http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/Bill-defining-sexual-consent-in-Utah-passes-the-house-of-representatives-77449.shtml#.VNvoHUKrlUQ
The House of Representatives in Utah recently passed a bill with the revolutionary concept that- are you ready?- unconscious people can't consent to sex. Next week they'll probably pass a bill that states stealing from someone's house is still illegal even if that person isn't home, since apparently we are so bad at being decent human beings that moral codes need to be written down and strictly defined. Why was it never assumed that you have to be conscious to be consent? Who questioned this that you felt it needed to be made into a bill? Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy they approved this bill, I'm just irritated that something this obvious is questioned to the point it needs to be discussed. Anyway, this normal (and long overdue) bill wasn't really much to talk about until Rep. Brian Greene asked if sex with an unconscious spouse is ok. And thus I lost my hope for humanity completely. He has since apologized, but seriously? What is so appealing about having sex with an unconscious person that you refuse to wake them up (or detox them- God knows what scenarios he was imagining)? Or maybe he's just worried that having sex with someone wouldn't wake them up (in which case I feel sorry for his wife). In any case, no future rape cases in Utah will be able to use the excuse that the person was unconscious. Hallelujah.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Thursday, February 5, 2015
'Frozen' Sets Men Back a Decade (Apparently)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/02/04/fox-news-guest-says-frozen-makes-men-look-like-villains-and-fools-welcome-to-the-new-culture-wars/
In this article, Hunter Schwarz discusses a recent debate on Fox News about the Disney movie Frozen. Penny Young Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America, said that the film empowers women by tearing down men. Even though Frozen is 15 months old, the soundtrack sold more copies than albums by several well-known artists like Iggy Azalea last week alone. This extreme popularity may explain why it's still being discussed more than a year later.
I personally think this is ridiculous. Just because a movie empowers women and the main villain is male does not make it degrading to men. There are three men in this film (four counting Olaf), and yes, two of them are villains. Newsflash: the villain in Avengers? Male. The villain in the Matrix? Male. How about the Hobbit movies? Male. Most villains are male. It's not new. None of the other films stated to be 'unfair to men' - the Hunger Games, Divergent- are offensive to men either. There are lots of good guys in these movies, but because they empower girls and the main villain is male, apparently they're degrading to men. Are you kidding me?
In this article, Hunter Schwarz discusses a recent debate on Fox News about the Disney movie Frozen. Penny Young Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America, said that the film empowers women by tearing down men. Even though Frozen is 15 months old, the soundtrack sold more copies than albums by several well-known artists like Iggy Azalea last week alone. This extreme popularity may explain why it's still being discussed more than a year later.
I personally think this is ridiculous. Just because a movie empowers women and the main villain is male does not make it degrading to men. There are three men in this film (four counting Olaf), and yes, two of them are villains. Newsflash: the villain in Avengers? Male. The villain in the Matrix? Male. How about the Hobbit movies? Male. Most villains are male. It's not new. None of the other films stated to be 'unfair to men' - the Hunger Games, Divergent- are offensive to men either. There are lots of good guys in these movies, but because they empower girls and the main villain is male, apparently they're degrading to men. Are you kidding me?
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