This may not be totally relevant, but I thought I might share it anyway.
In my second year of University I got an assignment to explore the "gender equality" issue;
Naturally, the agenda which we *were* supposed to take was that women are still oppressed and are not yet *equal* in contrast with men.
...and naturally, I decided to explore different perspective. Somehow, during the research process and beer-inspired discussion with my flatmates, an idea for a sketch came up, and me and my friends decided to go for it (I did not intend to, or actually use it for the assignment. Purely for fun)
Setup: me and my "girlfriend" (an awesome french HB8-8,5 that I shared house with and got along really well) get into an argument in public on a busy Saturday afternoon. People give some glances, but generally ignore it. She slaps me, I look her in the eye not saying anything, she slaps me again, and I deliver back-handed smack back, proudly exclaiming to the crowd "It's alright, she's a feminist".
Hilarity ensues.
You know the moment when someone enters a bar, the music stops and everyone just stares silently? It was quite close to that.
The shock, horror and confusion on the faces of nearby people standing and staring at me was priceless (some girl was just standing with an O face, with a phone next to her head, not saying anything). For a few good seconds everything around us was just frozen, apart from one of my mates that was filming the ordeal with a concealed camera cracking a loud "Mwha".
It was an interesting mixed reaction from that. Women broke down in a shrieks of terror. More than half of the guys continued staring confused, a few jumped on me.
I've got a couple of punches and smacks from the crowd before my friends managed to intervene shouting "We're filming, it's fake, it's a setup, chill", although one fat self-proclaimed feminist kept furiously trying to smack me in the face; A larger crowd gathered. Someone also called the police;
I nearly got kicked out of university for this. Was told not to ever try anything like that again and that university does not support such behavior from it's students, even if it is a fictional portrayal. Was told not to share this video anywhere if any of us wants to continue our studies. My arguments about equality, the "critical thinking that university should foster" and freedom of expression fell on deaf ears. The lecturer on module dropped my grades considerably, and I was even called "Woman-hater" and "Mysogynist" by some local fattie feminists.
...what can I say, I personally thought the whole ordeal was quite funny, and showed just how ***** whipped the whole academia is.
I decided at the time that I should just do as told, and go with the flow because I wanted to graduate. Looking back to it, I regret it somewhat. That is the problem with most of the current male population - just suck it up, shut up, and let the feminized society dictate rules, because it is easier this way.
And we all know where this leads to, for all that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which starts bitter ends sweet.
I will actually see if I can get the video posted somewhere now that we're all out of university.
So, gentlemen, if you're in for fun - next time a girl slaps you, ask her "Pardon, are you a feminist?"; If she says yes - crack her a good one.
After all, we're all for equality.
