Hideous print. Stupid ass name.

I’m an Anglo-Saxonist (and actually used to be active on Jezebel a few years ago, hi to those of you who are still here), and obviously have been following this since Frantzen’s blog post first came to light. Also obviously I have Feelings and Thoughts about Frantzen, mostly involving him walking around with a…

Hey dude. Fellow privilege haver here. As the kids say, let’s rap.

I’m both unsurprised and filled with rage over the misogyny that continues in the field of Medieval Studies. I’m sorry that this is the first exposure I’ve seen my field get in a while. I’m baffled that the ideas of a “feminist conspiracy” and “forced female dominance” have become so normalized in today’s society to…

Not to mention how the MRA view women as passive targets. If these fellas weren’t so self-centered, they might find out just how much effort women have to make just to get with a man they like. How much worry they go through before they even give it a shot. If it looks easy to you, it’s because you treat her like an…

Frantzen’s ire seems to revolve around what he feels is an atmosphere of “compulsory feminism” in academia.

In elaborating on the virtues of being/pitfalls of not being a GYB (grab your balls) Man, Franzen wrote:

OF COURSE privilege does not negate the humanity of white, cis men. NO ONE is saying it does. I’m married to one for fucks sake (just like many of the feminists in these parts). What are you even on about? Modern feminism already acknowledges that the patriarchy negatively affects men too, you’re conjuring a straw man…

Right?? I’m not withholding sex from you in the hopes you will come around to my way of thinking. I just don’t want to have sex with jerks.

What baffles me is why a gay man is telling straight men that not being nice to women is a good way to have sex with them. How would he know?

But... what about MEN’S feelings?

A profound sense of entitlement to all sorts of things is pretty much what defines this crowd. Sex may be #1 on the list, but it extends well beyond that.

I’m always baffled how MRAs view sex as something women control for nefarious purposes, like it’s a physical shiny toy we’re holding just out of their reach. We aren’t hiding something that rightfully belongs to humanity in general; we simply want to control our own bodies.

As a post-doc I started staying late in the lab, so the PI couldn’t get his female grad students alone and openly harass or threaten them as easily. One evening, I got so sick of his flirting and leering at a grad student, that when he tried to walk her home, I offered to break his f’ing legs if he didn’t go home to…

The lead is Jewish, the romantic lead is Filipino, her rival is Latina and her friend/neighbor is South Asian.

I know that you’re trolling, but....As a woman in STEM, I would still be one of those ladies saying science (academia) is sexist and that STEM is a boy’s club.

Honestly, I think it’s because as a female you are worried you’ll be judged if you don’t show up. Dudes just take for granted that they can stay home when they are sick, their kid is sick, or it’s dangerous to travel.

Anyone in any STEM field who says there isn’t a problem with sexism, harassment, and even open misogyny is either part of the problem, an ostrich, or simply a liar. It’s absolutely pervasive. You can start an impassioned argument by asking a group of engineers whether MRAs outnumber feminists in any particular field.

Science agrees: