Posted on 05/19/2015 7:40:54 AM PDT by rickmichaels
Top feminist academics that have respectable diverse doctorates from medieval art to 6th century English to Women’s Studies gathered at the University of Toronto meeting center to discuss if human flatulence could be sexist.
Ashleigh Ingle, a proud feminist and an anarchist, argued that because of patriarchal gender norms women were not allowed to release gas in public because of men’s unreal expectations of women to be clean and feminine. Furthermore she articulated that if a woman was to fart in the presence of a man and the man responded by farting louder than the woman, then that would be rape.
“By farting louder the man is using passive aggressive violence to position himself as dominant. This intimidates the woman to subconsciously not release as much flatulence and thus the woman fearing for her safety doesn't fart as loud as a sign of submissiveness. This in turn contributes to rape culture and women being oppressed.”
The discussion boiled down to women’s bodies once again being controlled by society and women being told what to do.
Local activist Steph Guthrie, a feminist advocate and community organizer who specialises in social media and interactive events, proposed an online campaign to tackle this misogyny that “keeps women down and trapped in their own bodies. I just find it horrific that the patriarchy has been controlling women’s flatulence this whole time and we have just realised this now. It is time for feminists worldwide to re-educate women on how they are being discriminated against."
Guthrie’s Twitter hashtag #FartRape has started to trend as women are taking control of their own bodies by naming and shaming men guilty of fart rape. Guthrie hopes the guilty men will be identified and then their workplace will be called up and their employer will be notified the type of person they are harboring in the workplace.
But Ingle argues that it simply isn't enough. “Don't tell women to fart louder. Tell men not to fart so loud. This is clear victim-blaming and government should pass laws to make male farts above a certain decibel illegal to make human flatulence equal and not discriminate against women."
Science advocates have argued that because of sexual dimorphism, men are larger, need a higher protein intake and thus can relieve more flatulence, but the speakers at the conference were adamant that it was a socially constructed gender norm that oppressed women to the point that they physically do not release equal amounts of gas as men.
SBD = Silent, but deadly.
I give zero thought to dominating and repressing women. These feminists spend their entire lives fighting me, yet I appear to be winning.
Wouldn’t this quantify me as naturally superior?
I have heard it the other way...not sure that it is the other way....if a man farts in the presence of a woman, it is sexual harrassment.
I don’t know that any court has agreed but the claim (by a Human Resources Officer) has been made.
A dutch oven can be.
Okay, who wants some chili?
An anarchist arguing for a law against farting.
Who’d she sleep with to get that sheepskin?
I farted rather loudly at a dinner party once. The gentleman across from me said “How dare you fart before my wife” I said “Gee, I didn’t know we were taking turns”.
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#fartrape while #manspreading should be a crime punishable by castration!
Well, it is true that women are pressured to not fart loudly, but in my experience what this has done is to cause women to quietly mine elevators, empty offices, closets, changing rooms, squishy chair cushions, and what have you. There is considerable merit in learning how to meet societal challenges by becoming stealthier and better able to think a couple of steps ahead. It is my solemn hope that these academics will turn away from the path of denying young women the country over this avenue for personal growth and entertainment ;)
I went to a dinner at my GF’s house to meet her parents YEARS ago. I was nervous and during dinner her dog, Fluffy came up to me and was begging for food. I had to fart so bad, I kinda raised up on one cheek and let it go. The mother said “Fluffy!” I thought Thank you God! They think the mutt did it. A little while later I let another go and Ma said “Fluffy! Get over here!!” Before dinner was over I really let one go and the mother said “Fluffy! Get over here before he shits on you!!!”
This is all fables and nonsense. The actual fact is, a hygienically astute man’s bottom is far cleaner than a hygienically astute woman’s bottom. The whole point of the false male female fart dichotomy is to give the ladies a way out of the very real and awkward hygiene dichotomy.
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