The comments upon self-identified feminist blogs tend to follow a typical pattern. In fact, any blog post that identifies the routine sexism of Western civilization seems likely to generate the same pattern of responses.
As a public service, the Irony Mine has extracted nuggets of raw ore, refined them, and molded them into this, The Universal Feminist Blog Comment Template (version 1.0):
Attention Blogger:
- I am female. Your post describes my experience also. Thanks.
- I am male. I feel threatened by your words.
- I am male. I feel extremely threatened by your words.
- I am male. I don't get it.
- I am male. I don't get it, but I do feel threatened.
- I am male. Won't you please say something nice about men?
- I am male. I command you to say something nice about men.
- I am male. If you don't say something nice about men, I may stop reading your blog.
- I am male. If you don't say something nice about men, I may stop reading your blog. I really mean it!
- I am male. If you don't say something nice about men, I definitely will stop reading your blog. Ha! So there! See if I don't!
- I am male. Have you acknowledged my superior intellect yet?
- How about now?
- I wish to debate with you about something you've written.
- I wish to debate with you about something I assume you've written.
- I wish to debate with you about something I assume you believe.
- I wish to debate with you about something I believe.
- I wish to debate with you about how smart I am. Feel my rhetorical wrath!
- I wish to debate with you about ... anything! I just like to debate. Call me Mr. Devil's Advocate.
- Spam, spam, spam, spam...
Presented as a public service to the Internet community, under a Creative Commons License. If you copy, please credit the source. Speaking of credit,
The Universal Feminist Blog Comment Template was inspired largely by the comments at
Thus Spake Zuska.
For external use only. Safe when used as directed. Your mileage may vary. Not a significant source of ferric oxide.
