There is a place for feminism. Applied with truth and empathy, men will benefit from feminism. As a movement coming from rising against oppression, it is a double shame to those who pervert truth in order to convey an image of society that is quite similar to the image presented by those who believe women are second rate.
X Rubicon deals intimately with the conflict between fundamental human needs — sex and love — and the act of killing, which severs our grounding in compassion and destroys empathy and humanity.
While an enemy of feminism beyond the point of “Equality of Value to Humanity”, challenging the stereotype that violence is, or should be, an expression of masculinity or sexual dominance, is necessary to expose the hypocrisy of armchair critics, and of “beyond” feminists who claim the same armchairs and ideologies of violence. The greatest volume of hypocrites when it comes to sex are feminists, more so than “Christians”.
Erotic and emotional bonds can serve as active resistance against the numbing tide of PTSD, moral injury, and the turpitude fostered by capitalistic and fascistic moral deception.
Sex and Love come in many forms. They require desire, which is simply an eager willingness to participate in what nature gives you. You Are An Animal!
Women as well suck up the false narratives. If you follow TV and movie trends, you’ll see the completely false narrative that women have been involved in combat and special operations since 9/11, wielding knives, automatic weapons, and krav maga all over the Middle East for decades. The media, from news to entertainment, enable and perpetuate these falsehoods. The truth of the matter is that no established force utilizes women in the field for close or front line combat (including the Israelis) – and this has nothing to do with chauvinism, and a lot to do with the fact that women just don’t want to involve themselves in war until they’ve been programmed to want it – and yet, they still suck at it. Women in rebel forces often participate in front line combat, but that’s more due to a desperate need than a want or skill – they still suck at it. Women have been allowed to become Navy SEALS since 2016, yet no woman participates in that front line combat. In Afghanistan, the US Army attempted an all woman unit (trained to a lower standard than men because they couldn’t carry the weight nor meet the physical requirements) searching for weapons and conducting house to house searches. The experiment had to be terminated early because they were firing at each other and shooting friendlies, because they were operating in panic mode. The fact is the overwhelming majority of women choose not to participate in direct proportion to the amount of combat going on at the time (Judith Stiehm, Arms and the Enlisted Woman, Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1989, p100; Newsweek, 5.8.991; and Laura Miller, “Feminism and the Exclusion of Army Women from Combat”, Harvard University, John M Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, 1997-8, p19; all in The Privileged Sex by Martin van Creveld). Why is this relevant? Because it has been said that “war is a man’s thing” (I had a woman therapist say this to me), and war represents “toxic masculinity”. Because women are susceptible to the same lies fed to men regarding glory in war, of which there is none. In an insidious twist, many of the lies specifically fed to women don’t come from the military, or from men, but from other women – feminists, Karens (who may threaten to throat punch you), and heartless revenge seekers. The US feminist group, National Organization for Women (NOW), wants women to be drafted, yet not a single woman of NOW has ever faced combat, close or far away, nor will they ever. They are a privileged class of women, like virgins talking about sex, trying to steal more privilege and power at the expense of lower class women who will pay for it supremely. Women’s groups pushed to continue war in Afghanistan, for the purpose of “saving” Afghan women. Though never having to face combat or put their own lives on the line, they’ve decided that they are willing to sacrifice the lives of any amount of men and civilians to achieve their political and/or social power goals – and not by asking, but by lobbying the halls of power to force the involvement of men. “The road to women’s privilege is paved with the corpses of men… In regard to the way they are raised, the work they do, the economic support they receive, and their position vis-a-vis the law, women have always enjoyed and still enjoy considerable privileges. Likewise, when it comes to fulfilling their obligation to society, women have enjoyed and still enjoy considerable privileges. The greatest single privilege is that they are hardly ever expected to shed blood for their people.” (In the Maw of Mars: The Principle of the Thing, The Privileged Sex by Martin van Creveld, 2013, DVLC Enterprises).
Then there are the revenge seekers like Madeline Albright, ready and willing to sacrifice any amount of men and civilians (“500,000”+) in order to “free” Bosnia and fuck the Russian menace. There was Margaret Thatcher, ready and willing to sacrifice any amount of men and civilians to force a country to give back its own island. There was Golda Meir, ready and willing to sacrifice any amount of Palestinian men, women, and children via genocide and expulsion to the greater glory of the return of the Israeli kingdom (stolen from the inhabitants now and centuries ago). Recently, there are Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ginnie Thomas (yes, the Supreme Court justice’s wife), Lauren Boebert, Marine La Pen, and Trumpettes – psychobitches from Donald Trump’s harem of loony women, ready and willing to start Civil War. War and its causes truly know no boundaries of sex. Ignorance, greed, and the lust for power abounds in men and women. So no, war is not a “man’s thing”.
The gender equality index places Rwanda as high (I think 3rd in 2020) largely because of the number of men who died in the genocide. So women's economic and government participation was high. They literally optimize for higher male death rates. So when Sally Gearhart Miller popularized the term "the future is female" based on reducing the male population to 10% you have to take it seriously
Wonderful article Bettina but who is listening? The "destroy the family" and then the father ideology rules governments, bureaucracies, NGO's and the judiciary. I have long been bemused by how conservatives got such into these ideas. I have found an answer in "Who Lost America" by Stephen Baskerville, particularly Chapter 2. The Left discarded class warfare, replacing it with the destroying the family and demonising men. The success of this approach can be seen in the escalation of most of the social ills of the West.
Bettina’s last paragraph is interesting, we are “drowning in disinformation” , George Orwell in his book 1984 , touches on censorship ,his fictional characters were denied access to all information by “big brother”. Orwell was wrong in part , the modern world has the opposite , too much information and disinformation ,but the effect is the same , the truth is hidden from the people .
I am pretty sure that even more men would reply that they had experienced emotional abuse if they realised that being threatened with divorce (losing kids and assets) if they have the temerity to disagree about anything, constitutes emotional abuse. Add to that the experience of having their children turned against them when their partner tells lies about them . One obvious case I know of was a wife demanding a divorce (when the husband was facing redundancy) and asking that the children be told it was a mutual decision. Years later the husband found out that his ex wife had told them that the husband had demanded a divorce. Nice people aye?
Capitalism works like this. Men opened the frontiers. They were the first Generals. They recognised that men don't want "stuff" the way women do. The men of the day were happy to sleep on stone floors and do their usually dangerous physical jobs. You can't market to a group like that. But, women on the other hand. Capitalism gave birth to feminism. This is because men may be the generals (or were at this formative time) but women have ALWAYS been the footsoldiers. They did and do all the buying, they made the decisions about cooking and looking after the home. Every single innovation like electricity and electrical appliances were pitched at women. The early feminists were merely the lieutenants of capitalism. It was their job (unwittingly or otherwise) to make women want what men had and more, and to create economic power for women in this way. They ushered in the age of consumerism, where every single thing is a commodity and where female purchasing habits became the bedrock of this entire modern age.
I really get triggered when I read the word Capitalism.
Are you meaning Free Trade Capitalism : which I learned about from Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises, or the big bad Capitalism that everyone pushes because of the industrial age, which employed starving people living on the farms and gave them a job in the factories?
Or the Capitalism that gave us Computers, dishwashers, clothes washers and the SmartPhone, Cars, Trucks, Buses to transport us around.
It is not the Capitalist's fault that Consumers are weak and just buy whatever is in front of them. Should someone that comes up with a good idea and puts it into the market place and then makes a small fortune be punished?
Yes, there are manipulator's and greediness all around us but is that Capitalism's fault?
Yes, the production lines might fail on the side of spirituality and treat people like robots.
Consumerism is the problem! People have desires, other people recognise that and fulfil that desire as best as they can. Even underwear that can be washed easily rather than one soiling their good clothes and having to wash them all the time. What is wrong with that?
“Karl Marx was not a man from the proletariat. He was the son of a lawyer. He did not have to work to go to the university. He studied at the university in the same way as do the sons of well-to-do people today. Later, and for the rest of his life, he was supported by his friend Friedrich Engels, who—being a manufacturer—was the worst type of "bourgeois," according to socialist ideas. In the language of Marxism, he was an exploiter.” – Ludwig von Mises
Right ,women drive the consumer society , advertising is aimed at them in most cases ,but the consumer society has become the throw away society , goods have a limited life and need replacing , this drives “economic growth” the new god , governments worry if it slips into the negative.
But what of the relationship between feminism and capitalism? The rad feminists of the sixties where more like Marxists , definitely anti-establishment, to them capitalism was akin to the hated “patriarchy” .
What happened ? Peter Hitchens was right when he said “ the alliance between the corporate world and feminism is the most cynical since the Hitler /Stalin pact of WW2”
Feminists or women with feminist views now head up many corporations and waste no time in implementing “women friendly” policies , protecting female employees from sexual harassment, interfering in employees domestic affairs in the name of stopping domestic violence ,etc. etc.
I agree, but feminism has definitely played into the clutching hands of their patriarchy, by "empowering" women to fight The Man: in other words, filling their heads with the notion that a life of work and toil and consumption is freedom. Gain economic power, buy stuff! Vote with your purses! Burnt your bra? Go out and buy a new one off Temu! Because Girl Power!
I wish someone would start a class action. Court cases can really inform the public and it would be interesting to see these experts trying to answer robust questioning. Surely we’re well past the structural discrimination mark.
I have 3 sons. All 3 are uni graduates and good men. 1 is a Dad to a son. All 3 have been victims of DV in a long term relationship. 2 got out in time. One married her as they had a son and he wanted to be there to protect him. He has not seen his son for more than 1 x 2hr supervised visit in 14 months. He has had charges of DV levied against him and had to fight the charges (all not guilty). He has been harassed by her and the police. The police did not even investigate and stood on the Stand saying - well why would we. He was obviously guilty. (He was not anything obvious except a man!). Now we face Family Court and try to see his son, our Grandson. And what punishment does the perpetrator of DV (physical psychological and coercive) get? Absolutely nothing. Why when we have blatant evidence? Because she's a woman. And it "looks bad". God help our legal system and all men out there. Because it is broken. Completely and utterly. Broken.
Mel. My son has no custody with his sons, DV order against him was to use against him in Family Court. He knows if he was to fight for custody she would always be waiting to use anything against him. As grand parents we are staying away as she will also do anything she can to stop us seeing them . I know she has an unhealthy obsession concerning the children, I believe she has a mental disorder as I have witnessed her erratic behaviour. By the way she works in Child Safety.
If you do get to have visitation with your grandchild be very careful and be on alert. I’m sure you already know that, good luck.
This feminist movement is just another tool in the toolbox of the Communist Party of Aust. Like the Voice. Divide and conquer. Brainwash the masses in our education systems with left wing propaganda then push to allow them to vote at an early age. It is a form of grooming from pre school age. We have allowed these trolls to take over the education of our youth. Unfortunately we baby boomers have given our children a comfy lifestyle upbringing in a safe society relative to many other countries and they see no evil or the threats Marxism poses to our free society values. They will when it is too late. Keep up the good work you do Bettina.
Right , the leftists have used feminism to further their own goals and most women don’t see it . As you say divide and conquer , the demonisation of men and the virtual worship of femininity has driven the sexes apart . And then there’s multiculturalism , elevating ethnic minorities . The message is always “ white men are the cause of all evil”.
The Greens want the voting age lowered to 16 , and will probably get it , since the UK has done the same , Australia followed the UK in lowering it to 18 in the 70’s , history repeats .
Albenese will want this before the next election as it will help him be re-elected , since young people mostly vote Labor. Australia will be stuck with left wing governments for a very long time .
But 16 year olds are not mature enough to vote and I would go the other way and actually raise the voting age to at least 25 . By then the voter would have some life experience and be more informed when voting .
I don't believe for a moment "one in three men are violent towards their partners". Confirmation bias + selection bias + ordinary 'ol feminist hate bias and then add downright lying and you get whatever it is you want.
https://substack.com/@griobhtha1/note/c-168988474?r=5i2m2b&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
There is a place for feminism. Applied with truth and empathy, men will benefit from feminism. As a movement coming from rising against oppression, it is a double shame to those who pervert truth in order to convey an image of society that is quite similar to the image presented by those who believe women are second rate.
Violence versus Humanity
X Rubicon deals intimately with the conflict between fundamental human needs — sex and love — and the act of killing, which severs our grounding in compassion and destroys empathy and humanity.
While an enemy of feminism beyond the point of “Equality of Value to Humanity”, challenging the stereotype that violence is, or should be, an expression of masculinity or sexual dominance, is necessary to expose the hypocrisy of armchair critics, and of “beyond” feminists who claim the same armchairs and ideologies of violence. The greatest volume of hypocrites when it comes to sex are feminists, more so than “Christians”.
Erotic and emotional bonds can serve as active resistance against the numbing tide of PTSD, moral injury, and the turpitude fostered by capitalistic and fascistic moral deception.
Sex and Love come in many forms. They require desire, which is simply an eager willingness to participate in what nature gives you. You Are An Animal!
https://griobhtha1.substack.com/p/x-rubicon-learning-to-fly
Women as well suck up the false narratives. If you follow TV and movie trends, you’ll see the completely false narrative that women have been involved in combat and special operations since 9/11, wielding knives, automatic weapons, and krav maga all over the Middle East for decades. The media, from news to entertainment, enable and perpetuate these falsehoods. The truth of the matter is that no established force utilizes women in the field for close or front line combat (including the Israelis) – and this has nothing to do with chauvinism, and a lot to do with the fact that women just don’t want to involve themselves in war until they’ve been programmed to want it – and yet, they still suck at it. Women in rebel forces often participate in front line combat, but that’s more due to a desperate need than a want or skill – they still suck at it. Women have been allowed to become Navy SEALS since 2016, yet no woman participates in that front line combat. In Afghanistan, the US Army attempted an all woman unit (trained to a lower standard than men because they couldn’t carry the weight nor meet the physical requirements) searching for weapons and conducting house to house searches. The experiment had to be terminated early because they were firing at each other and shooting friendlies, because they were operating in panic mode. The fact is the overwhelming majority of women choose not to participate in direct proportion to the amount of combat going on at the time (Judith Stiehm, Arms and the Enlisted Woman, Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1989, p100; Newsweek, 5.8.991; and Laura Miller, “Feminism and the Exclusion of Army Women from Combat”, Harvard University, John M Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, 1997-8, p19; all in The Privileged Sex by Martin van Creveld). Why is this relevant? Because it has been said that “war is a man’s thing” (I had a woman therapist say this to me), and war represents “toxic masculinity”. Because women are susceptible to the same lies fed to men regarding glory in war, of which there is none. In an insidious twist, many of the lies specifically fed to women don’t come from the military, or from men, but from other women – feminists, Karens (who may threaten to throat punch you), and heartless revenge seekers. The US feminist group, National Organization for Women (NOW), wants women to be drafted, yet not a single woman of NOW has ever faced combat, close or far away, nor will they ever. They are a privileged class of women, like virgins talking about sex, trying to steal more privilege and power at the expense of lower class women who will pay for it supremely. Women’s groups pushed to continue war in Afghanistan, for the purpose of “saving” Afghan women. Though never having to face combat or put their own lives on the line, they’ve decided that they are willing to sacrifice the lives of any amount of men and civilians to achieve their political and/or social power goals – and not by asking, but by lobbying the halls of power to force the involvement of men. “The road to women’s privilege is paved with the corpses of men… In regard to the way they are raised, the work they do, the economic support they receive, and their position vis-a-vis the law, women have always enjoyed and still enjoy considerable privileges. Likewise, when it comes to fulfilling their obligation to society, women have enjoyed and still enjoy considerable privileges. The greatest single privilege is that they are hardly ever expected to shed blood for their people.” (In the Maw of Mars: The Principle of the Thing, The Privileged Sex by Martin van Creveld, 2013, DVLC Enterprises).
https://griobhtha1.substack.com/p/x-rubicon-lies-and-damned-lies
Then there are the revenge seekers like Madeline Albright, ready and willing to sacrifice any amount of men and civilians (“500,000”+) in order to “free” Bosnia and fuck the Russian menace. There was Margaret Thatcher, ready and willing to sacrifice any amount of men and civilians to force a country to give back its own island. There was Golda Meir, ready and willing to sacrifice any amount of Palestinian men, women, and children via genocide and expulsion to the greater glory of the return of the Israeli kingdom (stolen from the inhabitants now and centuries ago). Recently, there are Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ginnie Thomas (yes, the Supreme Court justice’s wife), Lauren Boebert, Marine La Pen, and Trumpettes – psychobitches from Donald Trump’s harem of loony women, ready and willing to start Civil War. War and its causes truly know no boundaries of sex. Ignorance, greed, and the lust for power abounds in men and women. So no, war is not a “man’s thing”.
https://griobhtha1.substack.com/p/x-rubicon-lies-and-damned-lies
Just as homosexuals are born gay
Men are born masculine as women are born feminine.
So why are feminists and homosexuals trying to deny men of their nature?
Men are born masculine and dominate for a reason.
Why do feminists and homosexuals want to change natures laws?
Why do feminists and homosexuals want to deny natural human order and create disharmony amongst the sexes?
The gender equality index places Rwanda as high (I think 3rd in 2020) largely because of the number of men who died in the genocide. So women's economic and government participation was high. They literally optimize for higher male death rates. So when Sally Gearhart Miller popularized the term "the future is female" based on reducing the male population to 10% you have to take it seriously
Wonderful article Bettina but who is listening? The "destroy the family" and then the father ideology rules governments, bureaucracies, NGO's and the judiciary. I have long been bemused by how conservatives got such into these ideas. I have found an answer in "Who Lost America" by Stephen Baskerville, particularly Chapter 2. The Left discarded class warfare, replacing it with the destroying the family and demonising men. The success of this approach can be seen in the escalation of most of the social ills of the West.
Thanks for your ongoing work Bettina.
Bettina’s last paragraph is interesting, we are “drowning in disinformation” , George Orwell in his book 1984 , touches on censorship ,his fictional characters were denied access to all information by “big brother”. Orwell was wrong in part , the modern world has the opposite , too much information and disinformation ,but the effect is the same , the truth is hidden from the people .
We didn’t have anywhere near as much fake data when Right wing White men ran Science.
I am pretty sure that even more men would reply that they had experienced emotional abuse if they realised that being threatened with divorce (losing kids and assets) if they have the temerity to disagree about anything, constitutes emotional abuse. Add to that the experience of having their children turned against them when their partner tells lies about them . One obvious case I know of was a wife demanding a divorce (when the husband was facing redundancy) and asking that the children be told it was a mutual decision. Years later the husband found out that his ex wife had told them that the husband had demanded a divorce. Nice people aye?
did the father inform his children of the truth? I hope he did..
Capitalism works like this. Men opened the frontiers. They were the first Generals. They recognised that men don't want "stuff" the way women do. The men of the day were happy to sleep on stone floors and do their usually dangerous physical jobs. You can't market to a group like that. But, women on the other hand. Capitalism gave birth to feminism. This is because men may be the generals (or were at this formative time) but women have ALWAYS been the footsoldiers. They did and do all the buying, they made the decisions about cooking and looking after the home. Every single innovation like electricity and electrical appliances were pitched at women. The early feminists were merely the lieutenants of capitalism. It was their job (unwittingly or otherwise) to make women want what men had and more, and to create economic power for women in this way. They ushered in the age of consumerism, where every single thing is a commodity and where female purchasing habits became the bedrock of this entire modern age.
I really get triggered when I read the word Capitalism.
Are you meaning Free Trade Capitalism : which I learned about from Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises, or the big bad Capitalism that everyone pushes because of the industrial age, which employed starving people living on the farms and gave them a job in the factories?
Or the Capitalism that gave us Computers, dishwashers, clothes washers and the SmartPhone, Cars, Trucks, Buses to transport us around.
It is not the Capitalist's fault that Consumers are weak and just buy whatever is in front of them. Should someone that comes up with a good idea and puts it into the market place and then makes a small fortune be punished?
Burt Folsom is another fave of mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vw6uF2LdZw
Yes, there are manipulator's and greediness all around us but is that Capitalism's fault?
Yes, the production lines might fail on the side of spirituality and treat people like robots.
Consumerism is the problem! People have desires, other people recognise that and fulfil that desire as best as they can. Even underwear that can be washed easily rather than one soiling their good clothes and having to wash them all the time. What is wrong with that?
“Karl Marx was not a man from the proletariat. He was the son of a lawyer. He did not have to work to go to the university. He studied at the university in the same way as do the sons of well-to-do people today. Later, and for the rest of his life, he was supported by his friend Friedrich Engels, who—being a manufacturer—was the worst type of "bourgeois," according to socialist ideas. In the language of Marxism, he was an exploiter.” – Ludwig von Mises
Right ,women drive the consumer society , advertising is aimed at them in most cases ,but the consumer society has become the throw away society , goods have a limited life and need replacing , this drives “economic growth” the new god , governments worry if it slips into the negative.
But what of the relationship between feminism and capitalism? The rad feminists of the sixties where more like Marxists , definitely anti-establishment, to them capitalism was akin to the hated “patriarchy” .
What happened ? Peter Hitchens was right when he said “ the alliance between the corporate world and feminism is the most cynical since the Hitler /Stalin pact of WW2”
Feminists or women with feminist views now head up many corporations and waste no time in implementing “women friendly” policies , protecting female employees from sexual harassment, interfering in employees domestic affairs in the name of stopping domestic violence ,etc. etc.
I agree, but feminism has definitely played into the clutching hands of their patriarchy, by "empowering" women to fight The Man: in other words, filling their heads with the notion that a life of work and toil and consumption is freedom. Gain economic power, buy stuff! Vote with your purses! Burnt your bra? Go out and buy a new one off Temu! Because Girl Power!
I wish someone would start a class action. Court cases can really inform the public and it would be interesting to see these experts trying to answer robust questioning. Surely we’re well past the structural discrimination mark.
I have 3 sons. All 3 are uni graduates and good men. 1 is a Dad to a son. All 3 have been victims of DV in a long term relationship. 2 got out in time. One married her as they had a son and he wanted to be there to protect him. He has not seen his son for more than 1 x 2hr supervised visit in 14 months. He has had charges of DV levied against him and had to fight the charges (all not guilty). He has been harassed by her and the police. The police did not even investigate and stood on the Stand saying - well why would we. He was obviously guilty. (He was not anything obvious except a man!). Now we face Family Court and try to see his son, our Grandson. And what punishment does the perpetrator of DV (physical psychological and coercive) get? Absolutely nothing. Why when we have blatant evidence? Because she's a woman. And it "looks bad". God help our legal system and all men out there. Because it is broken. Completely and utterly. Broken.
Mel. My son has no custody with his sons, DV order against him was to use against him in Family Court. He knows if he was to fight for custody she would always be waiting to use anything against him. As grand parents we are staying away as she will also do anything she can to stop us seeing them . I know she has an unhealthy obsession concerning the children, I believe she has a mental disorder as I have witnessed her erratic behaviour. By the way she works in Child Safety.
If you do get to have visitation with your grandchild be very careful and be on alert. I’m sure you already know that, good luck.
This feminist movement is just another tool in the toolbox of the Communist Party of Aust. Like the Voice. Divide and conquer. Brainwash the masses in our education systems with left wing propaganda then push to allow them to vote at an early age. It is a form of grooming from pre school age. We have allowed these trolls to take over the education of our youth. Unfortunately we baby boomers have given our children a comfy lifestyle upbringing in a safe society relative to many other countries and they see no evil or the threats Marxism poses to our free society values. They will when it is too late. Keep up the good work you do Bettina.
Right , the leftists have used feminism to further their own goals and most women don’t see it . As you say divide and conquer , the demonisation of men and the virtual worship of femininity has driven the sexes apart . And then there’s multiculturalism , elevating ethnic minorities . The message is always “ white men are the cause of all evil”.
The Greens want the voting age lowered to 16 , and will probably get it , since the UK has done the same , Australia followed the UK in lowering it to 18 in the 70’s , history repeats .
Albenese will want this before the next election as it will help him be re-elected , since young people mostly vote Labor. Australia will be stuck with left wing governments for a very long time .
But 16 year olds are not mature enough to vote and I would go the other way and actually raise the voting age to at least 25 . By then the voter would have some life experience and be more informed when voting .
I don't believe for a moment "one in three men are violent towards their partners". Confirmation bias + selection bias + ordinary 'ol feminist hate bias and then add downright lying and you get whatever it is you want.