Good evening everyone and welcome to The Magical Mystery
Blog.
There are times when I honestly give up on society and
humanity because of how some people are. Some people can be so idiotic you don’t
know how they function. Others sympathize with killers because they are ‘mentally
ill’ when in truth they are nothing more than misogynistic loners.
Today,
six victims were killed in a drive by shooting in Isla Vista, in Santa Barbara,
a California college town. The murderer has been identified as Elliot
Rodger, a twenty two year old who wanted retribution for no woman having
relations with him.
Just before the killing spree, Rodger posted a video on Youtube.
In the
segment, Rodger claimed that college was a time for sex and pleasure, none of
which any female would give him. None of them were ever attracted to him
and he has felt loneliness since puberty. He also declared himself a God and
the superior gentleman, thus flexing his masculinity. His beliefs of women
owing him sex and that he was entitled to intercourse can be seen as
misogynistic. Rodger also had other
videos on his Youtube account, discussing about why girls don’t want to be with
him, his reaction to other couples, and many other videos. He
even wrote a manifesto ‘My Twisted World’ chronicling his life and his many
rejections up until the time of the murder.
As opposed to coping with his loneliness and understanding
that women aren't alive to bow down to men or be their toys, he decided to go
on a murdering rampage. He
first killed three of his apartment tenants, gunned down some young ladies
outside the campus’ sorority, stabbed a man in a deli, had a shoot out with
some police officers and injured thirteen, and then proceeded to take his own
life after wrecking his vehicle.
Some
news sites have written Rodger off as having a ‘mental illness’, even though the
boy has not properly been diagnosed or treated for being mentally ill.
While he has been supposedly seeing multiple therapists, his mentality does not
excuse the crime for which he has committed. His misogynistic beliefs and enforcement
of male dominance, do not pardon him from the crimes either. Rather, they show
that misogyny is still running amok in this world, leading men to murder,
harass, and rape women for no reason at all. It also depicts that as a society,
we would rather label a murderer’s intent as a mental illness as opposed to
misogyny.
This is what makes me lose hope in humanity. That there are
men out there like Rodger who are not only getting played off as a tragic
victim to a mental illness, but also being treated as a hero to other men who
share his views. That is another factor that makes me lose faith in this world:
misogynistic, chauvinistic, and ruthless men who believe that they are God’s
gift to the world, that women only exist for their pleasure, and the actions
they commit because of these beliefs.
Women are entitled to their own bodies and have the right to
say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and choose who they want to be with. Yet there are some men who believe otherwise.
We women have come so far as inspirational icons, leaders, discoverers,
artists, rebels, protesters, and many other aspiring positions. We are tigers
with burning eyes and lipstick, we are heel clad warriors with Einstein like
intelligence, we are delicate cherry blossoms with thorny wit, and we are
beautiful. We are no sex toys to any man and if they don’t like that we say ‘no’
to their sexual advances, then tough bananas. We are no inferior gender, we are
just as strong, if not stronger, and if this world can’t see that, then there’s
clearly something wrong with it.
Misogyny is real and it’s men
like Elliot Rodger who enforce it. Regretfully there are other men in this
world who enforce Rodger’s beliefs and exercise them on a daily basis. I
believe it’s time for the world to wake up and see that this is a serious
issue. Don’t you agree?
May those who lost their lives in this horrific tragedy by
Rodgers’ hands rest in peace. As for Rodger, well, there’s a special place in
Hell for men like him, and I hope the Devil gives him his due.
