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Angry Feminist Ramblings of an Insomniac
Oct. 28th, 2009 02:33 amI'm supposed to be asleep. But I just finished reading a story online and something is bothering me, so this is my rant.
(Bear in mind that I am sleep deprived here and I may or may not take this down in the morning.)
I am SICK of reading a story where after the leading guy and leading girl split up, the guy can go on a rampage of sleeping with a different woman every night while the girl is stuck home every night wallowing (while she may or may not be pregnant). Then when the guy and girl get back together (after girl catches guy with evil skank whore he's been using, and of course still forgives him), the guy makes some declaration about how he would have killed any other man who would have slept with his girl, and how glad he is that she didn't. Meanwhile, he was screwing half of California or wherever while she just sat around eating ice cream waiting for him to come to his senses.
I hate how the story emphasizes how it's okay for a guy to sleep with whoever he wants after a break up, but the girl has to maintain some nun-like celibacy. And I don't want to hear the b.s. that guys don't know how to deal with emotions and just screw anything that moves -- what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
I've lost count of how many times I've read a story where the woman had to be a virgin before she got married, even though her future husband had at least ten other women before marrying her. Somehow, guys get off on being the first and only man "his true love" has been with. What about all those other women he was sleeping with? Aren't they ever going to be someone's "true love"? No, because society doesn't like whores. They're not people and they're not worthy of love or they wouldn't have spread their legs.
I especially hate it because this was the same b.s. that my mother fed me. I was told not to sleep with anyone before marriage because it would disturb my husband, but it's fine for him to screw around before we get married because it's his precious pride. I called crap on that theory the minute she told me it. And if you do find out that he was sleeping with someone interim for a break up and makes a comment about you being celibate, I say you guilt his ass for eternity for that bullshit.
This is probably I never do that in my stories (if I even bother to use couples). My heroines get to jump in the sack with the nearest hot guy too. I refuse to let some stupid girl take an oath of celibacy and sit there crying over a tub of Ben & Jerry's. In my original stories, I don't emphasize who has sex first or with whom unless it's actually important. Eighty percent of the time, it's not.
When is society going to get over that stupid little piece of flesh? The double-standard is ridiculous. Think outside the box people! The only reason they wanted "virgins" back in the day was to assure paternity (of course, we all know how much more accurate that is that maternity). Now a trip to a clinic can clear that problem right up. Or if you're poor and in dire need of attention, there's always Maury.
This is like when I'm bored and actually listen at weddings and the pandit goes on about "maidenly virtue" and leaves out the guy's cavorting. At that point, I just want to find a cute guy in the room and screw his brains out. Of course, most guys don't actually sit inside for the wedding ceremony (that's too girly for them, they hang out in the front and either smoke and/or drink, or they only go to the reception where there is alcohol throughout the night and girls with smaller dresses, not shalwars and saris which FYI you can't hike up) and to top it off most males in attendance either related to me or I would rather go lesbian than tap that! Maybe the next wedding I go to won't be so bad... (And pigs will sprout wings and fly in front of one eligible guy...)
Of course, at the rate I'm going, slutty spinster doesn't seem so bad either.
Anyway, the point is all you heroines out there, don't be afraid to whore it up before going back to Prince Charming. And make sure you do it before the bump starts to show!
(Bear in mind that I am sleep deprived here and I may or may not take this down in the morning.)
I am SICK of reading a story where after the leading guy and leading girl split up, the guy can go on a rampage of sleeping with a different woman every night while the girl is stuck home every night wallowing (while she may or may not be pregnant). Then when the guy and girl get back together (after girl catches guy with evil skank whore he's been using, and of course still forgives him), the guy makes some declaration about how he would have killed any other man who would have slept with his girl, and how glad he is that she didn't. Meanwhile, he was screwing half of California or wherever while she just sat around eating ice cream waiting for him to come to his senses.
I hate how the story emphasizes how it's okay for a guy to sleep with whoever he wants after a break up, but the girl has to maintain some nun-like celibacy. And I don't want to hear the b.s. that guys don't know how to deal with emotions and just screw anything that moves -- what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
I've lost count of how many times I've read a story where the woman had to be a virgin before she got married, even though her future husband had at least ten other women before marrying her. Somehow, guys get off on being the first and only man "his true love" has been with. What about all those other women he was sleeping with? Aren't they ever going to be someone's "true love"? No, because society doesn't like whores. They're not people and they're not worthy of love or they wouldn't have spread their legs.
I especially hate it because this was the same b.s. that my mother fed me. I was told not to sleep with anyone before marriage because it would disturb my husband, but it's fine for him to screw around before we get married because it's his precious pride. I called crap on that theory the minute she told me it. And if you do find out that he was sleeping with someone interim for a break up and makes a comment about you being celibate, I say you guilt his ass for eternity for that bullshit.
This is probably I never do that in my stories (if I even bother to use couples). My heroines get to jump in the sack with the nearest hot guy too. I refuse to let some stupid girl take an oath of celibacy and sit there crying over a tub of Ben & Jerry's. In my original stories, I don't emphasize who has sex first or with whom unless it's actually important. Eighty percent of the time, it's not.
When is society going to get over that stupid little piece of flesh? The double-standard is ridiculous. Think outside the box people! The only reason they wanted "virgins" back in the day was to assure paternity (of course, we all know how much more accurate that is that maternity). Now a trip to a clinic can clear that problem right up. Or if you're poor and in dire need of attention, there's always Maury.
This is like when I'm bored and actually listen at weddings and the pandit goes on about "maidenly virtue" and leaves out the guy's cavorting. At that point, I just want to find a cute guy in the room and screw his brains out. Of course, most guys don't actually sit inside for the wedding ceremony (that's too girly for them, they hang out in the front and either smoke and/or drink, or they only go to the reception where there is alcohol throughout the night and girls with smaller dresses, not shalwars and saris which FYI you can't hike up) and to top it off most males in attendance either related to me or I would rather go lesbian than tap that! Maybe the next wedding I go to won't be so bad... (And pigs will sprout wings and fly in front of one eligible guy...)
Of course, at the rate I'm going, slutty spinster doesn't seem so bad either.
Anyway, the point is all you heroines out there, don't be afraid to whore it up before going back to Prince Charming. And make sure you do it before the bump starts to show!