"The reactionaries' hope is that (...) the sheep-like people will allow themselves to be led astray from century to century. This eternal back-and-forth, which shows us in the past the series of partially aborted revolutions, the endless labor of generations succeeding one another in toil, constantly rolling away the rock that crushes them, this irony of fate that shows captives breaking their chains only to be shod again, all this is the cause of great moral unrest." (Page 60 of "L'évolution, la révolution et l'ideal anarchique" By Elisée Reclus. Available on the Internet Archive".
This quote pretty much sums up women's behavior as a collective. A portion of women fight for their "rights", only to give them up a few generations later...
Never forget that if women have been "oppressed" for thousands of years now (I do not think we can really talk about "oppression", I will explain why), it is because they were complicit in their degredation and made sure to preserve the institutions which kept them enslaved. A good example is Anne-Josèphe Théroigne, a French Revolutionary, who said : "It is time for women, strong in their shameful nullity, where ignorance, (...) and injustice kept them enslaved for a long time, to stand up for their rights." Quite bold, right ? Well guess what : random Jacobine women inflicted what was called the "Republican Spanking" on her. Théroigne was stripped naked and publicly spanked ("lynched" would be more accurate). Here was a woman who wanted to set women free, yet she got lynched by her OWN kind.
This proves Madeleine Pelletier's quote : "Woman loves her servitude." Women, as a whole, are stuck in an endless loop of semi-freedom and slavery.
They taste freedom, only for them to realize that it is not what they want and that they actually prefer to be beneath a man, as this allows them to have no self-accountability. This is perfect, as they can blame everything on males without any consequences. They also proudly continue to birth the very beings they complain about all day.
NEVER forget that NOT ALL women were oppressed, only those who made the choice to marry a male were (which was the majority, obviously). Please, never forget that fact. It is crucial as it will allow you to understand that "oppression" and freedom are both choices to make. You either chose one or the other based on your actions. The law of coverture is a perfect illustration of this :
Whereas the unmarried woman, or feme sole, retained the right to own property and make contracts in her own name... It is not a coincidence if the "women" (I will explain why I put it in quotations) who more often had many inventions and were geniuses were either celibate or lesbian.
They chose celibacy and thus, FREEDOM. The reason why I put the word "woman" in quotations when talking about celibate or asexual "women", or lesbians, is because these individuals are not "women" per se. Indeed, as Monique Wittig said : "What makes a woman is a particular social relationship to a man, […] a relationship that lesbians [or celibate females] escape by refusing to become or remain heterosexual" (The Straight Mind). I thus understand and support the "women" who consider themselves to be non-binary because they do not subscribe to the social expectations of "being a woman" (i.e having sex with a man and having his children, let's be real). It is also the reason why St Paul said the following :
You either choose slavery (sex, lust) or you choose God (the Sacred Light within yourself). Years ago, I would have considered that quote to be stupid, now I fully understand it.
Finally, I want everyone to understand that, as fucked up as this statement is : every misogynistic institution of the past was created for a reason ! Every misogynistic statement from philosophers or writers did not come out of the blue. They saw how the "class" of women was behaving, so how could they not draw the conclusion they drew ? Women of today are no more intelligent than their ancestors, they are actually perpetuating their misery. Women of the past married and had kids, yet 'modern' women still choose men above everything else. I still see women getting played by men, I still see women hating and destroying each other because of sexual competition, I still see women proudly inferiorizing themselves to appease their husband, I still see women grooming girls and other women into thinking that heterosexuality is the right way to live, I still see women being the main adherents of patriarchal religions, I still see women proudly asserting that they like being submissive to their men, I still see women letting their kids being abused by their partner, I still hear women saying that they cannot live without having sex with males, I still see women policing other women (even in feminist and 'sisterhood' spaces), I still see women getting turned on by master/slave relationship dynamics, I still see women treating each other as placeholders until the 'right' man comes along, I still see women proudly sexualizing themselves and calling it "empowerment"... I could go on for HOURS, it just never stops.
It is not men who are brainwashing women to become submissive and subservient to them, it is OTHER WOMEN. For instance, 'The Good Wife's Guide' was written by Darlene Schacht, where she encourages women to joyfully serve their families. There are plenty of books written by women telling other women how to be 'happy' slaves. Women, as a collective, DESERVE their second class citizenship because that is what they subconsciously desire at the end of the day.
The only thing to remember from what I wrote is that simple fact : women, as a collective, will ALWAYS prioritize sexual gratification and male validation over ANYTHING ELSE. Their health, their sanity, their well-being, their career, their friends, their identity, their hobbies, their family, anything else is secondary next to male validation. Acknowledging that fact is NOT misogyny, it is simply common sense. If you are intelligent, realize that the average woman is NOT your friend and that she could ditch you in a heartbeat over the dumbest thing. But this realization should not sadden you, it should only make you realize that you are part of a different breed of highly intelligent Beings, an Elite. Realize that if you are TRULY different from other women, none of the misogynistic things that were or are said applies to you. Women have built their own cage and perpetuate their own oppression, men have NEVER been responsible for women's choices, despite what the average individual wants you to believe.
I will end with this Elisée Reclus quote : "To place upon others the responsibility for one’s own conduct means to be lacking in valor."
