Carnivorous Cow was a little startled. She used to have a T-Shirt which proclaimed "A Woman without a Man is like a Fish without a Bicycle". Somewhere, nestling among relics from the 80s, between "Liberation Before Education" and "Troops out of the Townships", is probably another that asks, "If they can send one man to the moon, why not all of them?".
But somehow, it was different hearing it from a man. Weren't they all on the same side of the gender fence, after all - or at least, on the same side of the sex fence, since the gender fence was probably not representable in two dimensions? Why were men, dissing men?
Gramsci mulled over that for a while. "Men get a lot of bad press. And, face it, it's often warranted. Most of the crime - nearly all of the violent crime - is commited by men. Wars are pretty much the preserve of men - Lynndie England notwithstanding. And when it comes to pollution, vandalism, reckless driving, and all sorts of other activities designed to have a negative impact on our environment and safety... yep, men take the lead there, too." he ventured. But men dissing men? he turned his attention back to the fly he was devouring and shrugged.
Maybe it was a case of, if you can't beat them, beat yourself rather?
What on earth were men for? Michel wondered as he watched sunlight play across the closed curtains. In earlier times, when bears were more common, perhaps masculinity served a particular function, but for centuries now, men clearly served no useful purpose. For the most part, they assuaged their boredom playing squash, which was a lesser evil; but from time to time they felt the need to _change history_ - which expressed itself in leading a revolution or starting a war somewhere. Aside from the senseless suffering they caused, revolutions and war destroyed the achievements of the past, forcing societies to build again. Without the notion of continuous progress, for which men (with their predilection for risk and danger, their repulsive egotism, their volatile nature and their violent tendencies) were directly to blame. A society of women would be immeasurably superior, tracing a slow, unwavering progression, with no U-turns and no chaotic insecurity, towards a general happiness.