Don’t humiliate a woman political rival

By Alex P. Vidal

 

“Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.”— Mary Wollstonecraft

 

IT’S not nice for a man to use social media to attack or even think of attacking a woman.

It’s not good for a frustrated politician to always badmouth and humiliate a neophyte member of the House of Representatives, who is a potential rival in the next election.

Even in imagination, a man should never hurt a woman emotionally and physically.

If you want to know a man, listen to the language he uses to describe a member of the opposite sex after he has been jilted by the latter, or for being a “stumbling block” in his sagging political career.

Also, it’s not pleasant to admit hurting a woman physically especially if she is a lover or former lover, a wife or former wife.

It’s not wise to wash your dirty linens in public and to kiss and tell after the neophyte politician has “eclipsed” the male politician’s political success.

Especially if you are having or had an emotional attachment with her. Especially if you are having or had a sexual liaison with her; if you benefited a lot from her concerning your carnal needs and fleshly desires.

 

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She shouldn’t be called a “slut” or “maniac” to justify dumping her like a waste so his macho tormentor can tarry-hoot with the next nymphet.

It’s not good to be a misogynist.

Like envy and irrational jealousy, it’s an aberration of the mind.

A woman is a special creation of God.

She represents the image of our mother, sister, girlfriend, wife or partner in life.

We have the Blessed Virgin Mary as the symbol of purity, the epitome of piety and righteousness, the mother of Jesus Christ.

Without a woman, no one could biologically bring us here in this material world.

She labored hard, sacrificed a lot, and carried us in her womb for nine months. She feeds us. She gives us life. She sings for our joy and benefit.

No woman should be ridiculed or put to shame because of her sexual experiences or desires even if she is a criminal or enemy of the most powerful man in the universe.

After all, we are all sinners. In fact, many of us have committed more sins than her.

Magdalene, Cleopatra, Madame Bovary, Lady Chatterley, Princess Diana, Kris Aquino had their own share of infamy in the department of lechery.

They, too, had been slandered and persecuted.

But men of antiquity and modern times treated them with respect and adulation because they are women–and because of the great things they contributed to mankind.

 

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Like men, women also fall in love with passion.

They, too, have emotions.

They also fail and get frustrated and hurt.

When they fall for men, they give their best; they give it all.

If some of them happen to be naive they become susceptible to exploitation and abuse–and sometimes end up as sex slaves, if not tortured and murdered.

Women in general are loving and decent human beings.

God intended to give them a special role in society, and they should enjoy equal rights, privileges, and happiness with men.

Let’s hear it from Barbra Streisand: “I am a woman in love and I do anything to get you into my world and hold you within. It’s a right I defend ever and over again. What do I do?”

To fall in love, to enjoy a satisfying sex life, to live with dignity and respect, to practice freedom of choice, is the right that every woman should fight and defend in a masochistic society governed by some do-gooder and hypocrite congressmen.

 

(The author, who is now based in New York City, was a former editor of two dailies in Iloilo, Philippines)