On occasion I get bored and go through the “Memphis” blogrolls on a variety of local sites like thememphisblog, theogeo, scribblescrawl, etc.

Sooner or later I find myself on Steve’s Nude Memphis Blog. I read over it, generally feel a little dumber for my trouble, and move on, but hey, there’s nothing wrong with someone having a differing opinion.

In the course of my random ventures there, however, I’ve noticed an overarching theme. Every single post, as far as I can tell, is about domestic violence, rape, or how woman are persecuting men. At first I wrote it off as venting. I mean, who hasn’t been through a bad breakup and felt a little hostile toward the fairer sex for a bit? I figured it was the male equivalent of “OMGz I am SOOO done with men forever!”.

But it never stops.

Ever.

I was reminded of this recently when my dad was talking about reading random Memphis Blogs, and after mentioning some blogs he enjoyed, said “There’s also a lot of nutjobs, like that nude guy. What’s wrong with THAT guy?”.

I can’t really blame him for coming to that conclusion. Let’s go with the latest post. Who the fuck is in a bar with three female friends and decides it’s a good time to talk about rape statistics? Then there’s defending Roman Polanksi’s rape of a 13 year old as people getting mad about a guy “Fucking a chick who’s too hot for him”. Or the fixation on emasculation seen here. And here. And here.  Or we can look at the fact that he makes a point to highlight any story involving women kicking men in the dick. Like this. And this. And this. And…well, you get the idea, it’s pretty fucking creepy.

I think you get the (insanely repetitive, disturbing) point by now, but no one seems to have ever mentioned it. I’m a heterosexual, twentysomething male, and I just don’t feel this oppression by females. I don’t feel that women are out to get me. While there are certainly differences in the sexes, I don’t feel this animosity he seems to. Am I missing something? Is that blog a parody blog that I’m too dense to have picked up on? Do most men feel this way? Are my father and I in some minority of men that seem to think his perspective is fucking nuts? Am I being trolled?