Justin's Life

Wow!  So I have been browsing some blogs and wound up on this feminist blog and was amazed at the man-hate I was reading.  I get feminism, and consider myself a feminist.  Women absolutely deserve equal rights all the way around.  But denying differences between genders I think is a little naive.  

I am a married man.  I understand that there are men out there, and WAAAY more than you would think humanly possible, that take advantage of women everyday.  They think they have the right to sexualize any woman they lay eyes on.  But categorizing every man this way?  I mean, shit....really?  I’m sorry you have had fucking terrible experiences with men, but I kind of got a little offended reading a bunch of the shit I saw.  

My wife is a metallurgical engineer (I know...wtf is that, right?).  She works in the steel industry which is a male dominated industry.   She has had to put up with an incredible amount of bullshit from male coworkers (”smile more,” “don’t worry your pretty little face,” etc.)  and still goes to work happily every day.  I admire her greatly for that, as she is stronger than I ever will be.  

That being said, she at least acknowledges that not all men are assholes, or at least she must, as I was lucky enough to be chosen by her.  I think a bunch of the authors of the posts I was reading should take a page out of her book. She can continue to work in that industry and not hate men.  She has been assaulted before, but realizes not ALL men are like that.  My wife is a fucking amazing woman.