Femen: Tit-Flashing, Bigoted, Femi-Nazis

FEMEN, have made the 4 April Topless Jihad Day demanding the right of Tunisian Amina Tyler to flash her tits and not be forced to wear the hijab and demanding her immediate release.

Strangely enough, Amina Tyler isn’t in custody, she hasn’t been charged with any criminal offence, and contrary to the wishes of some reactionary fanatical Muslim clerics won’t be stoned or flogged, and she can even walk around Tunisia without wearing a headscarf. In fact, until it was illegal for a woman to wear a headscarf and it still is in Tunisian schools.  So what exactly are they protesting or are they just faith baiting?

All of FEMEN protests are topless, because like PETA, they “would rather go naked” than be ignored. They claim that they display their bodies to assert that they own them… as opposed to being are attention-seeking flashers. So it;s ironic that their main campaign is against women’s right to own their own bodies. They want to criminalise prostitution, which they bizarrely liken to fascism. It doesn’t occur to them that women sell sex through choice.

FEMEN has a more sinister side, they have threatened to track down and castrate ten French men acquitted of gang rape, which makes them the epitome of a Femi-Nazis. There idea of justice is cutting off a man balls and leaving him to bleed to death on nothing more than the accusing of rape. Although, I suspect that some of their activists would happily cut off a man’s ball just for having sex with a prostitute.

Legitimate Rape

American Congressman Todd Akin and British MP George Galloway have little in common politically but they have both recently sparked controversy with their comments on rape. Aiken’s comments on pregnancy through rape were mind-numbingly stupid and have rightly earned him ridicule,

“First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

But his comments were presumably unrehearsed, unlike George Galloway’s comments which were scripted and in my view far more repugnant:

“Woman A met Julian Assange, invited him back to her flat, gave him dinner, went to bed with him, had consensual sex with him. Claims that she woke up to him having sex with her again. This is something which can happen, you know.
I mean not everybody needs to be asked prior to each insertion. Some people believe that when you go to bed with somebody, take off your clothes, and have sex with them and then fall asleep, you’re already in the sex game with them.
It might be really bad manners not to have tapped her on the shoulder and said, “do you mind if I do it again?”. It might be really sordid and bad sexual etiquette, but whatever else it is, it is not rape or you bankrupt the term rape of all meaning.”

Galloway is just plain wrong: no man or woman can legally give consent to sex whilst he or she is asleep. The fact that Galloway can describe raping a woman while she is asleep as bad sexual etiquette says a lot about his character but where he does have a valid point is when he says that, “I don’t believe, from what we know the Director of Public Prosecutions would sanction a prosecution in Britain.” In fact, as far as I know, no such case has ever gone to trial in England. It’s absolutely the case that a woman has the right to fuck a man and sleep naked in his bed without being raped, fingered or licked in her sleep, but that doesn’t make it any easier to prosecute. The only chance she will have of securing a conviction is if she can prove she was asleep at the time — and quite frankly, short of cutting his cock off to signal her extreme displeasure, how in the hell is she going to do that?

The truth is that any woman who sleeps in a bed with a guy she doesn’t know or trust isn’t just putting herself at risk of rape, she’s also more than likely giving her rapist a free pass at court.

Mamma Mia! How Much is She Worth?

According to a survey by Salary.com, a division of a “human resources consultant” Kenexa, your mamma should be earning $115,000 per year for the work she does. Who did they ask — her sons?!! We all love our mamma and I strongly believe children benefit from having their motther at home, but common get a grip, a stay-at-home mom is worth nothing like that $115,000.

This ridiculous over-inflated salary was worked out by dividing a stay-at-home mom’s role into 10 professions: day care center teacher, CEO, psychologist, cook, housekeeper, laundry machine operator, computer operator, facilities manager, janitor and van driver; and then calculating how many hours they do in each of these roles. Apparently the people at Kenexa think that the average American mamma does almost 97 hours work a week, including 13.2 hours as a day-care teacher; 3.9 hours as household CEO; 7.6 hours as a psychologist; 14.1 hours as a cook; 15.4 as a housekeeper; 6.6 hours doing laundry; 9.5 hours as a computer operator; 10.7 hours as a facilities manager; 7.8 hours as a janitor and 7.8 hours driving. Which all goes to prove what we already knewabout HR consultants: they are complete morons!

Firstly, we can get rid of the roles of CEO and facilities manager because Mrs stay-at-home mom USA isn’t running a commercial company or leasing a property; she’s looking after the house, 2 kids and a pet dog. We can also get rid of the role of psychologist because she isn’t one, and the average American kid doesn’t need to see a psychologist, therapist, or counsellor. And as for computer operator — 9.5 hours checking email, social networking, and online shopping isn’t work. So that leaves day care center teacher, cook, housekeeper, laundry machine operator, janitor and van driver — okay anyone else notice the overlap here? Apparently American housekeepers don’t have any cooking, cleaning, or laundry duties.

Also how did they come of with 6.6 hours for laundry? Does the typical American housewife wash by hand and wring dry?!! Loading and unloading a washing machine takes a couple of minutes at the most and another couple of minutes to hang clothes out to dry or load and unload the spindryer, and 5 minutes ironing at the most. How about 14.1 hours a week cooking!!! That’s 2 hours a day to cater for a family of four. How many meals does the average American family eat? And unless I’m missing something a stay-at-home mom “stays-at-home”, so how the hell do they come up with 7.8 hours driving a week? Does the average American mom do her shopping out of state?

The truth is that a part-time nanny and part-time housekeeper could fill all the roles of a stay-at-home mom for well under $30k, and they wouldn’t get the car, clothing allowance, meals, or home either.

Taurus 856

Italian firearms law is complicated but essentially all citizens are allowed to possess 3 ”armi comuni da sparo” (common firearms), which are usually handguns, 6 “armi sportive” (sports firearms), 8 antique firearms designed before 1891, and an unlimited amount of ”armi da caccia” (hunting firearms),but we’re not allowed to own any “armi da guerra” (military firearms). All firearms in Italy are designated into those categories usually by calibre and in the case of sports firearms by purpose. What this means is that when I buy a new handgun I have to give up one of my existing firearms, or at least get it registered in someone else’s name.

Until last week my 3 common firearms were a Beretta Px4 storm, Beretta Px4 storm subcompact and Beretta 21 A Bobcat. I used to have a Beretta 8045 Mini Cougar which I had to give up, i.e. pass on to my sister, when I bought my. Px4 storm subcompact. After a lot of persuading from Rob, I decided to replace my Beretta 21 A Bobcat — or pussycat as Rob calls it — because it only fires 22LR rounds and just isn’t a manstopper. So last weekend I bought a replacement: the Taurus 856 .38 Special +P in Blue Stainless Steel. It’s apparently the gun issued to the Singapore Police Force, which is strange because most police forces issue semi-automatic pistols.

Taurus 856 .38 Special +P Steel

I chose to go with a revolver instead of another semi-automatic pistol because of I never fired a revolver and the .38 Special +P has nearly as much stopping power as a 9mm semi-auto and a lot more than a 22LR semi-auto. The Taurus 856 is 629 g (22.2 oz), 165mm (6.5″) in length, with a 51mm (2″) barrel.  Like the 21 A Bobcat it’s a DA/SA. It has a reasonably comfortable rubber gripped handle and it’s a 6-shooter. The 21A Bobcat 22LR only took 7 rounds although it was a much smaller gun. One of the reasons I chose the Taurus 856 is that I’m petite — 160cm (5′ 3″) and 49 kg (108 lbs) — and it’s supposed to have less recoil than some other snubnose revolvers but it still has more recoil than my Px4 Storm and a slower firing rate between rounds.

At $441 dollars it’s reasonably priced and is overall a much better defensive choice than the Beretta 21A Bobcat 22LR. Still, I don’t think I’ll be keeping it long: I’m a semi auto girl.

How Effective is Pepper Spray?

When I was a 21-year old Studentessa in Rome, living away from home I bought myself some OC (Oleoresin Capsicum) spray because I thought it would be an effective incapacitant and would cause instant temporary blindness and involuntary coughing and sneezing, and put down any potential rapist or mugger. But the reality is very different. Soldiers and police are trained to overcome the effects of OC  spray through sheer willpower. Here is a video of a female USMC recruit doing just that.

So as an incapacitant OC spray usually isn’t very effective, and it is also going to be very difficult to use in an attack. I can draw and shoot a firearm far more quickly and accurately than I can an OC cannister, which is too small and tricky to operate. And if that wasn’t bade enough I’ve got to get a direct hit in the face without catching any myself. So you might expect me to say that OC spray is a poor choice for personal defence but actually I think it’s a very good choice for a girl, as long as she understands it and has the right product.

FOX LAB MEAN GRREN

I sometimes carry Fox Lab MEAN GREEN, which is legal in Italy because it’s under 10% OC, and is probably the best OC spray on the market. It has a 6% concentration of 3 million SHU pepper resin. As Fox Lab point out a higher percentage of resin can delay reaction time, making the spray less effective. What makes an OC spray effective is the  Scoville Heat Units (SHU), because this causes intense burning pain. OC isn’t going to involuntarily shutdown an attacker, it’s the burning that will stop him. So the hotter the better.

But what makes Mean Green the best product on the market for me as a girl is that it’s also a green dye that will cover his face.

Mean Green Face

If someone tries to rape, mug, carjack or attack you, the pain will deter them but the green dye will identify them if you go to the police. Also if they were able to resist the spray, the fact that they were green and easily identifiable would also be a deterrent. A man has got no chance of claiming consensual sex if he’s been sprayed with OC and painted green by the girl.

Obviously, if a girl carries OC there is a risk that she might get sprayed herself, if she tries to use it to close to her attacker. So be sensible use it as soon as you feel threatened. I also carry Fox Labs Sudecon wipes in my purse, just in case I have a blonde moment and accidental spray myself. They’re designed to remove the spray and decrease decontamination time but they won’t stop you looking like Shrek.

I don’t think OC spray is an alternative to a firearm and knife but its an effective non-lethal addition, and if you can’t carry a gun or knife, then it’s a must.

Home Defence

The place we’re often at our most vulnerable is the place that we often feel safest: our home. We are all potentially at risk from attack or robbery from an intruder in our home. Actually this is a lot more common than people think. Few girls seem to realise that they are more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home, than by a stranger in the street, a car park or an elevator. Lots of other girls I talk to think they’re perfectly safe as long as they’ve got good locks on the doors and the guys tend to be even more blasé about home security. Apart from the fact that locked doors and windows aren’t much of an obstacle for most burglars. It’s unrealistic to think that we will lock every door and window. I know I don’t. I work from home a lot and when it’s a hot day, I’ll open up the balcony doors and my bedroom window for air, and I’ll often go on to my roof top.  How hard would it be for an intruder to break into my house when I’m alone? Not very.

So what can we do about home defence?

If you’re going to keep weapons for home defence, they need to be kept ready to use and where they’re immediately accessible. Each of us has 3 handguns. I have a Beretta Px4 storm, Beretta Px4 storm subcompact and Beretta 21 A Bobcat; Amica has a Glock 17, Glock 26, and Beretta Px4 storm subcompact; and Rob has Beretta Px4 storm SD, Beretta Px4 storm compact and Beretta 3032 Tomcat. So if Rob and Amica take their firearms to the range and leave me in the house alone (they do that they’re mean ) I’m down to 3 handguns. I keep my Beretta Px4 storm in a fixed place, where I know it will be if I need it and walk about with either the the Beretta Px4 storm subcompact or Beretta 21 A Bobcat.

Why do I do that? Because I might be on the roof or balcony, in my bedroom, taking a shower or relaxing in the bath when someone breaks in, and the intruder might be between me and my main handgun. So carrying a firearm or keeping one with me within reaching distance just makes sense. It’s no more difficult than carrying a mobile phone.

Rob and Amica do the same, although they usually both carry 2 handguns and several knives. Amica has 2 shotguns, 4 tactical folding knives and a decorative knuckle duster in her collection of weapons, and Rob has 3 shotguns, 14 tactical folding knives, 11 combat knives, 5 traditional Italian fighting knives, 3 machetes, 5 sticks, 4 maces,1 stun baton, and Christ knows what else in his weapon collection. But it never hurts to be prepared. We’ve also got a big mastino napoletano who guards the house at night.

One of Rob’s shotguns the Franchi SPAS-15 is designated for house protection, and never leaves the house unless he leaves his Benelli M4 Super 90 at home as a substitute. Why do we need a combat shotgun if we’ve got handguns? Good question, a shotgun has more stopping power and is hard to miss with even in the dark.

But where we’re most vulnerable is the the first point of entry into our homes: the front door. How many people get attacked on their doorstep or in their house by someone they’ve pissed off, like the angry ex-boyfriend or neighbour? I never answer the door to strangers when I’m home alone, and I’ll know if it’s a stranger because I have a concealed CCTV camera and an intercom at the door. But we’re also vulnerable to attack entering our homes. Rapists will often try to force their way into the house when a girl has just opened the door.

A Girl’s Right to Bear Arms

say hello to my little friend

Right to bare arms

Now that I’ve got your attention…

Martial arts are all very well but Lets get real, a 50kg girl isn’t going to wrestle a 100kg man to the ground and put him in an arm lock. Her theoretical right to defend herself is utterly meaningless if she’s deprived of the means of defending herself. A state that denies the right to bear arms is reinforcing the physical gender inequality between men and women. A girl is more likely to the victim of a random violent attack by a man than the other way around.

concealed carry

While there is nothing wrong in learning a martial art, when it comes to self-defence a girl can’t do better than a Beretta px4 storm subcompact, which she really can conceal in her knickers if she wants. Gun control i.e. legislation restricting gun ownership and the right to carry won’t reduce the number of guns carried on the streets illegally or gun crime, and it won’t even make guns harder for criminals to get hold of. All they will do is deny law-abiding citizens the right to bear arms for self-protection. It is as good as sanctioning rape, mugging and carjacking.

Size Matters… Obviously!!!

Time waster

When a girl tells a phallically challenged guy that size doesn’t matter, she’s LYING! Of  course size matters!!! Why else are 8 inch dildos more popular than 4 inch dildos?

The guys who believe that it’s the motion in the ocean, not the vessel in the sea, are kidding themselves. Technique only matters if he big enough for her to feel him and it’s a lot less important than size. A girl can get herself off riding a big fat dick, she can’t if it’s too small. You can’t screw anything with the wrong size screw driver.

Obviously, a guy with a small dick can still get a girl off if he is a finger demon or tongue wizard but frankly she could have better sex with a good vibrator or dildo. So why bother?

I wouldn’t get into a relationship with a guy with a small dick again. It really isn’t worth it.