Who's Tired of Pink?

I am so tired of pink men bombing brown children and rationalizing it as fighting terrorism. I am so tired of pink men telling women (of all colors) what to do with their wombs--which connect with their brains--in case you forgot. I am so tired of pink men telling us we should stay in Iraq for generations. I am so tired of pink men buying bombs and cheating schools. I am so tired of pink men having wives who stand behind them and nod sagely on television. I am so tired of pink men expecting that someone--a brown, black, yellow or white woman--will trail behind them changing light bulbs, taking out garbage, washing laundry, keeping food in the house, taking care of kids of all ages, of parents of all ages. I am so tired of pink men whose wives double or triple the family income thinking they can spend it without doing a damn thing at home. I am so tired of pink men spouting nonsense on TV. I am so tired of pink men arguing, blathering, bloviating, predicting the future--usually wrongly--and telling women to shut up. I am so sick of hearing that another pink man has dropped his children out a window, off a bridge or killed his pregnant wife or killed his unpregnant wife because he was infatuated with another pregnant woman. I am so sick of pink men making war and talking about peace. I am so sick of pink men appointing their mediocre cronies to judgeships, to political advisors, to cushy jobs, to columns in the paper, to multimillion-dollar posts as CEOS or actors (while the actresses make less) or producers or writers or newsreaders or talk show bloviators or supposedly sage counselors at law. I am so tired of pink men.

And by the way some brown men and tan men and wheaten men do these things too.

Don't tell me about women who kill. I know there are some--but fewer. So let's just remember our mothers--who bore us, protected us against our fathers and grandfathers and all the pink or brown men who wanted to rape us or kill us or starve us because we were girls.

I am not stupid. I know all generalizations are false. I know there are bad mothers, bad women, bad sisters, bad aunts, and bad females of every stripe. But I have seen enough men in high office to last a lifetime. Let's give women a chance!

 

 

 

Comments

[SawSexism]

09:43 AM on 01/19/2008

Erica Jong is vile! If a "pink" man wrote a similar diatribe, replacing man with woman, this disturbing and factually incorrect article would have become a prominent fixture in the liberal mainstream media until corrective action was taken against the writer. As it is, the aritcle is written by the tired old gaurd of the "men are bad" feminists and frankly, it's boring. As such, Erica will be allowed to continue her rants, however, I'm begging, get a new line of reasoning Erica - or please, stop putting us to sleep and go peacefully into retirement­.

[stellewriter]

12:03 PM on 01/17/2008

Pink? I think the problem is much deeper and is fuelled by hormones and tradition. In one age women held men to respectabl­e action and wielded their influence through the family structure. In the last century women have moved to compete with men. I said compete, rather than work with men; in so doing women lost their influence and power. No doubt men’s respect for women was supplanted with anger and fear, as well as new found insecurity­. Women who made men, mothered them, and gave them security from the womb have since departed to build an image of warriors. Women are turning “PINK.” At the same time the discussion of what is a “man”, or a “woman”, has also come to confusion. (Actually, it has always been fuzzy.) Pink is checkered with a lot of gray these days!

Stellewrit­er

[jimmy94]

04:32 PM on 01/15/2008

Cackling hysteria with broad stereotypi­ng all at once. Understand that it takes no amount of courage to slam white men. We are the only combinatio­n of race and gender that must turn our cheek and take it. (I confess I don't understand what is going on with this PINK thing, but have a hunch it isn't worth taking the time to find out). I will continue earning a modest living to support my wife and absolutely beautiful daughters and sons, despite my wife's past philanderi­ng. I make that choice because I know how completely damaging divorce usually is to daughters in particular­. I know how powerful the example is that I set for them, that their choice in husbands will largely be determined by how I conduct myself. The thinkers and writers can drone on and on about what should be, but the rest of us simply live with what is. I know I am not unique, that there as many men staying in broken marriages damaged by their wife as there are wives doing the same, trying to keep things together enough to give the kids their right to a fair upbringing­, long enough to see them into adulthood. Only, half of us don't get credit for doing it. So, before it's all done I will have given 25 years of my life to a dead relationsh­ip for my little girls, and am perfectly content in doing it, even though it is damn hard. I really do get tired of the piling on though. So I'm going to call Erica on this one. The article was a cheap shot.

[Indiana]

02:29 PM on 01/15/2008

Bear with me if this has been brought up below--but how about pink men who let a beautiful, historic multi-colo­red city drown, then are neglecting her because they want to ensure that her population becomes more pink--and turns the state in which she is located Red?

[WIpatriot]

12:10 PM on 01/15/2008

Would you feel better if it was pink WOMEN doing the bombing, lying, cheating and stealing?

Would you be okay with pink men NOT bombing, cheating, lying and stealing?

So WHAT is your issue?

[JustAsTired]

11:58 AM on 01/15/2008

As you can see, I am Just As Tired as Erica is. Just one small problem, I am on the other side of the fence.

I guess after reading this I am a "pink" but I am a proud "pink".

I don't want to control women's bodies, I just want them to stop killing unborn babies. If you don't want them, stop practicing­, use birth control, or get your tubes tied. Hell, abortion is the #1 killer in this country, but it is still legal, stop the bitchin will ya.

I don't want to bomb innocent "brown" people, just those that would force me to convert to their religion or just kill my kids and my wife. Also those that would force my wife and daughter to cover themselves from head to toe because they might provoke unclean thoughts in the minds of men.

I don't want to control anyone's life. I treat all "colors" of people the same as I want to be treated. If you are an ass, then I will treat you as one, regardless of your "color" or "sex".

Here is my philosophy on life. Mind your own business and I will mind mine, but please don't try to control my life and force your beliefs down my throat and I won't try to force you to
live as I live.

[arevolutionofone]

11:47 AM on 01/15/2008

If a "pink" woman supports the same wars that pink men started. Voted for them. Votes to fund them. Only gives lip service to stopping them. If she accepts money from the same pink man's political and economic power structure and has the same agenda, just what's the difference in having a pink woman in charge. Variety?

As a brown man I could make the same argument in favor Condoleeza Rice for president. But somehow I don't think she'd represent the kind of change I'm looking for. It's a colorful argument, but can you honestly say that Hillary Clinton represents the kind of change that you are looking for?

[kappa08]

10:44 AM on 01/15/2008

BOOM!..eve­n though I'm a "Pink" man. I totally feel you. I have been saying this for years. Let's get some flavor up in this bitch...sc­ratch a look at the Republican convention­, ‘nuff said.
However I will say this. us "Pinks" don't get no benefits. There's no "cry" card or "soul" card we can lean on in those times of stress. There is no college assistance to "balance" our "Pinkness"­...Heck we even pay more for car insurance. We are thrust into leadership positions even if we don't want them because the notion of being unambitiou­s is not only un-America­n it's un-"Pinkne­ss". Which is probably the reason why the rage manifests into the evil you so articulate­ly coined. Which is why “Pinks” need to chill the f*** out and learn to embrace their inner character and not care about wearing pink.
One more thing...Th­e girls are responsibl­e for “Entertain­ment Tonight”, "Inside Edition" and the "TMZ's" of the world that has become the media culture of today. No Bud light commercial­s or Gillette Mach III ads during that swag. Sorry you girls are responsibl­e for "American Idol", The Brittany saga and Paparazzi. Your lust for sugar sweet titillatin­g journalism was responsibl­e for Princess Diana's death and the over used term "Branding"­...
I appreciate the direct passion Erica and am a huge fan…that being said, lean over to your "girlfrien­d" and offer up a disgusted glare the next time she gets pulled into another baseless argument on "The View"..

[Superfelo]

10:36 AM on 01/15/2008

Erika,
Your writing, your tiredness is all well and good; but I would not be supporting Obama
merely because he is Obama. Obama has tremendous qualities, signs of humanity, sincerity; and has come through hell-fire.
I would not be supporting him just for that;
but getting to know him, and his wife, you see a man committed to push humanity's struggle forward.
I am also impressed that he went to Harvard Law; and in spite of growing up without a father, overcame that; in Law School was president of the Law Review Magazine that is prestige of the highest order. Obama has written two bestsellin­g books; and more to come. In fact, experience schmirienc­e, from the past presidents­, since 1980, I think Obama will be a tremendous improvemen­t, and may be overqualif­ied.
I love and I loved Hillary Clinton, used to dream about her, wanted to make myself worthy of meeting her someday to pay my respects; and I loved the two for the price of one, Hill and Bill, but not anymore.
After she came to endorse Carl McCall for governor, I won’t go into it, and when she declared saying: "I am in it to win it."
I would have liked to hear her say: "I am running for president, not as a woman, but as a concerned American. What has gone on the last 7 years leaves a lot to be desired, to put it mildly.
I am running because having been part of Washington and now a Senator, I know first hand, the things that need improvemen­t in our country. My fellow Americans I am running because I want to contribute to the great history of Democracy and compassion­, in our country."
She did not say that. She is not ready.
Maybe Mrs. Obama will be the first woman president, if she wants it, but not yet.
And then her style of campaignin­g, she definitely does not seem real or sincere.
Sorry.
"Yes, we can!"

Enough said.

[Mark701]

10:01 AM on 01/15/2008

Erica,
I like your writing but this article was beneath you. You can't admit to generalizi­ng and at the same time still argue you have a valid point. Men have been responsibl­e for some of the most horrific crimes the world has known because they were the ones in power, but that doesn't exonerate women because we'll never know how things would have turned out if women were in power instead. Perhaps better, perhaps worse or simply the same. Remember that women have obtained power for example, Queen Elizabeth and Margret Thatcher, have shown themselves as willing as men to watch their countrymen die in wars as any man. Also please don't forget the exceptiona­lly potent influence of women on their children, family, in community and on the men who hold the reigns of power. No one would ever accuse Eleanor Roosevelt or Evita of playing second fiddle to anyone. Finally, remember that for most of us, our mothers had much more influence on our day to day upbringing than our fathers who were out working. So if pink men are assholes, their mothers probably played no small part in allowing that to happen.

[Cuddlefish]

09:51 AM on 01/15/2008

48,589,993 Total Abortions since 1973. Now there is some serious killing of pink,brown and all other children. Done by their mothers.

[WildFancyLady]

09:25 AM on 01/15/2008

AMEN!!!

[Pinkmarbles]

08:25 AM on 01/15/2008

The last sentence sums up the entire liberal mindset. Let's "GIVE" woman a chance. Lord knows they should not have to earn it!!

[tbear68]

08:08 AM on 01/15/2008

Erica, you forgot one important pink of which to be tired: pink ribbons! I am sick of seeing them attached to everything under the sun. The simple fact of the matter is they really have accomplish­ed nothing other than making some people feel good about themselves when they have done little else.

[dmaf]

06:52 AM on 01/15/2008

You are tired of seeing a man kill his pregnant wife? Why? Because he committed an atrocious crime: double murder?

Yet, you are tired of women being told what to do with "their" bodies... tired of being told not to murder the unborn?

hmmm