Video of the week 1

Just to give myself some more to post on here, I'll put up a random video I like each week.  Starting with a Death Note amv:

(right click it and select watch on youtube, to see it in a larger size)

Wide World of Humanity: Episode 5

Wide World of Humanity: Episode 4

Wide World of Humanity: Episode 3

Christian Patriarchy Movement

“Daughters aren’t to be independent. They’re not to act outside the scope 
of their father. As long as they’re under the authority of their fathers, fathers have the ability to nullify or not the oaths and the vows. Daughters can’t just go out 
independently and say, ‘I’m going to marry whoever I want.’ No. The father has 
the ability to say, ‘No, I’m sorry, that has to be approved by me.’”

 http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/149022/creepy_christian_patriarchy_movement_shackles_daughters_to_their_fathers_and_homes?page=1

What the hell?  So this is apparently becoming a major thing among fundamentalist Christians.  Which, unfortunately make up a large portion of the US.

Now, I have nothing against being the submissive partner in a relationship.  If that's the role that fits you best and you enjoy it, by all means go for it.  Hell, I'll probably be the submissive partner in any relationship I get into.  But to simply tell your daughter from day one, that she is nothing but a servant is just plain fucked up.  To keep her stuck and completely dependent on others is ruining any potential she may have and just throwing away any talents that she may possess outside of the home.

Though of course people like this will argue that a woman that shows signs of ambition is simply being greedy.  And of course, an anti-family feminist.  From my point of view, if servitude equals traditional family, then you're damn right they should be anti-family.

A few other parts of the article I found interesting:

(“He leads her, woos her, and wins her with a tenderness and affection unique to the bonds of father and daughter.”)

Please tell me I'm not the only one that finds that creepy.

Elsewhere, they quote a document from the pro-patriarchy website Fathers for Life that states that the “prime purposes of feminism are to establish a lesbian-socialist republic and to dismantle the family unit,” echoing Pat Robertson’s notorious statement that feminism is a “socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians.”

I would love it if one of these people had a daughter that did turn out to be a lesbian, wiccan, socialist.  Just so I could laugh at them.