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Tag Archives: Women
It Used To Be An Insult – It Still Is
It used to be an insult: “Your Momma wears combat boots.” It was an allusion to her poverty and necessity. (Not always as a camp follower) In the turmoil, dislocation, death and destruction; shortages and rationing; in the midst of … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Writing, For Feminists, Human Sacrifice, Humor, Personal History, Plain English, Violence
Tagged Combat Boots, Diabetes mellitus, Feminism, Humor, Sex, Society, U. S. Army, Việt Nam War, Women, Work
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This Explains Everything (for Women)
This Explains Everything (for Women) I understand perfectly, that you hate being born a woman. But you cannot change what God has ordained, so try to be a man about it.
The Wrong Question
“The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is ‘What does a woman want?’― Sigmund Freud Freud asked the … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Writing, For Feminists, Plain English
Tagged Females, Feminism, Gender, History, Life, Males, Psychology, Sex, Sigmund Freud, What does a woman want?, Women
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I Love Women
I love women. I really do. I care about women. There have been many women in my life: My mother; my sisters; my aunts; sisters-in-law; cousins not to mention the wives of friends, co-workers, the girls I’ve dated and the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, For Feminists, Government, Mass Media, Personal History, Plain English, Politics
Tagged Civil Rights, Culture, Feminism, Humanity, Love, Propaganda, Psychology, Women
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I Am Not Like Other Men
Betwixt my mother and my father there was no domestic violence. My mother was not a rebel and my father was the unchallenged head of our household (as recognized in the Population Schedule of the Census). My father’s word was … Continue reading
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Tagged "The United States of America", Big Brother, Brainwashing, Census, Culture, Feminism, Freedom, Head of Household, Humanity, Law, Manhood, Marriage, Mass Media, Politics, Responsibility, Sex, Slavery, Television, The Final Authority, Women
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Go Stick A Pencil In Your Ear
When I was eighteen I knew nothing of this; I thought it was a man’s manly duty to serve his country. (Boy! Was I ever wrong!) Stick a pencil in your ear and rupture your eardrum. A small price to … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Civil Rights, CO, Coast Guard, Conscientious Objector, Department of Defense, DOD, Draft Dodgers, Eisenhower, History, Law, Military-Industrial Complex, Ministry, National Guard, NG, Peace Corps, Pencils, Politics, Presidential Pardon, Priest, Rabbi, Ruptured Eardrum, Selective Service System, SOL, SSS, Student Deferments, The Draft, The Lazy Man's Road to Riches, The Merchant Marine, The War Effort, U. S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, Women
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Romance
What is romance? I approach the concept as a subset or genre of books. Being a bit of a febrile non-fiction bibliophile I saw romance novels as a supreme waste of time. Such things as science fiction or fantasy rarely … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Bodice-Ripper, Books, Classic Literature, Comic Books, English, Fiction, Gone With The Wind, Graphic Novels, Johnny Preston, Novels, Paperback Books, Pepé Le Pew, Romance, Romeo and Juliet, Running Bear, Sex, Superheroes, The Gospels of Christ, Women, Writing
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