History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Seen on DU [View all]MadrasT
(7,237 posts)Repeated characterizations of feminists as humorless and sex hating. Accusations are sometimes made in a subtle way, and sometimes as a very specific statement.
This one used to bug me and I have turned around 180 degrees on it.
Think about how absurd this one is. For this to even be an "insult", a woman would have to actually believe that one of her primary purposes in life is to be viewed by men as fun and fuckable.
And apparently one of the worst things they can think of to say is that we are humorless and hate sex, and that is somehow meant to hurt our feelings. By extension, that means anyone saying that as an "insult", would seem to believe that women are actually meant to provide men with fun and sex.
Highly misogynistic... but not much of an insult when you follow it down the rabbit hole.
The more I think about it, the more it makes me .