... What is this garbage?

I was browsing feministe.us out of curiosity, and I clicked on one of the links that was listed in the side entitled "Boycott American Women". Now, if you've seen me in real life, I'm like a bull; If something offends me I have this weird habit of not actually avoiding it, but charging at it as if it were some sort of matador waving a red cloth over my face. I just get too angry at this shit to leave it alone. And as tempted as I was to report it for hateful content (which is not unfounded, it is pretty misogynistic, as well as targeting women of a certain national origin), I decided to put Liz's philosophy into practice, and let it stay up, because it seems unconstitutional to me to try to censor him. Instead, I'm going to verbally rip it a new one. Here's the site for whoever may be reading this so they can follow along.

Anyhow, the first thing that should come to your mind is the word boycott. Dictionary.com defines it as;

"–verb (used with object)

1.

to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion: to boycott a store.

2.

to abstain from buying or using: to boycott foreign products.

–noun

3.

the practice of boycotting.

4.

an instance of boycotting."

Boycott, in the site's title, is used like a verb, and I can safely assume that the second definition fits it the best. That seems like it's implying that women are something to be used like, perhaps a robot, to cook and clean your food? A baby factory?

But of course! Look no further than the top right, where the blog's author writes;

"I am an American man, and I have decided to boycott American women. In a nutshell, American women are the most likely to cheat on you, to divorce you, to get fat, to steal half of your money in the divorce courts, don't know how to cook or clean, don't want to have children, etc. Therefore, what intelligent man would want to get involved with American women?

American women are generally immature, selfish, extremely arrogant and self-centered, mentally unstable, irresponsible, and highly unchaste. The behavior of most American women is utterly disgusting, to say the least.

This blog is my attempt to explain why I feel American women are inferior to foreign women (non-American women), and why American men should boycott American women, and date/marry only foreign (non-American) women.

BOYCOTT AMERICAN WOMEN!"

Let's analyze this for a moment...

"American women are most likely to cheat on you..."

I'd like to see the research on this one. Other than that, I have nothing to say about this.

"... To divorce you..."

You know, it could be the guy's fault, too! Men aren't perfect either, and sometimes it takes 2 to tango, if you catch my drift.

"... To get fat..."

Out of all these statements, this one bothers me the most. Are you saying that if the woman you love gets overweight, then you don't love her anymore!? Then is it really love or are you just looking for a trophy wife!? This statement is appalling! Furthermore, you know how many fat guys have girlfriends!? Double-standard much!!?

"... To steal half your money in the divorce courts..."

I honestly don't know what to say about this one, either. Again, I want to see research on it.

"... Don't know how to cook or clean..."

Okay, maybe this one is just me, but is he saying that the woman of the house should do all the cooking and cleaning so you don't have to? Um, isn't there some saying that goes something like "A woman's place is in the kitchen?" Because, as a man, I don't want to stand for that!

"... Don't want to have children, etc...."

Okay, maybe he's looking for someone who wants to have kids, but that shouldn't be used as an argument to say that American women are not worth dating in some way. I don't want kids, either, does that make me less of a potential partner? And maybe I DO want a woman who doesn't want kids, because they share that with me! (Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not currently dating...)

"... Therefore, what intelligent man would want to get involved with American women?"

So, is he trying to say that men who get involved with American women are dumb?Personally, I'd rather have partners who live near where I live. And that happens to be in America.But that's just my opinion, and you have your good and bad everywhere, so it's all up to the person doing the dating. But, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's throwing an entire group of people into a basket! (Okay, yes, he did say MOST American women, but by and large, it feels like that's what he's doing.) Furthermore, that statement indirectly implies that if you date an American woman, you're not intelligent. I see this as a sort of way of enforcing your values on your audience. Let's be honest, no one wants to be thought of as "not intelligent", or worse yet, "stupid". To use words like that in such a way to make anyone who deviates from this "ideal" feel like less of a person can be hurtful, and I think that is wrong!

Okay, that was long enough. Onto the next paragraph.

"American women are generally immature, selfish, extremely arrogant and self-centered, mentally unstable, irresponsible, and highly unchaste. The behavior of most American women is utterly disgusting, to say the least."

Again, while a word like "generally" is used, he's throwing American women in one large basket. But most of these words can be used to describe a lot of people! It's too general! But what irks me especially is that last words; highly unchaste!

In this day and age, it's not unusual for more and more people to experiment with sex before marriage, because sex is a big part of a relationship. If the sex isn't good, you're probably not right for each-other. And again, it's mostly up to the person doing the dating. But, I am a believer in sex-positive culture, and to me, the word chaste represents an old-fashioned way of thinking which forbids sex for pleasure, especially if the person having sex is a woman! As an egalitarian and advocate of sex-positive culture, this bothers me!

Next, the final noteworthy paragraph;

"This blog is my attempt to explain why I feel American women are inferior to foreign women (non-American women), and why American men should boycott American women, and date/marry only foreign (non-American) women."

Again, the word "boycott" appears, as if women are something to be used! Also, notice how he says that he feels American women are inferior to foreign women. Hmm... Doesn't that sound like something Thomas Jefferson wrote about the African Americans? He would have been called a racist now if he wrote that today, and it was then, too! But what this person is writing in his blog reminds me too much of that! (Not racist, but you get the idea.)

I'm not going to go into any further detail, as listing any of the individual posts would be exhaustive and pointless, considering they just state the same thing in different words, sometimes by other people who are just trying to reassert his argument. In any case, I find this blog extremely misogynistic, reasons being;

A) Objectification of women. American women to be boycotted, foreign women to be married. Probably subconsciously on the author's part, but it's still clear as day if you take a moment to read it carefully.

B) Gender-specific roles. Most notably, they are meant to be in the kitchen cooking, or cleaning the house. If they don't know how, they're worthless. (That's what he thinks...)

C) The double standard. Women can't get fat or else they're disgusting. But who cares about the men? Why? Because they're men! It makes perfect sense! (NOT!)

Please, men, don't be like this! You're better than that, right? Right!? Please don't prove me wrong!