| My anecdotal evidence (granted, this is the weakest form of evidence) is in the form of a woman we will call "Jennifer".
At first glance, Jennifer may be the uber-woman. She's gorgeous. If you look up "blonde bomb-shell" in the dictionary, you'll see her picture. She's successful. She's in a degree-requiring industry. She has a desk job and runs her own company. At the age of 23, she won the equivalent of an oscar for her industry.
She also has a horrible streak.
I was speakinger to her (as she's a dear friend to someone I've known for a decade) about her work. She took great delight in explaining how she stole customers & ultimately bankrupted a woman who dared to underestimate Jennifer because Jennifer (at first glance) sounds completely brainless... just another pretty face with a chearleader voice. I need to stress how delighted Jennifer was about how she'd ruined this woman over what amounted to nothing more than (at worst) a slight insult. She felt empowered over this.
It was when I finally realized that feminism has potential for massive quantities of bullsh** and that some feminists really are just mean-spirited; they're looking to be the victim and the victimizer at the same time. |