Remember the feminist malarkey about the “rule of thumb” being a legal principle from the Near Past that allowed men to beat their wives so long as they used a rod no wider than one’s thumb ? and this misogynism is still so ingrained in our culture that we elected Reagan and admired John Wayne?1
Remember how feminists pushed for action against the ultra-misogynistic Taliban in Afghanistan ? that is, until the United States of America began to wage war against them after Sept. 11? Remember how they then decided their best choice of action was to start equating Taliban torture, maiming and oppression of women with American Christian fundamentalism (you know, because they would have feminists’ crushing and dismemberment of babies outlawed) and saying “Afghanistan is everywhere”?
Well, once again, feminists’ darkest and unfounded fears about America and Christians are realized in extremist Islam. The Washington Post today reports on an “imam who wrote a book on how to beat your wife without leaving marks on her body.” But don’t expect the feminists here to say anything about it independent of their greater loathing for American culture. Islamic extremists2 are still multicultural, see, and all cultures are equal, therefore the only way to attack it from a feminist vantage point is to attack male hegemony everywhere, especially in America (the usual immoral equivalency fare) because here the men have learned how to mask their oppression through invisible things like the glass ceiling, etc. ad nauseam.
Notes
1. Standard feminist cant also includes blaming “testosterone” for any violent behavior ? even if it’s exhibited by some kid’s mother.
2. “Islamic extremists” used to differentiate from Muslims in general.
