So how are things going for feminism? Well, last week, some feminists took one of the great achievements of human history — landing a probe from Earth on a comet hundreds of millions of miles away — and made it all about the clothes.They took ten to fifteen years of science (maybe even "settled" science) and had a hissy fit over the only thing that sort of woman understands, which is clothes.
Yes, that's right. After years of effort, the European Space Agency's lander Philae
Sounds like it's related to "philander." Expect another hissy fit when the grrrlz notice.
landed on a comet 300 million miles away.
That's further than from here to Takoma.
At first, people were excited.
"I am so excited!"
Then some women noticed that one of the space scientists, Matt Taylor, was wearing a shirt, made for him by a female "close pal," featuring comic-book depictions of semi-naked women.
"The horror! [sob!] The horror!"
And suddenly, the triumph of the comet landing was drowned out by shouts of feminist outrage about ... what people were wearing.
"Hello. I'm Mizz Evileth..."
"Who?"
"Evileth."
"I didn't quite catch that!]"
"[Growls like a German Shepherd. Eyes turn deep red. Twitches previously inconspicuous tail.] Evileth. Evil-eth. [Snorts sulphurous fumes]"
"[Unobtrusively tucks clove of garlic into shirt, adjusts cross around his neck] Hokay."
"It's about your shirt. In fact, it's all about your shirt!"
"What about sending a space probe further than Takoma?"
"How many womyn do you employ? How many are in management positions? How does their salary compare with yours? Do they have to pay for their own birth control?
"Well, one of them did, but that was kinda a Fluke..."
It was one small shirt for a man, one giant leap backward for womankind.
"Is free abortion available on demand? What's the average square footage in womyn's cubicles compared to men's? Have you ever had sex with someone who was drunk and on drugs? Was it Lena Dunham?"
The Atlantic's Rose Eveleth tweeted, "No no women are toooootally welcome in our community, just ask the dude in this shirt."
"[SCREECH!] I curse you! I curse the cubicle you work in! I curse the patriarchal non-entity who fathered you in your poor unthinking mother's womb while she drunk and whacked out, which is the only way womyn get pregs! [HIIIISSSSS!]
Astrophysicist Katie Mack commented: "I don't care what scientists wear.
"But then, I'm a scientist. I got better things to do."
But a shirt featuring women in lingerie isn't appropriate for a broadcast if you care about women in STEM."
Why didn't you just stop with "a shirt featuring women in lingerie isn't appropriate for a broadcast." When I take a job I don't get dressed thinking about the women in the Blank Health System, which is most of them. I get dressed thinking about whether the blue tie goes better with my jacket and if the whole thing will make me look professional to the client.
And from there, the online feminist lynch mob took off until Taylor was forced to deliver a tearful apology on camera.
They had the stake set up and they were heaping the faggot around it... Oh. I probably can't say that anymore, can I? Make that "bundles of brushwood." No, in the interest of brevity and accuracy, make that "fasces."
It seems to me that if you care about women in STEM, maybe you shouldn't want to communicate the notion that they're so delicate that they can't handle pictures of comic-book women. Will we stock our Mars spacecraft with fainting couches?
"[PUSH! SHOVE! CARRY! GRUMBLE! You're sure you need this much smelling salts just for one trip to Mars, Cap'n?"
Not everyone was so censorious. As one female space professional wrote: "Don't these women and their male cohorts understand that *they* are doing the damage to what/whom they claim to defend!?"
You're not under the illusion they'll defend anything they don't understand, are you? They've probably declared it an environmental hazard by now and they're complaining about the clutter of space junk we've left 300,000,000 miles out in the solar system as a hazard to navigation.
| Their reservations are overcome by the desire to feel important and powerful at others' expense. |
"She wore that pantsuit to work? Haw haw haw!"
Yes, feminists have been telling us for years that women can wear whatever they want, and for men to comment in any way is sexism. But that's obviously a double standard, since they evidently feel no compunction whatsoever in criticizing what men wear. News flash: Geeks don't dress like Don Draper.