With the ascension of men who think they are women in women's sports, the feminists' goals are being frustrated. Maybe there's a deeper reason for that. Our first assignment in State College English Composition was to write a summary review of a speech titled "Ain't I a Woman," by some obscure character from the Women's Suffrage movement in the 1800s named Sojourner Truth. It wasn't until later that I discovered that she was a pop culture icon in the feminist subculture and that my teacher exhibited overt feminazi tendencies. The exciting conclusion of Ms. Truth's oratory was:
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them. Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.
After reading the speech aloud, the teacher gushed about how powerful, eloquent, and persuasive Ms. Truth's delivery was. I replied, "That's quite possibly the worst argument I've ever heard in my life." Taken aback, she asked, "How could you possibly say such a thing?" .......Read more
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