Feminism gone mad!

I would really hate to be a man. Not because of the unattractive genitalia that lights up at the first sign of side boob, (honestly it must need tranquillisers over the summer) but because you never know where you stand. You offer to help a girl carry something heavy and you never know if you are going to be branded a gentlemen or a sexist.

This week women have really pissed me off. I was sent a link on Facebook to someone’s blog in which they branded ‘love actually’ as a sexist movie. This in itself I think can definitely be considered a matter of opinion. The fact that this person then went on to describe the movie if you reversed all the roles as a genius stroke of woman empowerment, made me feel sorry for the opposite gender.

Now let’s be honest, quite often throughout this blog I have pointed out the failings of men but I think we can all agree that in a lot of the stories I’m the one who comes across as an idiot, (if you doubt this I suggest ready posts such as vomitgate and my of course the time I put impulse on my face). I am all for equal opportunities for women. I absolutely believe that it should be a woman’s choice if she wants to have kids or to carry on with her career, and if she does do so she should have as equal chance getting the top job as a man. However I do think a lot of the time we are our own worst enemy. Our expectations of men are very unclear. Under no circumstances are you to comment on Jessica Alba’s breasts, however also if you don’t hold the door open for me I will CUT YOU!!

We have blurred the lines of feminism so much I’m not even sure when I’m supposed to be mad anymore. It’s most upsetting for me as I’m very good at the mad part. The main part that annoyed me this week though was the backwardness of our argument. For example in this ‘love actually’ rant she recommended reversing the roles. If there is a male prime minister hitting on a younger secretary then it’s sexist, however if it’s the other way around then ‘well done girl’. If a man watches ‘Tomb raider’ for the sheer pleasure of Angelina Jolie’s arse in HD then its sexist. If I watch Australia for no other reason than to see Hugh Jackman with his top off then I’m a woman in touch with her sexuality. I honestly have no idea what the hell happened in that movie! How the hell are men supposed to act? How the hell am I supposed to act?

I’ve always considered myself to be an independent woman and also a bit of a feminist. I’m not a proper girly girl and I you won’t ever find me prancing around in a pretty dress waiting for a man to notice me. However I do like being a girl. Maybe I’m lucky coming from a family where men are (despite their faults) pretty gentlemanly. Even The Gay will open the wine and pour it. Is he being sexist by doing so? I don’t think so.

Men and woman are different. Accept it. Yes we should all get equal pay and equal rights. Everybody should no matter of their gender, race or sexual orientation, but don’t try and take away everything that makes us different. I don’t want to be a man. They have the strangest thought processes and they inflict pain on each other for fun. Look at me being sexist!! Is everybody seeing my point now? There are a shit load of things that women can do that men can’t and there are things that men can do that women can’t.

Let’s cut all this women empowerment crap and purposefully trying to prove something by putting cougars and bitches up on pedestals. Let’s not call a woman sleeping with her male secretary a god and a man sleeping with his female one an oppressor. We know in our heart of hearts they’d be lost without us and I bet if you think about it we’d be lost without them. After all we all have a father in some form. Get fucking used to it.