Comments on: Forget Those Toolkits, Ladies: He’s Broken http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/ A blog/community created for teenage girls who care about their rights as women and want to be heard. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: O'Phylia http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-3274 O'Phylia Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:02:51 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1297#comment-3274 I am so sick of people who tell women, or any one for that matter, that ALL females want a "bad boy." It furthers this stigma of wanting to treat their mate as a "project" and 1. putting up with stuff they don't deserve and 2. not loving the person for who they are. You can't change people. Simple as that. I am so sick of people who tell women, or any one for that matter, that ALL females want a “bad boy.” It furthers this stigma of wanting to treat their mate as a “project” and 1. putting up with stuff they don’t deserve and 2. not loving the person for who they are. You can’t change people. Simple as that.

]]> By: Deanna http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1131 Deanna Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:43:21 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1297#comment-1131 Yes! Do not EVEN get me started ranting about Sandi's transformation at the end of "Grease!" Arrgh! Yes! Do not EVEN get me started ranting about Sandi’s transformation at the end of “Grease!” Arrgh!

]]> By: Bonnie Rue http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Bonnie Rue Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:42:31 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1297#comment-1125 Ugh - I have never seen this show but I feel that the real answer to the Tool problem is to have higher standards for yourself. Girls, women, need to ask themselves what they really want in a partner. AND be HONEST with yourselves because in the end, that is what you want. A partner, not a project. Find yourself a friend who shares your interests & respects you. He will not act like a tool if he wants your respect in return. So - stop polishing turds ladies! We all deserve more! Great post ;) Ugh – I have never seen this show but I feel that the real answer to the Tool problem is to have higher standards for yourself. Girls, women, need to ask themselves what they really want in a partner. AND be HONEST with yourselves because in the end, that is what you want. A partner, not a project. Find yourself a friend who shares your interests & respects you. He will not act like a tool if he wants your respect in return. So – stop polishing turds ladies! We all deserve more!

Great post ;)

]]> By: Reye Garvir http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Reye Garvir Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:24:05 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1297#comment-1123 It's scary how this post relates so much to what I'm working on right now: A novel set only forty years in the future, where women's rights have been taken back in America, leaving women and even young teenage girls to act pretty much like the "submissive wife" you described in this article. Actually, that's how I found the F-Bomb; I was doing research for the book and needed feminist ideas. This is my first comment here but I've read some of your other posts and have to say, you really know your stuff. :-D I'm not a major feminist myself--not the kind that gets involved with society, anyway--but I find myself agreeing with about 99.987% of everything you have to say. I'll definitely have to bookmark this for later! (Oh, and my reality-show-obsessed little brother loves "Tool Academy". I'm starting to wonder why that is...) It’s scary how this post relates so much to what I’m working on right now: A novel set only forty years in the future, where women’s rights have been taken back in America, leaving women and even young teenage girls to act pretty much like the “submissive wife” you described in this article. Actually, that’s how I found the F-Bomb; I was doing research for the book and needed feminist ideas.

This is my first comment here but I’ve read some of your other posts and have to say, you really know your stuff. :-D I’m not a major feminist myself–not the kind that gets involved with society, anyway–but I find myself agreeing with about 99.987% of everything you have to say. I’ll definitely have to bookmark this for later!

(Oh, and my reality-show-obsessed little brother loves “Tool Academy”. I’m starting to wonder why that is…)

]]> By: Maria D http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Maria D Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:51:44 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1297#comment-1122 God, I WISH I had known about this site when I was taking my Womens Studies class this summer. As it is, I've found it now and can pass it on to my best friend who is dating a tool of grand proportion. No one knows why she's still dating him since he makes her so unhappy. The only thing we can fathom is that she's looking for someone to take care of her, regardless of how poor that care is. God, I WISH I had known about this site when I was taking my Womens Studies class this summer. As it is, I’ve found it now and can pass it on to my best friend who is dating a tool of grand proportion. No one knows why she’s still dating him since he makes her so unhappy. The only thing we can fathom is that she’s looking for someone to take care of her, regardless of how poor that care is.

]]> By: Ken Kendall http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1118 Ken Kendall Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:53:07 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1297#comment-1118 Hi to all the fbombers. I have had many of you link over to my new blog http://whatsheneedsfromyou.wordpress.com and I really appreciate it. I would love to hear what all of you think of what I am saying. Does it conflict with feminism. Would you like men like I am suggesting men to act. Thanks in advance for any feedback. Hi to all the fbombers. I have had many of you link over to my new blog

http://whatsheneedsfromyou.wordpress.com

and I really appreciate it. I would love to hear what all of you think of what I am saying. Does it conflict with feminism. Would you like men like I am suggesting men to act.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

]]> By: Zoe http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 Zoe Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:16:03 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1297#comment-1109 Usually I have no interest in following reality tv shows. But this was one that me and my roommate actually got into watching and following. Why did we watch it? Because it's the most fucking ridiculous thing we'd ever seen. Douchebags galore and girls who think it's worth going on a reality show to "cure" them. I've got advice, girls. Give it the fuck up and leave their gross asses. I've never understood how girls will put up with this much shit. I refuse. As comforting as relationships might feel, these aren't worth it. Usually I have no interest in following reality tv shows. But this was one that me and my roommate actually got into watching and following. Why did we watch it? Because it’s the most fucking ridiculous thing we’d ever seen. Douchebags galore and girls who think it’s worth going on a reality show to “cure” them. I’ve got advice, girls. Give it the fuck up and leave their gross asses. I’ve never understood how girls will put up with this much shit. I refuse. As comforting as relationships might feel, these aren’t worth it.

]]> By: K8 AH http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 K8 AH Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:22:46 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1297#comment-1108 I LOVE my Feminist Husband! I LOVE my Feminist Husband!

]]> By: BeckaW http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 BeckaW Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:12:45 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1297#comment-1105 Shannon - augh! Thanks for pointing that out! It was the most clear/large enough to read version I could find, but for those of you who don't want to visit that website; here's a smaller version on wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goodwifeguide.jpg Sorry about that guys! -Becka Shannon – augh! Thanks for pointing that out! It was the most clear/large enough to read version I could find, but for those of you who don’t want to visit that website; here’s a smaller version on wikipedia -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goodwifeguide.jpg

Sorry about that guys!

-Becka

]]> By: Julie Z http://thefbomb.org/2009/09/forget-those-toolkits-ladies-hes-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 Julie Z Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:56:06 +0000 http://thefbomb.org/?p=1297#comment-1104 @Shannon thanks for pointing that out! I should have looked more closely at the site when editing this. I think this was just the best copy of the Guide Becka found. I'm going to try to look for another one - if anybody finds one please let me know! @Shannon
thanks for pointing that out! I should have looked more closely at the site when editing this. I think this was just the best copy of the Guide Becka found. I’m going to try to look for another one – if anybody finds one please let me know!

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