Books that don't exist
I read an unfavorable review of "Are Men Necessary" and started poking around a little on Amazon.com and without any difficulty found a plethora of female-positive, male-negative books. Of course, I have seen this before, but then I remembered my "gender-switch" game and decided to apply it to some of them. The results are below, together with the links to the books from which they are derived (don't worry, I make no money from these links). Perhaps this will stimulate some thought - if you saw such titles in a bookshop, what would you think?
Are Women Necessary?
Let's Face It, Women Are $$#%\›$: What Men Can Do About It
Bastard: In Praise of Difficult Men
The Natural Superiority of Men
Ditch That Bitch: Dealing With Women Who Control and Hurt Men
Why Does She Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Women
No Visible Wounds: Identifying Non-Physical Abuse of Men by Their Women
Anger Busting 101: The New ABC's for Angry Women & the Men Who Love Them
How to Spot a Dangerous Woman Before You Get Involved
When Women Batter Men: New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships
Nasty Women (actually, this one really does exist)
Christian Women Who Hate Men
Women Who Hate Men and the Men Who Love Them
Keeping the Faith: Guidance for Christian Men Facing Abuse
Feminist Perspectives of Husband Abuse
Rethinking Violence against Men
Men and Female Violence: The Visions and Struggles of the Battered Men's Movement
Lifelines: Men, Female Violence, and Personal Safety
Battered Men and Feminist Lawmaking
Battered Men in the Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Responses
Battering of Men: The Failure of Intervention and the Case for Prevention
Surviving Domestic Violence: Voices of Men Who Broke Free
When the Woman You Love Treats You Like the Man She Hates: How to Deal With Abusive Behavior from Those You Love the Most
Intervention for Women Who Batter: An Ecological Approach
Diary of a Crack Addict's Husband
When Battered Men Kill
Convicted Survivors: The Imprisonment of Battered Men Who Kill
Fighting Back: A Battered Man's Desperate Struggle to Survive
Battered Man
Shattered Dreams: An Abused Husband's Escape to Freedom
Dear Jane: Love Letters and Lessons Learned from the Husband of an Alcoholic
The Ones Who Got away: Men Who Left Abusive Partners
It is interesting that, having made this list and the gender switches, I am concerned that some visitors to this site may get the wrong idea, especially after I leave the blatantly misandrist (and now here misogynist) titles behind and start getting into the serious books on abuse. I fear that some might think that I am trying to deny that there abused women and abusive men out there. If you think that, then you have missed my point completely and I suggest you reconsider. If, on the other hand, you think that I am being a pathetic, whiny male in suggesting these titles, consider then your attitude towards the women who buy the real titles to which they are linked and, I respectfully suggest, ask yourself why the difference?
(Simulposted on Just Another Disenfranchised Father)
Are Women Necessary?
Let's Face It, Women Are $$#%\›$: What Men Can Do About It
Bastard: In Praise of Difficult Men
The Natural Superiority of Men
Ditch That Bitch: Dealing With Women Who Control and Hurt Men
Why Does She Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Women
No Visible Wounds: Identifying Non-Physical Abuse of Men by Their Women
Anger Busting 101: The New ABC's for Angry Women & the Men Who Love Them
How to Spot a Dangerous Woman Before You Get Involved
When Women Batter Men: New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships
Nasty Women (actually, this one really does exist)
Christian Women Who Hate Men
Women Who Hate Men and the Men Who Love Them
Keeping the Faith: Guidance for Christian Men Facing Abuse
Feminist Perspectives of Husband Abuse
Rethinking Violence against Men
Men and Female Violence: The Visions and Struggles of the Battered Men's Movement
Lifelines: Men, Female Violence, and Personal Safety
Battered Men and Feminist Lawmaking
Battered Men in the Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Responses
Battering of Men: The Failure of Intervention and the Case for Prevention
Surviving Domestic Violence: Voices of Men Who Broke Free
When the Woman You Love Treats You Like the Man She Hates: How to Deal With Abusive Behavior from Those You Love the Most
Intervention for Women Who Batter: An Ecological Approach
Diary of a Crack Addict's Husband
When Battered Men Kill
Convicted Survivors: The Imprisonment of Battered Men Who Kill
Fighting Back: A Battered Man's Desperate Struggle to Survive
Battered Man
Shattered Dreams: An Abused Husband's Escape to Freedom
Dear Jane: Love Letters and Lessons Learned from the Husband of an Alcoholic
The Ones Who Got away: Men Who Left Abusive Partners
It is interesting that, having made this list and the gender switches, I am concerned that some visitors to this site may get the wrong idea, especially after I leave the blatantly misandrist (and now here misogynist) titles behind and start getting into the serious books on abuse. I fear that some might think that I am trying to deny that there abused women and abusive men out there. If you think that, then you have missed my point completely and I suggest you reconsider. If, on the other hand, you think that I am being a pathetic, whiny male in suggesting these titles, consider then your attitude towards the women who buy the real titles to which they are linked and, I respectfully suggest, ask yourself why the difference?
(Simulposted on Just Another Disenfranchised Father)
posted by John Doe at 12:38 PM
1 Comments:
There is no difference, Mr. Doe. Interesting you tried this exercise.
Each time I am confronted by an angry (fill in the minority/majority of your choice here) who is calling me names because I am different than s/he, I always think.......now, if you change the gender/race/sexual preference, would that person be offended? The answer is always, HELL YES.
So, I smile knowingly, and wonder where these folks get off, feeling that it is ok to exhibit the same behaviors they abhor.
Or maybe they don't abhor it, just do it because they can. Oh, wait, that is what the mythical patriarchy does.
The Geezer is once again all corn-fused. Good thing the Geez is at home in confusion.
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