The Master’s Tools
Readers may recall a recent post on the wisdom of Margaret Jamison, a guru of sorts to a small circle of admirers. Ms Jamison is a lesbian feminist who defines rape as “all penile intercourse” on grounds that, “there is something wrong with this notion that a woman’s ‘consent’ is what separates a rapist from a non-rapist.” When not insisting that “all heterosex is rape,” Jamison’s thoughts turn a little too readily to the subject of harming children: “I believe male infanticide to be a better option than the current circumstances. I think it’s better than what we’ve got.”
Ms Jamison’s latest declarations concern a matter of some delicacy. It begins in the usual, rather grandiose way:
What I want more than anything is for women to achieve a state of being that is untainted. I especially want us to free ourselves from male rule and influence, for us to be unaltered in ways that are modeled on maleness.
Then it gets a little coy.
The reliance of women on various man-made implements to mediate their relations with other women, whether psychological constructs or manufactured goods, is an adulteration of the female.
Ms Jamison is very big on The Unargued Assertion and she likes to pile ‘em high. I’m not quite sure what the psychological constructs in question might be, but in case it isn’t clear, those “manufactured goods” include strap-ons, dildos and other such devices:
Femaleness cannot be enhanced by maleness, only denied, suppressed, and degraded, lessened. The master’s tools inhabit our minds and the realm of our physical lives… And I don’t think that a tool forged by males or in their likeness is any less male when wielded by women.
Oh, I do like that – The master’s tools. Very good.
Given the all-pervasive nature of The Crushing Patriarchy and its Symbols of Dominion™ – and given the obligation of all women to shun such indecencies – this can create problems of an intimate nature. Penetration is patriarchal degradation, see? Even when the penetrator in question is a lady. So what’s a girl to do? Are fingers and tongues okay? Will scissoring suffice?
Faced with this dilemma and eager to comply with the latest sexual protocol, Ms Jamison’s devotees share their umbrage and confusion:
I only wish there was a way out. You know those mirror rooms with the infinite reflections? I feel like I’m in one of those. I turn and turn and turn, looking for the male supremacy and how to take it down, but all I see is myself instead…
And,
This post ignites too much passion for me to be coherent. All I can spit out are phrases such as… “Don’t even let me see a strap on, much less discuss the desire for one.”
Some readers, however, feel more thrusting and empowered:
Thank you Margaret, I have not long started reading radical lesbian blogs and have felt disillusioned by this very issue. It is apparently easier to create some twisted justification as to why putting on a strap-on has nothing to do with heterosexuality than it is to admit that you are imitating and participating in a heterosexual transaction. Your words enable me to feel slightly less insane.
Remember, people – penetration is suppression; it’s heteronormative and a lessening of womanhood. Even lesbian penetration is a heterosexual transaction and an echo of The Patriarchy. Do try to keep up. There’ll be a test on Friday. It’s easy to mock, of course – though in this case I think that’s okay. But take a moment to ponder a worldview in which aversion to the penis, even in rubber form, is so rigid and unyielding, and where sex is above all an ideological activity. There are rules to be observed and things one mustn’t do, or even think about. All in the name of purity, empowerment and liberation.
(h/t, Randall Sherman)
Feel free to compensate me. I had to wade through this.
Re: crazy man-hating lesbian dropping napalm on homosexual men.
I am amazed at how the grossly intolerant (by dictionary definition) Left is still seen as the beacon of acceptance and understanding. Is it just territorial for them? Is Jamison, who has wagered her entire life on victimhood, threatened by David b/c he fits into another “group” within the leftish victim totem pole?
Or, as with Mr. Obama and his new prize, have the Left become so tied up in the cat’s cradle (of their creation) of identity politics that everything an individual says or does MUST first be judged through the prism of color/gender/disability/sexuality?
guy 1: “AIDS was created by the U.S. government to oppress brown people.”
guy 2: “What??!!”
guy 1: “Hey, I’m African American and grew up in an urban atmosphere.”
guy 2: “Oh, then I think you make a valid point.”
“it’s never been sparkles-and-ponies over there.”
lol At least they’re not touchy-feely types. 🙂
What’s amusing is there’s an almost competitive aspect to it – as if each misanthropic proclamation has to be more bizarre than the last. “No, I am more radical! Hear me roar!” Maybe there’s prize money at stake.
The twisted icing on this mad cake is that most of these radicals will fall all over each other in the rush to defend genuinely oppressive cultures provided their skin tone is darker or their professed politics more to their liking. How many would have so much as one unkind word for, say, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, despite the fact that they actually execute homosexuals over there? Cultural relativism on that level makes the madness even madder.
‘David, looks like you’ve really pissed them off now.’
Indeed he has. I must admit that I’m surprised that Margaret Jamison’s misandry extends as far as those who are unlikely to commit ‘rape’/’heterosex’. But I suppose that (and her willingness to use the word ‘fag’) just goes to show what a bigoted little shit she is.
The blog in question is called ‘A Room of Our Own’. It’s your room, alright, Margaret. And it’s padded, with all the sharp objects removed.
Two men who are rapists…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8305281.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/8305142.stm
if you’re a lunatic lefty…
Perhaps you should offer a prize for the feminist rant which departs the furthest from reality. Iowahawk recently generated 89 unique entries in an art contest by offering the relatively small prize of $33.18 (congratulations to the winner Racist Pixel). Given the ability of your commentators to cut and paste think of the number of entries a prize of ten bucks would generate.
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2009/09/none-dare-call-it-art.html
Spiny,
“Is it safe to say that Margaret Jamison is the walking definition of a malignant narcissist?”
Well, it’s worth noting that when faced with criticism, Jamison very often responds with something close to outrage and heated accusations of “oppression” and “misogyny”. (See examples above.) Presumably she imagines that she, Margaret Jamison, represents All Women, or Womanhood Itself, and thus anything unflattering, whatever its particulars, is evidence of contempt for All Womankind. It’s a fairly grandiose manoeuvre, in that it presupposes no legitimate basis for criticism could possibly exist.
Does that answer your question?
“Well, David, no one is worried about your butt plugs or your gerbils, you misogynist fuck. When hetero-homophobic men kick your ass one day, don’t hold your hand out for some ally support.”
Lovely. First of all, not “if,” but “when.” Secondly, it’s positively splendid to see that radical lesbians, when called upon to do so, can spew homophobic invective in a manner befitting an angry, uninformed (i.e., gay sex equals gerbils) social conservative. It looks as though that even in their case, the biggest danger of vehemence is becoming what you despise.
What does MRA refer to at the linked post?
Oh, and I think you’ve earned the price of a cup of tea for having been verbally queerbashed by lesbians.
Franklin,
“What does MRA refer to at the linked post?”
I think “MRA” means men’s rights activists, which, all things considered, is tendentious in itself. And if you browse AROOO, you’ll see the term seems to cover just about any hint of dissent, including objections to being called a rapist for no reason whatsoever. I think it’s roughly synonymous with “oppressor” and “heretic”.
“I think you’ve earned the price of a cup of tea for having been verbally queerbashed by lesbians.”
Heh. Much appreciated. And that lion food isn’t cheap. For some reason I’m reminded of the line from I, Claudius: “Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out…”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius
Looks like I missed the party but thanks for a great post and an even better thread. Consider yourself bookmarked.
Liz,
Welcome aboard.
Is it a coincidence that AROOO said aloud (and with enthusiasm) makes you sound like a lunatic howling at the moon?
hah, i noticed that too!
Today it’s this:
“Virginity is an instrument of female oppression. That is all it is, all it has been, and all it ever will be.”
So sex with dildos is oppression, sex with men is rape and now virginity is oppression too. Jeez. Can’t a girl get a break? ArrrOOOOOO!
Thanks, David. There’s comedy gold on every page.
>”Now, I personally have never made any claims of objectivity.”
Yeah that objectivity can be a *real* bitch.
>”I hate males, won’t tolerate misogyny, and can’t abide by racist-sexism.”
In. The. Same. Sentence.
Wow.
Are any of you following the thread of discussion she’s having with redmegaera. There is a comment from her where she is practically begging for forgiveness for some (real or imagined?) racial comment. Looks like wor Margaret is continuing to hound her in her latestg this next post. Will be interesting to see whether or not redmegaera continues to put up with it, or grows some balls.
(BTW, I don’t know whether redmegaera did say something racist, but she certainly apologised, and where I come from you respond to that by saying ‘i forgive you’. Not that I’d expect Wolflady to understand that.)
apologies, not margaret, there’s more than one were-lady on the blog!
It’s round-the-clock victimhood poker.
“The Patriarchy and its many tentacles.”
Oh my. (Fans self.)
Pete,
It helps to bear in mind how the changes in mainstream society can pose problems for self-conscious “radicals”. People who see radicalism as an end in itself – or as vital to their self-image – may have to seek out ever more marginal concerns in order to retain their “edgy” credentials. Hence there’s a tendency towards victimhood poker and competitive indignation. (“Femaleness cannot be enhanced by maleness, only denied, suppressed, and degraded,” or “all heterosex is rape,” or “all men are rapists,” etc.) It’s a standard pattern; it’s what prolonged exposure to identity politics does. See more examples below:
https://thompsonblog.co.uk/2008/10/insatiable-delu.html
https://thompsonblog.co.uk/2009/07/every-bit-as-hobbled-.html
https://thompsonblog.co.uk/2008/09/rebellion-revis.html
The extremity of the posturing has little to do with Western society supposedly becoming less tolerant and more oppressive, but precisely the opposite. The more accommodating society in general becomes – the less people care whether someone is gay or brown or whatever – the more extreme a “radical” person has to become, if only to continue playing the role of being radical. The goalposts have to keep moving and the sorrows must intensify. The result is a kind of passive-aggressive drama: “Feel my pain. Now do as I say.” (This is why apologies are so often rejected or contested – there’s leverage to be had.)
It’s what Horace described as “onanistic grandstanding.” And gosh, how radical is that?
Andrea,
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/HowTo:Avoid_tentacle_rape
Tentacles are a speciality of DTs, dare one say obsessed??
Does she matter?
(Discuss.)
The woman is a lesbian who dislikes splendid cocks, enough said.
David,
she’d probly have no problem with Onan since he was smote by YHWH for spilling his on the ground, i.e. not penetrating. (Altho he may have just pulled out at the happy moment)
The story of his widow, Tamar, is one of the Bible’s best, and would probably send the wolf ladies in an apoplexy of anti-patriarchal rage if they were to read it.
I’m finding an increasingly useful trope for understanding these people is that of illusory superiority, which finds its cognitive expression in the Dunning-Kruger effect. In short, the likes of Jamison have a self-image that is wildly at odds with reality. She has come to believe that her meanderings are somehow evidence of a deep intellect, whereas they are nothing more than the gender-feminist agitprop counterpart of awful adolescent poetry. She is too stupid (and thus too lacking in introspective faculties) to realise how stupid she is. The fundamental mismatch between her opinion of herself and the way the world actually views her generates a huge amount of psychic torment. Thankfully she’s too marginal a figure to be genuinely threatening, although she does disfigure the landscape (I have no idea what she looks like and thus have no idea of how literally true this might me. My hopes are not high). When all’s said and done, the only appropriate emotion to feel when confronted with this sort of florid, roiling hatred is pity (but keep your pepper spray handy).
She could always use a carrot.
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