For Brown, like fellow feminists and Titanic passengers, Helen Churchill Candee and Edith Chibnall Bowerman and her daughter, Elsie – owed her life to the chivalry of the men who, according to the perceived law of the sea, put women and children first.
And did they show gratitude?
They're women. What do you think?
This tradition – established when HMS Birkenhead ran aground in 1852 and rigidly enforced on The Titanic – meant more than 70 per cent of the women on board survived, compared to just 20 per cent of the men;
And their gratitude for men doing this, and fighting in wars for them for many years to follow...nil.
Within days of the sinking, the poem Enough Said by Clark McAdams appeared in the St Louis Post-Dispatch. Juxtaposing the lines “Votes for Women Was The Cry” and “Boats for Women Was The Cry”, he implied that when in crisis, women were happy to be treated as the more vulnerable sex.
Correct. They're quite happy to pretend they don't hate you when it serves them. You'll see that when the economy collapses and they start trying to get their claws into anyone with tangible assets. I wonder how long I could string them along before dumping them out on their asses and reminding them of what they always have been.
Be strong and independent when civilization falls, for this is what revenge for the many, many harms you have perpetuated is going to be like on the receiving end.
Some suffragettes, including Sylvia Pankhurst, of the militant Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), showed scant regard for the sensitivities of the occasion, asserting that – as “women and children first” was the “universal” rule – the men’s actions were not “chivalrous”, and insisting their sacrifices did nothing to offset the shoddy way women were treated in everyday life.
Yes of course. Being forced to die for you is what they wanted.
I'm going to cut to the end, to show a minor victory for men.
When the Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Italy, stories of men pushing past women prompted comments such as “Chivalry is dead: Feminism killed it.”
This is true. We finally realized that we don't have to die for people who value our lives as lower than their own.
Remember that if you're ever in a crisis situation. Unless it's your family, you have zero interest in their survival. Protect yourselves, because if the shoe was on the other foot, they'd not only let you die, but claim you deserved it.
People say you only live once to justify many stupid things, but it fits best here. You only get one life, don't waste it being a fucking simp.
Some suffragettes, including Sylvia Pankhurst, of the militant Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), showed scant regard for the sensitivities of the occasion, asserting that – as “women and children first” was the “universal” rule – the men’s actions were not “chivalrous”, and insisting their sacrifices did nothing to offset the shoddy way women were treated in everyday life.
This is really the problem, if a man says he's going to do something, there's plenty of room for skepticism. Put "women" in there and they're suddenly shocked when women with power behave the same way the worst men with power do.
And did they show gratitude?
They're women. What do you think?
And their gratitude for men doing this, and fighting in wars for them for many years to follow...nil.
Correct. They're quite happy to pretend they don't hate you when it serves them. You'll see that when the economy collapses and they start trying to get their claws into anyone with tangible assets. I wonder how long I could string them along before dumping them out on their asses and reminding them of what they always have been.
Be strong and independent when civilization falls, for this is what revenge for the many, many harms you have perpetuated is going to be like on the receiving end.
Yes of course. Being forced to die for you is what they wanted.
I'm going to cut to the end, to show a minor victory for men.
This is true. We finally realized that we don't have to die for people who value our lives as lower than their own.
Remember that if you're ever in a crisis situation. Unless it's your family, you have zero interest in their survival. Protect yourselves, because if the shoe was on the other foot, they'd not only let you die, but claim you deserved it.
People say you only live once to justify many stupid things, but it fits best here. You only get one life, don't waste it being a fucking simp.
We are the male population you couldn't reduce.
This is really the problem, if a man says he's going to do something, there's plenty of room for skepticism. Put "women" in there and they're suddenly shocked when women with power behave the same way the worst men with power do.