Reply #139: You really have not dealt with the issues you raise... [View All]

"It's amazing that so many males continue to think that patriarch does something for them." Since you have not really defined what patriarchy is (other than "teaching violence -- especially to males -- and most especially vs. women, with no arguments or examples as to how this is accomplished). Frankly, I and most men don't really think much about "patriarchy." Maybe is so "amazing" is most men are wondering when they will be laid off, or where the next job (if any) is coming from. I'm sure you have an explanation for this condition, and I'll wait to hear it.

You still have not dealt with the millions of women who have taken up firearms.

I would point out that while women constitute maybe 30% of the total number of civilians who have access to firearms, this number is the fastest-growing demographic in the community of gun-owners. This demographic is also reflected in the number of women who hunt -- a small portion of all gun-owners -- with numbers going from approximately 3% to over 10% of hunters in the last 20 years.

The military (an authoritarian institution characterized by little liberty and no privacy) does not give women much of a leg up on attacks: in most situations, soldiers are not readily-armed, unless on missions and in combat zones. The shootings at Fort Hood were "easy" as everyone in the rooms where Major Naydal (sp) was shooting was unarmed; the army had to wait for the police to intervene -- one of which was a woman.

I don't rape. Most men I know don't rape. Do you rape? If you don't, then how would you be able to judge "getting somewhere in your thinking," and what good would come of it?