Slog - Comments on The long road to equal treatment http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme I, like some of my more vocal feminist colleagues, denounce sexism in all its many forms. This article has my ovaries shrieking fire. From BBC news: A troop of vervet monkeys is giving Kenyan villagers long days and sleepless nights, destroying crops and causing a food crisis. They estimate there are close to 300 monkeys invading the farms at dawn. They eat the village's maize, potatoes, beans and other crops. And because women are primarily responsible for the farms, they have borne the brunt of the problem, as they try to guard their crops. …the monkeys are more afraid of... Copyright 2008 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:03:04 -0800 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:48:10 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by The General P. Billingsley? Is that Peter Billingsley? Ralphie Parker?

It's always bothered me that we don't spell it "monkies."

]]> The General http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790299 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:17:58 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave lmao!

Story of the year!

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790301 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790301 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:19:29 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Are you SURE this wasn't down in Pioneer Square last Saturday night?

Maybe they should try strap-ons.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790306 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:23:56 -0800 Comment by Greg Guns will learn those damn dirty apes.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790307 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:24:04 -0800 Comment by tsm I very much like the phrase "ovaries shrieking fire".

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790308 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:25:19 -0800 Comment by Katelyn DIRTY MONKEYS. God, I would feel so resentful and yet foolish for feeling resentful towards monkeys.

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790320 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:33:09 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO This has to be oddest (most odd?) story I have read in a long time.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790336 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:50:03 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon the monkeys are misogynists?

then it must be NATURAL.

note to african women - kill one with your bare hands in front of the others, rip it asunder & eat it raw, and i bet they'll get the message.

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790352 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790352 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:00:57 -0800 Comment by Gitai @8 I agree with the extreme violence part. I think maybe these women are just a little timid, though. My mom scares the hell out people a lot more than my dad, despite being five inches shorter, and a whole lot rounder.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790355 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790355 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:02:43 -0800 Comment by robespierre & maurice that monkey literally has blue balls.

]]> robespierre & maurice http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790356 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:03:07 -0800 Comment by JessB HAHAHAH Seriously? They grab their breasts and point at their private parts? FOR REAL?!?!

]]> JessB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790365 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790365 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:09:59 -0800 Comment by Dougsf What is the sex of the monkeys? I suppose either way, it's disturbing.

Weird that the farmers wouldn't have shotguns. I couldn't shoot an orangutan or a chimpanzee, but I'd shoot a monkey no problem.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790399 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790399 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:52:37 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell Fucking monkeys!

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790443 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790443 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:46:27 -0800 Comment by Petey Somehow, this is all Michael Vick's fault.

]]> Petey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790492 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:35:48 -0800 Comment by Sean Best Slog post ever!

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790501 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790501 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:43:25 -0800 Comment by isabelita So why don't their menfolk help them? Monkeys can't help their behavior; the human males could learn to cooperate, or starve.

]]> isabelita http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790585 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790585 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:06:25 -0800 Comment by frequency ass bandit the author of this slog post has painted a very comical stereotype of feminist activism, and it's totally appreciated.

]]> frequency ass bandit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790708 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c790708 Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:09:21 -0800 Comment by Greg The best part? The farmers aren't allowed to kill or injure the monkeys, because they're a "protected species." Well, starving Kenyan farmers, just do what other struggling peasants straining under asinine and uncaring governments do: ignore them, and don't get caught

Kill the monkeys, eat them, and hide the evidence. Then, when the government asks what happened to them, point to the failing crops and claim they went away after they took all your food.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c791174 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c791174 Life Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:47:33 -0800 Comment by Geni Those women are weenies, then. I'm 5'2" and my husband is 6'2", and I can name any number of people who are much more afraid of me. I'm a lot meaner than he is. And I agree with maxsolomon - the women should make a gory, bloody example of one of the monkeys in front of the others. It's what I do with garden slugs - I like to skewer them on sticks and leave them there as examples for the others. Well, actually the others come and eat the corpse, but at least then they're not eating my plants.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c791175 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/women_and_the_long_road_to_equal_treatme#c791175 Life Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:48:10 -0800