10:54:27.026+11:002016-01-10T10:54:27.026+11:00Hi Dorothy,
If you are looking for more meatier f...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />If you are looking for more meatier fare than the pap served up by David O. Russell, I would heartily recommend "Best of Enemies".<br /><br />https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CzgfQvB2dvA<br /><br />This documentary charts the epic debates between the arch-conservative William F. Buckley Jr and the louche liberal Gore Vidal during the 1968 US Presidential election. Both are ferociously intelligent debaters and each loathes the other with a vengeance.<br /><br />It's the start of political punditry as we know it and shows how much smarter discourse once was and how depressingly how little it has changed.<br /><br />DiddyWrote<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-44179481154882625442016-01-10T10:42:00.917+11:002016-01-10T10:42:00.917+11:00Jeebus I am sick of middle class, middle aged whit...Jeebus I am sick of middle class, middle aged white dudes telling everyone else what is sexist, bigoted or racist. The sheer arrogance of O'Neil mansplaining to women what is sexist, blacks what is racist and Muslims what is bigoted is breath taking but yet so typical of the conservative commentariat. Fuck me he needs a slap.AntiBolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10351938784232328851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-68965131660257924562016-01-10T09:21:26.562+11:002016-01-10T09:21:26.562+11:00I'll tell you something Brendan old son, If yo...I'll tell you something Brendan old son, If you tried that crap on my mother, my wife or my daughter I'd punch the crap out of you, you fucking brain dead simpleton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-69714696979561496122016-01-10T09:11:50.397+11:002016-01-10T09:11:50.397+11:00O'Neill seems to be saying that the protestors...O'Neill seems to be saying that the protestors against this practice are themselves in need of a good dose of sexual assault. What a jolly punishment that seems to be. I wonder how Brens would feel about a bit of a jolly good bashing and a jolly good rogering up the clacker, with a lot of blood and a good deal of trauma. All done in the best of humour, understand.<br /><br />Might be just the tonic to lift him out of his melancholy, don't you think Dot?Mercurialnoreply@blogger.com