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SCUM Manifesto
by Valerie Solanas
It's very telling that from a quick glance that women have given this book high ratings and men much lower ratings.
Every woman should read this. Every woman who has ever felt rage, anger, maybe even hatred towards men, should read this. It is pure, it is untempered, it is an expression of real feeling without regard to what society, or men, will think or feel about them.
That's not to say that there aren't parts of this I found disconcerting or I didn't agree with. But that's not the point. This is a voice of something we never feel that we can say. Be a feminist, but not a man-hating one! Why? Men have fucked everything up, including women's own relationships with themselves. Why shouldn't we say that women would or could be better at running a fairer and better society? Why shouldn't we say what the male perspective has reduced us down to, and throw it back in their faces?
It's indicative of our society that when a woman writes a missive on her hatred of men, and her plan to eradicate them that it is seen as 'satire', as if she wouldn't *really* feel that way... But when incels write about their hatred of women, it is very real. Men's feelings and experiences are validated all the time. Even in her anger Solanas was disregarded.
Everyone should read this. ♀️
Every woman should read this. Every woman who has ever felt rage, anger, maybe even hatred towards men, should read this. It is pure, it is untempered, it is an expression of real feeling without regard to what society, or men, will think or feel about them.
That's not to say that there aren't parts of this I found disconcerting or I didn't agree with. But that's not the point. This is a voice of something we never feel that we can say. Be a feminist, but not a man-hating one! Why? Men have fucked everything up, including women's own relationships with themselves. Why shouldn't we say that women would or could be better at running a fairer and better society? Why shouldn't we say what the male perspective has reduced us down to, and throw it back in their faces?
It's indicative of our society that when a woman writes a missive on her hatred of men, and her plan to eradicate them that it is seen as 'satire', as if she wouldn't *really* feel that way... But when incels write about their hatred of women, it is very real. Men's feelings and experiences are validated all the time. Even in her anger Solanas was disregarded.
Everyone should read this. ♀️