RE: My misogyny
September 8, 2013 at 3:06 pm
(This post was last modified: September 8, 2013 at 3:45 pm by Faith No More.)
(September 8, 2013 at 1:34 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Since when did Misogyny become a condition? Not every little trait is a condition that roots back to your mother. Imagine if your condition is being a racist. Fuck that noise.
I came up with an idea for a book that took place in the future where everyone lived in a society that had learned much of the underlying, psychological causes behind behaviors, and as a consequence of that, anti-social and criminal behaviors were excused. The idea came to me because I believe we are in danger of lessening the role of personal responsibility. Of course, it is something I struggle with, because as I get older, I lean more and more towards determinism.
I think this is a case where judgement should be withheld until we understand the extent of his upbringing. I could see there being a severe enough circumstance that could lead to extreme misogyny that would be more of result of attempting to cope, but it very well could be that his upbringing doesn't justify it. If he really is in therapy for it, I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt, because it indicates a desire to change.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell