About sexism

During an office discussion, I ascertained the fact that nowadays (in America, not so much in Europe, although Europe is catching up) if you, as a man, help a lady in the train, bus or plain, to put her luggage in the overhead bin, your gesture could be interpreted as a sign of flirtation. My remark was quickly intercepted by a liberal female voice, who chided me: “You cannot THINK that! That’s sexist!” Wait a minute! I cannot think that? Since when courtesy has become banned? Oh, because it puts women “in an inferior position” and that’s bad. Now I get it!

During another discussion, when I heard a woman cursing “like a man” (that is, referring to certain external male genitalia), and I commented afterwards that she cursed “worse than many men,” the same voice snubbed me: “You cannot SAY that! That’s sexist!’ Seriously? So, here is where we are now?! Will we be allowed to utter further sentences with any scintilla of comparison between genders from now on?

Recently, Bill O’Reilly, the man responsible with skyrocketing the FOX NEWS CHANNEL’s ratings in the last 20 years, has been deposed under allegations of sexual misconduct (some of them not even part of a formal complaint). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_(political_commentator)

So far, no allegation has been proven in any court of law. What has ever happened with the “innocent until proven guilty” principle?

My impression is that feminists want to have it both ways. So, it’s okay to be a woman (“hear me roar”) who advances in career using sex-related (oops, I mean, gender-related) “techniques” to gain favors. But it’s not okay to be “sexually harassed” while using the same “techniques.” Right?

If this is the case, can men also sue for sexual arousal? In fact, Ronald Reagan’s son, Michael, defended Mr. O’Reilly, using this particular argument. He referenced one of the allegations against the political commentator, who called a black woman “hot chocolate” and suggested that women invite attention by how they dress. https://www.yahoo.com/news/ronald-reagans-son-defends-oreilly-asks-men-sue-sexual-arousal-195343802.html

How about this: each legal complaint of sexual harassment should not be disjoint from counter-complaints of sexual arousal. Don’t get me wrong, this should apply irrespective of plaintiff’s gender. Sexual arousal can be probed as efficiently as sexual harassment, with documents, testimonials, and the like. And then, let the court decide.

Or, even better: how about passing a new statute making sexual arousal a cause to decriminalize sexual harassment? Can you imagine how many sexual harassment claims would be dropped or, to start with, not even filed?

As it happens, liberals are more concerned with these things, and they quickly go for the jugular if someone crosses the invisible and gradual line between sexual advances, flirting, flattery, compliments, and courtesy. Women know this much: if you want to be treated like a lady, you act and dress accordingly. But then again, a woman can chose not to act or dress like a lady, and then sue. Society’s current standards, imbued with political correctness, allow her to do just that.

During the infamous Lewinsky sex scandal, I haven’t heard any high-ranking democrat, or The National Organization for Women, or any other relevant liberal feminist organization, going ballistic to impeach President Clinton. Back then, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a Trump-hater and currently the campaign chief for his impeachment, was as quiet as a mouse. People like her were not at all bothered by Billy Boy’s deviant sexual behavior, which was notorious and proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The justification: “C’mon, it’s just sex!” http://www.rightgrrl.com/justaboutsex.html

But even before, no liberal organization demanded Clinton’s resignation in spite of his numerous sexual harassment activities against other women. Having him disbarred was just a palliative remedy.

More recently, on March 8, 2017, during the International Women’s Day, similar liberal feminist groups orchestrated a “Day Without a Woman” protest in Washington, DC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Without_a_Woman

A day without a woman… hmm… Can I pick and choose the woman? Can it be Rosie O’Donnell? Or Madonna? Or at least Maxine Waters?

In fact, this was a general strike day against the Trump administration’s policies. The organizers encouraged women to refrain from working, spending money (or shop only at small women- and minority-owned businesses) – much to the chagrin of shopaholics – and to wear red as a sign of solidarity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd_XRyYya_k

At the end of the day, the impact of this action remained limited. http://www.americanthinker.com/cartoons/2017/03/3_11_2017_2_6.html

In fact, it proved to be inversely proportional to its level of noise pollution, comparable to the one exhibited during the January 21, 2017 anti-Trump Women’s March. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2R2btO4MEo

What is sickening to me is how liberals manage so hypocritically to impose to conservatives standards of behavior higher than their own. Which leads us to a simple conclusion: in reality, sexism is just as anti-feminist as feminism claims to be anti-sexist. http://i.imgur.com/eY2nxDI.jpg

As it stands, sexism is an ugly child of feminism, while feminism has become its ugly mother. http://twitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/feminism.jpg

So, what type of society are we heading to?

A society of feminists against “meninists”? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11380282/Feminists-v-Meninists-The-labels-we-could-all-afford-ditch.html
Or a matriarchate with an urge for enforcing rules of emasculation? Tiberiu Dianu (Special to the Saipan Tribune)

Tiberiu Dianu has published several books and a host of articles in law, politics, and post-communist societies. He currently lives and works in Washington, D.C., and can be followed on Medium. Tiberiu Dianu – Medium