It goes without saying that I am a feminist. Women are, of course, superior to men. That goes without saying.

Yet some very public feminists who would speak for all women often make Me uncomfortable. Because underneath much of their “feminist” rhetoric is the unspoken notion that women are somehow weaker than men, and that they need special legal and social “protections” from both words and deeds.

The recent controversy surrounding Herman Cain have brought this irony into sharp focus.

Your and Mine… political feelings about Cain aside, the allegations against him raise some troubling issues as to just how weak many feminists consider women to actually be.

Here are some noteworthy observations on the whole affair by author and academic Katie Roiphe, as taken from the op-ed page of a recent edition of The New York Times.

First, she takes on the very troubling definition of “sexual harassment” itself.

. . . sexual harassment includes both demanding sex in exchange for a job or a comment about someone’s dress. The words used in workshops — “uncomfortable,” “inappropriate,” “hostile” — are vague, subjective, slippery. Feminists and liberal pundits say, with some indignation, that they are not talking about dirty jokes or misguided compliments when they talk about sexual harassment, but, in fact, they are: sexual harassment, as they’ve defined it, encompasses a wide and colorful spectrum of behaviors.

Roiphe adds a personal note pointing out the absurdity of want amounts to a gender “thought police.”

. . .when I was at Princeton in the ’90s, the guidelines distributed to students about sexual harassment stated, “sexual harassment may result from a conscious or unconscious action, and can be subtle or blatant.” It is, of course, notoriously hard to control one’s unconscious, and one can behave quite hideously in one’s dreams, but that did not deter the determined scolds.

She notes this issue has been explored earlier—much earlier.

In her brilliant and enduring critique of the women’s movement in 1972, Joan Didion wrote that certain strains of feminism were based on the idea of women as “creatures too ‘tender’ for the abrasiveness of daily life, too fragile for the streets… too ‘sensitive’ for the difficulties and ambiguities of adult life.”

That women are much tougher than some feminists would allow, Roiphe has no doubts.

And, in fact, the majority of women in the workplace are not tender creatures and are largely adept at dealing with all varieties of uncomfortable or hostile situations. Show me a smart, competent young professional woman who is utterly derailed by a verbal unwanted sexual advance or an inappropriate comment about her appearance, and I will show you a rare spotted owl.

And finally, she says,

Codes of sexual harassment imagine an entirely symmetrical universe, where people are never outrageous, rude, awkward, excessive or confused, where sexual interest is always absent or reciprocated, in other words a universe that does not entirely resemble our own. We don’t legislate against meanness, or power struggles, or political maneuvering, or manipulation in offices, and how could we? So should we be legislating against rogue flirtations, the floating out of invitations?

Obviously there is a line, which if the allegations against Mr. Cain are true, he has crossed, but there are many behaviors loosely included under the creative, capacious rubric of sexual harassment that do not cross that line.

I think it is a fine line indeed and I agree with Roiphe. There are “some”  modern feminists who—in the interests of an impossible to achieve degree of political correctness—would take much of the spice from life.

How about you? Agree or disagree?

Katie Roiphe is a professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University.

*  Happy Thanksgiving My ever-increasingly thankful, thrilled thrall,

*  As you’re being hedonistically hypnotized a cleverly conveyed countDown may be entrancingly employed to soothingly slide you deeper and deeper into soothingly soporific enchantments. 

And when it’s tantalizing time for you to be alluringly awakened, a spellbinding counting UP sequence is one wonderful way to gently guide you successfully back into your even more conscious state of being.

*  As nice as these count ups and counting downs are, I’m suggesting that you also do some counting of another kind. 

There’s a song I’ve sometimes heard around Thanksgiving time which has this line in its chorus:

|  “COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS NAME THEM ONE BY ONE.”

I am convinced this is a magnificent idea!  For Me I’ve found that it brightens My mood, raises My spirits, peps Me up, and so much more whenever I take some time out from whatever is going on around Me to take stock of:

|   The good things in My life (for instance, My majestic dog).

|  The great things in the lives of those I love [E.G., when someone I care for has a fantastic experience].

|  The miracles that are available to all of us {for instance, reveling in  nature’s wonders}.

*  The more I count the blessings that are all over the place, the more I realize I have so much more to be thankful for.  And a blessing can be anything from listening to the pitter pat of the rain while we’re inside all warm and snuggly to watching a lovely bird fly overhead, to our senses feasting upon some of our favorite foods, etc. 

I strongly believe the list of life’s blessings is even infinite.

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*  I hope you’ll let Me know what transpires with you because you’re deliciously devoting yourself to COUNTING YOUR BLESSINGS AND NAMING THEM ONE BY ONE.

*  WondorDomme Goddess Marquesa AKA Lady Krystal Mesmer wishes you a happy Thanksgiving wherever you dwell 🙂

Which is worse? Spring forward or Fall back?

Now that we have had a few weeks or more…without daylight savings time, I wonder how many of you have really gotten over the change?

For most people, it is harder than they think . . . in both body and mind.

Since the seasons revolve around Your Goddess, this is no issue for me. 😉

But for the rest of you, I have enclosed some expert advice that will have all you back on your knees, hale, healthy and at My service once more . . .

Dr. John Sharp, a psychiatrist and neuropsychiatrist at Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and author of The Emotional Calendar, said that seasonal changes can greatly affect the public’s outlook and mood.

“The fallback hour adjustment is something that causes much more destruction than people give credit for,” Sharp said. “It’s not just an extra hour of sleep, it’s more of a fast-forward into winter.”

Sharp said that even though the time change is only an hour, it can really cause people to not feel their best and give them a feeling of jet lag.

“It can cause a sort of circadian misalignment that can take two to three weeks to fully adjust to,” he said.

With days getting darker earlier, Sharp suggests making a to-do list for activities after work ahead of time.

“Any plans you have for running errands or going to the gym after work require much more effort and determination. It’s much better to plan more carefully and not just rely on how you feel, especially when it is dark out,” he said. “Figure it out in advance and stick with the plan.”

NOTE – Dark out at 5…..  really sucks  unless you have bad skin and live for the night.  Oh the good old days when I lived for both the early morning and the night.  And the afternoon and dusk and twilight….Sigh…

In addition, Sharp says in the weeks after Daylight Saving, some may feel like they have a bigger appetite.

“Eating more during this time is not the answer. People need to stay on an eating schedule and keep up healthy habits,” he said.

NOTE – sharp is not an Italian name is it?

However, Sharp said there are ways to better acclimate yourself to the time change.

If you are having trouble sleeping, he suggests taking some melatonin in the evening.

NOTE – Any idead here are welcome!  :)))

Feeling lethargic during the day…. Sharp said there is nothing wrong with adding an extra caffeinated beverage during your day.

“It’s OK to give yourself a little boost in this adjustment,” he said.

NOTE – Hmmm…sluggo sharp shit, dont talk starbucks to Moi….My personal fav is the Classic Red Bull sugar free or double strength Rock Star (sugar free of course!)  I just love those chemicals in calorie free carbonated drinks!  They really make Me feel powerful!

One sure way to better adjust to the time change is to start going to bed 15 minutes earlier starting four days before Daylight Saving, adding an additional 15 minutes each night.

NOTE – Not a bad idea sharpie.  I’ll try that…next year.

“By the time you are facing the time change, you will be better prepared. Anybody can re-set their internal clock by 15 minutes a night,” he said.

A word to the wise? Sharp warns that just because it gets dark earlier doesn’t mean it is OK to start happy hour earlier – or Daylight Saving could leave you with a hangover.

NOTE – Screw you sharpo  Happy Hour is any hour I damn well chose!  So suck it up or down boys and lets party in Marquesa’s playpen of punishment and passion! 

Oh Myyyyy… that Mommy Mia, she shows up at the most incontinent..I mean inconvenient times!  🙂

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