How to cure a feminist, maxim magazine

**nickb275** · 19th-February-2011

How To: Cure a Feminist

Turn an unshaven, militant, protesting vegan into an actual girl!

1. WIN HER OVER
A feminist is just like any other woman: She won’t give you the time of day if you don’t know how to approach her. To prove you’re not part of the dreaded penisocracy, pretend to share her beliefs. But hide your lack of actual knowledge of feminist issues and show her how much you value her opinion by asking intelligent questions: “What must women do to earn equal pay for equal work?” or “Has Gloria Steinem’s marriage hurt the feminist agenda?” or “Did you see Cagney & Lacey on Lifetime last night?”

2. OPEN HER EYES
Don’t just wait for her to think differently—give her some options. Begin by discussing “lipstick” feminism, which is far more moderate than the combat-boot variety. “She can be a girly-girl and still be a feminist,” explains Jennifer Baumgardner, coauthor of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future. “There’s no need to eschew things like shopping, makeup, or boyfriends.” Don’t think she’s ready for a Maxim subscription just yet? Sign her up for Bust, a feminist-lite mag that says women can be independent, strong, and relatively hairless.

3. TREAT HER RIGHTcure a feminist.jpg
Once a relationship is established, you should treat a feminist just like you’d treat any other girl you’re interested in, Baumgardner advises. As long as you’re not overbearing, she won’t object to your opening the occasional door or picking up a check. Next, unlock her repressed Malibu Barbie fantasies and buy her a tight tank top with FEMINIST printed on the chest from outspokenclothing.com. Tell her she looks great—but try to avoid phrases like “bodacious ta-tas.”

4. SHIFT HER FOCUS
To preserve any chance of getting your chin buttered, you’ll have to reshizzle her feminist-tinged interests so you can actually spend time with her. “Focus on the things you have in common,” suggests Michele Weiner-Davis, author of The Sex-Starved Marriage. She likes pro softball? Take her to a major-league game. She’s a staunch environmentalist? Go camping. She supports a woman’s right to reject the outdated mores of our male-dominated society? Tell her to get closer to your mike.

**trcy1066** · 19th-February-2011

Unless a man actually believes in the goals of feminists, why the hell would you want to date one?!

**Douglas** · 19th-February-2011

I'm all for curing feminism and so number 1, "win her over" makes general sense. There's even something to be said for the little-bit-at-a-time approach of first aiming for milder views before going on to sort out her mind and cure feminism completely. But then it starts suggesting that men BUY HER feminist magazines? What the hell for? Half-cure her and tell her to buy the half-way feminist magazine. You never buy a feminist anything until they renounce feminism, accept that equality doesn't work, then go on to consciously request special treatment for the special treatment they start showing themselves.

As for dating one, like Tracy says, when hell for? I mean, I'd go a long way to help cure the world of feminism but I couldn't stoop to dating a feminist even for the cause of men!

**dad_savage** · 20th-February-2011

Unless a man actually believes in the goals of feminists, why the hell would you want to date one?!

Some men are pathetic. This article is pathetic. If you want to change someone’s views engage them with honesty. Don't act like a pathetic coward, and if you dislike the core principle by which a person lives their life you've got no damn business wanting a sexual relationship with them. It's garbage articles like this that give Feminists some of their best ammunition in asserting men are pathetic, base and sex-obsessed. What the fuck is Maxim? It's written by the same tapeworms who write women's glossies, they all went to the same damn schools, and in-between their articles they shill garbage from the same damn corporations. They're all playing the same game.

Marx, can we stop acting like this crap is relevant to AM? It has nothing to do with fighting misandry. It makes us look like a bunch of assholes. Besides which garbage like Maxim (men's media in general) are some of the biggest purveyors of misandry in existance.

**Percy** · 20th-February-2011

To prove you’re not part of the dreaded penisocracy, pretend to share her beliefs

Splutter, splutter.

**Ambiorix** · 20th-February-2011

Don't you need to kill the head feminist to cure all the others?

**Douglas** · 20th-February-2011

Quote from Ambiorix

Don't you need to kill the head feminist to cure all the others?

No, it's a psychological condition that needs to be cured in each individual, though much of the cure can hopefully be done en-masse.

**Marx** · 20th-February-2011

Send 'em to this 'ere website.... it can cure some of them at least. Those it doesn't cure need a stronger anti-indoctrinant.

**conaill** · 20th-February-2011

I get this article,it is a dare or wager,the same type of thing on whom is going to take the fugly girl to a dance,this is a same on whom would be seen out in public with a feminist.
Some serious money needs to be changing hand's,to take one of those out for a walk.

**LeighSabio** · 15th-June-2011

Doesn't anyone here prefer a more Taming of the Shrew approach?

**chevalier** · 15th-June-2011

I don't. Feminism is a disease that needs eradication not taming.

No unkind words were said about Tera in this post.

**Zuberi** · 16th-June-2011

The only cure for feminism is annihilation.

Note: Nothing was said about Tera nor women in general.

**James Huff** · 16th-June-2011

Holy cow! This is a REAL article? MWWWAAAA---HAHAHAHAHAAHA---ah!

Whose Tera?

**nickb275** · 16th-June-2011

I found this article very humorous back when, I posted it here on the feminist flip side to see what would come of it.
To tame a shrew; I would most certainly not want to tame a difficult woman when I can just dump her and go for any other who is less difficult. That being said, I will be alone for quite a long time trying to find a non-difficult female. Who in their right mind would want to tame a shrew? A shovel and moonlight comes to mind when I think of taming a shrew.