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Actors Must Not Discuss Misandry
Jan. 17th, 2018 01:29 pmKit Harington and Matt Damon have now both made public apologies for speaking their minds intelligently and innocuously on subjects of sex and gender. What happened? Are they getting credible threats of some kind -- blacklisting maybe? Are there more cases I'm missing? Will the trend continue?
Kit Harington has taken issue with the media's excessive focus on his sexuality:
Sexism against men is called misandry. It is indesputably prevalent. It is the reason these men are expected to apologize for honestly expressing their beliefs and feelings.
My only contention here is that I reject this Anti-Sex-League-tier concept of "objectification" in the first place. To view someone sexually is not to treat them as an object. Human beings are not attracted to objects sexually except in the case of abnormal fetishes. Human beings are attracted to human beings. If anything, sexuality is humanizing.
But this is beside the point. Kit doesn't like having his acting work overshadowed by sexual elements that he didn't introduce himself. That is completely fair. And there may well be some misandry involved. The matter is worth discussing.
Like a whipped dog.
Matt Damon weighed in on the 'sexual misconduct' witchhunt in Hollywood:
And then,
What sort of pain could Damon possibly have caused by pointing out the goodness in his fellow men? Who but a villain feels pain when confronted with assertions of human goodness?
The articles accosting these talented, intelligent, fair-minded men are written as though it's a given that a man isn't allowed to speak on a subject because women are his betters, as though the actors should know better than to step out of their inferior position. And it looks like women, ideologue women at least, are just gobbling this degrading hatred right up. The insidiousness of such ideological browbeating is nauseating, as is the apparent ease with which these men have backed down and apologized for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Exactly what sort of blade is being dangled over their heads? Don't they have enough money? Have they received credible threats of harms deeper than the financial?
Do Harington and Damon just love women so much, as men tend to do, that it's too psychologically difficult for them to withstand so much ire from the beautiful mouths of the indoctrinated?
While Feminist ideologues like to get up on stages and complain that "Society teaches men not to share their feelings," it should be clear by now that their true complaint is, "Society permits men to share feelings other than the feelings Feminism requires them to have."
Kit Harington has taken issue with the media's excessive focus on his sexuality:
The “Game of Thrones” star retracted and apologized for an earlier statement about men experiencing “sexism” in the entertainment industry. “[T]here’s a sexism that happens towards men…as well,” Harington told The Cut last year, prompting the ire of feminist writers and Jon Snow fans everywhere.
Sexism against men is called misandry. It is indesputably prevalent. It is the reason these men are expected to apologize for honestly expressing their beliefs and feelings.
“I was wrong there, though,” he told The Guardian. “Sexism against men is not something I should have really said. I think what I meant was, being objectified.”
My only contention here is that I reject this Anti-Sex-League-tier concept of "objectification" in the first place. To view someone sexually is not to treat them as an object. Human beings are not attracted to objects sexually except in the case of abnormal fetishes. Human beings are attracted to human beings. If anything, sexuality is humanizing.
But this is beside the point. Kit doesn't like having his acting work overshadowed by sexual elements that he didn't introduce himself. That is completely fair. And there may well be some misandry involved. The matter is worth discussing.
He continued: "At that time, I did feel objectified… I do think men can get objectified. I do feel I have been objectified in the past, sexually as well, in pieces that have been written about me… Has that made me feel uncomfortable in the past? Yes. Do I think my position is the same as a woman’s in society? No. They’re very different things, and I should have separated them. I was wrong.” [source]
Like a whipped dog.
Matt Damon weighed in on the 'sexual misconduct' witchhunt in Hollywood:
"We're in this watershed moment, and it's great, but I think one thing that's not being talked about is there are a whole s[hitload] of guys – the preponderance of men I've worked with – who don't do this kind of thing and whose lives aren't going to be affected." [source]
And then,
He told host Kathie Lee Gifford: "I really wish I’d listened a lot more before I weighed in on this. [...] I think ultimately what it is for me is I don’t want to further anybody’s pain with anything I do or say, so for that, I’m really sorry," he continued. "[With] Time’s Up, a lot of those women are my dear friends, and I love them and respect them and support what they’re doing and want to be a part of that change and want to go along for the ride, but I should get in the backseat and close my mouth for a while." [source]
What sort of pain could Damon possibly have caused by pointing out the goodness in his fellow men? Who but a villain feels pain when confronted with assertions of human goodness?
The articles accosting these talented, intelligent, fair-minded men are written as though it's a given that a man isn't allowed to speak on a subject because women are his betters, as though the actors should know better than to step out of their inferior position. And it looks like women, ideologue women at least, are just gobbling this degrading hatred right up. The insidiousness of such ideological browbeating is nauseating, as is the apparent ease with which these men have backed down and apologized for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Exactly what sort of blade is being dangled over their heads? Don't they have enough money? Have they received credible threats of harms deeper than the financial?
Do Harington and Damon just love women so much, as men tend to do, that it's too psychologically difficult for them to withstand so much ire from the beautiful mouths of the indoctrinated?
While Feminist ideologues like to get up on stages and complain that "Society teaches men not to share their feelings," it should be clear by now that their true complaint is, "Society permits men to share feelings other than the feelings Feminism requires them to have."
