Really, Phil Bryant? REALLY?

I might be a little late, but I can't let Phil Bryant's recent comments go without mention. According to the Associated Press,

   "Mississippi's Republican governor had new harsh words for proponents of legalized abortion this week, saying, 'their one mission in life is to abort children, is to kill children in the womb.'"

  I'm so sick of this man ignoring what is right in front of him. We told him in November that we don't want personhood legislation. We voted no. (Somehow we also voted him into office at the same time; this still baffles me.) And we told him, loudly, why we said no. We want the right to abortion, yes, and safe access. We want the right, and access, to birth control. Women want the right to make decisions about our lives and bodies, and men want the women in their lives to have that right. Mississippi couples want to decide what's best for their families by discussing it together, and with a doctor if necessary--without legislation getting in the way.

  Yet good ol' Phil manages to distill this into all of us crazy liberals wanting to kill hundreds and thousands of unborn babies.

Sigh.

  I know it's all a political game. I know that in his position, he has to make the issue sound emotional, visceral and sinful in order to appeal to those moderate voters who may be unsure how they feel about "abortion" but definitely know how they feel about "murder." But this game is so exhausting. How can Mississippi's governor ignore the unintended pregnancy rate, the teen pregnancy rate, and the infant mortality rate in his state?! How can he ignore the studies that have shown that comprehensive sex education (not abstinence only eduation) is the best way to reduce teens having unsafe sex and to reduce unintended teen pregnancies?! How can anyone ignore that abstinence-only has been proven ineffective?!

Well, he can ignore it because it seems that is what so many Republicans are doing across the country. They've started down this extreme path, standing stubbornly against women (and against sex, basically) no matter what. And I don't think it's going to work out for them in this year's election. So, I'll end with a message to Phil Bryant (and all Republicans, since unfortunately we're stuck with Phil for a few years), my favorite quote from one of the many women-led protests this year:

Women will remember in November.

Women will remember in November.

A**hole Award: Boycott American Women

I've decided to create the first Feminism: Not a Naughty Word Award: The A**hole Award. Bitch magazine has their "Douchebag Decree" on their blogs, and I've decided to have my own. I don't know how often I will give out this award (I certainly could have last week when Phil Bryant referred to Initiative 26 opponents as Nazis), but I have to give it out today.

Last night, I got an email that a new person had commented on my blog. His comment provided a link to his blog, as well as a link to his book (do pay attention to the only 2 comments beneath the book). Now, the comment no longer appears on the blog, so maybe he decided to delete it after posting, I'm not sure. But you should really check out these links, because it's amazing to me that this exists. His blog, and his book, are called Boycott American Women. Here are a few gems:


Have you American women ever heard of the word "misandry"? It is the exact opposite of misoginy. It means hatred of men. And feminism and misandry are the same thing...So, get used to living alone with your 10 cats, or else become a lesbian. Those are your two options, American women! (Dec. 31, 2010)



American women have confused being strong and independent with what they want (selfishness), what they want to hear (arrogance). Ever disagree with an American woman, they can't take it and they tell you it's negative or being critical or opinionated, even if you show them proof they are wrong. (Dec. 27, 2010)


There are some good American women, but as a group, they pose a higher risk of future divorce compared to more traditional foreign women. This is one of the reasons that a growing number of well-off American men are marrying foreign brides...One of the problems here is that many young American women have become just like Brittany Spears - materialistic and emotionally unstable. Thus, they are not marriage-material and thus, easily discarded. (Nov. 17, 2011)


The sickness of feminism has made American women ugly. Ugliness is the mark of feminism, the scar left on women unlucky enough to be its victim. How can a women ever be beautiful after this infection? By deciding to be a women again and sever [serve, I'm pretty sure, is the intended word] her man as a woman should. Some women have been tricked into seeing themselves as beautiful because of feminism, but this is a lie. (Nov. 15, 2011)




Now, I could comment on the grammatical and spelling problems that abound on this blog (and probably in the book), but really, wouldn't that just be petty of me? Well, who cares, because this blog is completely petty. It's full of the rantings of men (it looks like any angry anti-feminist can post here) who don't want to lose their privileges. It's written by men who truly believe that women should "serve" their men (or "sever", as the author typed it). It's written by men who think that women asking for what they want are being selfish, but men asking for what they want (such as, I don't know, submissive women) are entitled and following the natural order.


This blog discusses the fact that women ruin the lives of men, and one way that they do that is with "False rape accusations (it has been proven that up to 80 percent of rape accusations are FALSE)." Now, I have heard different figures for the percentage of false rape accusations, so I tried to google it quickly. Wikipedia (not at all the best source, I know, but the fastest one I could find that wasn't just another blog ranting about false rape accusations) says, "Detailed investigations using differing samples and methodologies have found widely differing results ranging from as high as 41% to as low as 1.5%. As a scientific matter, the frequency of false rape complaints to police or other legal authorities remains unknown." So even within a huge range of possibility, the number is NOWHERE close to 80%. So where did this guy get his statistics? Who knows! He probably made it up.


These men want 1950s housewives. They want women to cook, clean, lie down for sex when told, and to smile while doing it all. In other words, these men don't want their wives to think or speak, or they certainly don't want their wives to challenge them to think. And of course, a huge problem here is that the only role in which these men discuss women is that of wife/girlfriend. These men don't respect women as individuals, I doubt they would call any women "friends" or "confidants." They're looking for baby-making, house-cleaning vessels.


I almost didn't write about this blog because it is SO ridiculous and the authors are clearly so ignorant, but I was so shocked that something like this could exist today that I had to share it.