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I recently came across a science related article, involving a woman from my country of origin. Achievements like hers will continue to prove the overall intelligence of humanity. Although we sometimes commit the most asinine actions, I will never undermine the monumental accomplishments throughout history.
Christina Rodriguez, along with members of her staff, finally cracked the code baffling scientists for generations, involving The Theory of Everything.
This particular theory, (also known as ToE, final theory, ultimate theory, or master theory), refers to the hypothetical presence of a single, all-encompassing, coherent theoretical framework of physics that fully explains and links together all physical aspects of the universe.
Before her discovery, physicists believed that all events within the universe occurred through one single force.
The problem—they did not know how to link the four fundamental theories together…electromagnetic, weak nuclear, strong nuclear, and gravity.
This all changed with Rodriguez. Attached to the article I read, was footage from her press conference. She was glowing with this sense of humility, even in the face of her achievement.
She had a rough upbringing and was homeless for much of her teenage years. This made her accomplishment that much greater in my eyes.
Midway through the press conference, one of the reporters addressed her past homelessness. It did not take long for her to become overwhelmed with emotion.
It was a beautiful story, or so I thought. Sadly, not all seem to agree.
When people like myself applauded this woman’s achievement, a number of males decided to campaign against what she wore during the press conference.
It started with them protesting outside of her place of business, as well as protesting against all of the news stations, affiliated with her press conference.
They launched a campaign on a Twitter-like website, asking for the removal of all scientific grants.
What is all the hoopla, you may ask?
According to them, her dress was too short, form-fitting and showing far too much cleavage. Wow…I mean, is that even relevant.
When I watched the press conference, my only concern was listening to this woman’s amazing achievement. Regrettably, a number of males with ultra-conservative views, decided her outfit was too distracting. Some of their drivel includes…
You should be placed in jail
You probably slept your way to the top
Your parents must be rolling over in their graves right now
These pieces of animal feces do not represent me, or other normal males. I saw nothing wrong with her attire. It was not too short in my opinion, and her cleavage did not appear exposed, in the manner they made it seem.
On a day someone in her position should be celebrating, headlines focused on her dress appearing too provocative.
Throughout history, scientists have tried to solve The Theory of Everything, but failed.
Whenever she thinks back to this day, she will always remember the horrible reaction from misguided men.
Why should she have to feel accomplished for such a scientific achievement, when the shortness of her dress far outweighs the achievement?
Sarcasm aside, according to the misogynistic individuals leading the campaign, her revealing outfit is why males refuse to take STEM-field related female employees seriously.
As opposed to acknowledgement for their work, these women use sexual attention to garner support.
The men speaking out against her outfit, believe that she undermines the validity of young girls interested in STEM-related professions. According to them, her dress proves yet again, that beauty trumps intelligence.
A few days ago sadly, Rodriguez resigned from her position, vowing never to participate in the field again.
What I find interesting is the potential for her achievement, to entice young girls to enter STEM-related professions.
Sadly, the campaign against her may have frightened young girls away, due to these bullying tactics. To that I say, Thank you Social Justice Warriors.
Whenever I write a post, there is always a purpose. Sometimes it is to bleed remnants of my past, into the fabrics of my present, in order for others to learn from my mistakes. Other times, I am providing a different perspective on existing questions.
Regardless of the method, there is always a purpose. In today’s post, I had satire in mind. In short, none of the details above actually took place—it is entirely satire.
Rodriguez is a fictional character I created, to paint a picture of Moronic Behavior by famous artist Hypocrisy, which seems to be so prevalent today.
Although the story is entirely fiction, the concept of her achievement relates to an actual event.
The Internet is a platform, which allows the most moronic individuals to say and do as they choose, without much consequence for their moronic behavior.
It allows people to accuse others of sexual assault, where the accused receives a guilty verdict, solely by public opinion alone.
Forget the intervention of authorities, screw the criminal justice system…if my fellow YouTubers, Tumblr or Twitter followers agree, it is no longer an accusation—you are simply guilty because we feel you are.
The Internet allows people to undermine someone’s achievement, because of what they wore. If males did ban together, to vilify a female physicist because of her dress, mass media would go ballistic and say…
We need to stop slut-shaming women
This is a perfect example of the objectification, which women endure each day, all the time and from all men
This is why females are afraid to enter STEM fields
These replies are a few examples, which I know would occur across social media. How do I know this?
Each represents a direct quote, from various users across the internet whenever a topic involves females. For some reason, they only apply this logic with females, but not with males.
As Yoda from Star Wars would say…
The hypocrisy is strong with this one.
When you undermine someone’s achievement, by focusing on trivial things, it paints a rather clear brush just how insane your ideals are.
Oh, you cured cancer? Screw that, you don’t like Taylor Swift’s music. It’s obvious you hate women.
Oh, you created a time machine? Big whoop, I’m more concerned with your disagreement with Obamacare. It’s obvious you hate Black people—err, half Black people I guess.
Oh, you have undeniable proof that extraterrestrials exist? Who cares, I want to know why you don’t like Chinese food. It’s obvious you hate Chinese people.
When the lunatics begin running the asylum, people will experience difficulty separating real issues from nonsensical ones.
When we fear speaking up against the morons, they continue believing their absence of logic, is actually logical.
If a dress, pocket square, coat or belt, is enough to keep you away from a profession—you have absolutely no business in that profession.
When the lunatics begin running the asylum, everyone will appear insane.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing—Edmund Burke
I see it differently.
The only thing necessary for the expansion of morons is for rational-minded people, to stand by and remain quiet.
Though my story was entirely satire, it connects directly to the state of society today. Young boys and girls are actively online. The more viral a story, video or image becomes, the more likely they will encounter it.
This means children are attaining information, from some of the most preposterous platforms on the internet. This is bloody scary.
However, this is my perspective; I am more interested in yours. How do you feel about the internet and its widespread reach, being in the hands of irrational-minded people?
One Gentleman's Perspective 
Well done. Good satire, I didn’t know what you were up to until I got to the end;)
It is a mad, mad world out there, full of crazy people. It is scary, that’s what our children see and walk in. I think of all these anti-bullying campaigns in our schools and yet that is all kids see all over the internet, adults trying to bully people.
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Lol. I figured you would like this one. Whenever I write a satirical pieces, I do so by thinking how I can make it seem as real as possible, until the reveal. I try not to make any off-the-wall comments, because that could give it away. It seems I was successful here, because people thought it was real. That is quite a compliment.
“It is scary, that’s what our children see and walk in. I think of all these anti-bullying campaigns in our schools and yet that is all kids see all over the internet, adults trying to bully people.”
You see, you always get it. Lol. How can we (adults), make these silly online protests about antibullying, where we then turn around and do exactly what we are campaigning against? I say “silly” because I find these campaigns lacking authenticity, when I notice the same individuals bullying others who dare disagree with their opinion on anything. LoL. “I am an antibully, until I become the bully.”
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You had me really feeling Rodriguez story lol, I thought it was real, but then again of course it is. The new problems the 21st century faces is the internet and its trolls.
There’s a strong belief that women of the 21st century are far more privileged then women of any era before. This is true to some extent. However, I feel women now face the internet on our backs. what I mean here is your example of Rodriguez, people campaigning against this female online just because of her dress attire, and if this story was real, then there would be Twitter and its trends doing everything in its power to mock and degrade the woman through the power of the users. So here we have the internet with its millions of international users all attacking one woman online. Just because the attack is contained behind a computer screen, that doesn’t undermine its power to destroy someone.
My point is, both male and females are becoming victims of this new offender referred to as the internet. Its such an unforgiving and harsh place at times. Makes you question what is it about being online that so easily brings out the worst in people as I’m sure many things people say online to someone, they would never be low enough to say it to them in person.
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Thanks for stopping by and posting a response. It is a compliment that you were not aware this was satire. I write them to appear as authentic as possible, so it is great to see I was successful here. LoL.
Her story is real, but the real story happened to a male actually. Females verbally barraging this man was okay in the media, but if it were males verbally barraging a female on her attire–media would not tolerate this.
Right now, it is unpopular to point out “bad” behavior with females. Doing so means you are a sexist or a misogynist. LoL.
The moment males critique females on anything, it seems to be the norm where one cannot do this. For some strange reason, that guideline is lost when it comes to critiquing males. Males are fair game for the things they do, whether positively or negatively.
As for the privileged message, yes, in western countries like the US, Europe–women are far more privileged than ever throughout history. When we take into consideration countries in the Middle East for instance, that is an entirely different conversation.
All individuals face social media’s negative energy, and when I say all, I mean males and females. Generally speaking of course, males simply chalk it up to trolling or the Internet being the Internet. Females on the other hand, generally speaking, see it as an act against their sex. They make it more about them, versus understanding this is more about the widespread Internet culture.
“Makes you question what is it about being online that so easily brings out the worst in people.”
Anonymity is the key. People feel they can say and do anything, because the Internet gives them the freedom of anonymity. They can be whoever, even if the image is opposite of their offline persona. A number of people online are professional victims, keyboard gangsters and online activists.
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ahh yes I understand, I would be behaving like a radical feminist if I challenged your point ” The moment males critique females on anything, it seems to be the norm where one cannot do this..” you are right, there are double standards, as being a female I can admit I’ve never actually really cared for what the male may feel ( no judgment please lol) but have gotten wound up when a male critiques a female for whatever reason. I guess at the end of day we’re probably going to subconsciously or even consciously favor our own gender more perhaps?
Right now feminism is at its peak, the amount of blogs I’ve seen and well constantly writing on feminism myself, I believe the movement is growing stronger. However, there is some misconception to what feminism is about, for example, when you mentioned “Right now, it is unpopular to point out “bad” behavior with females. Doing so means you are a sexist or a misogynist”. pointing out bad behavior within females, of course does not make you sexist, however females who claim to be “feminists” would probably get offended even if you pointed out that their nail polish doesn’t match their shirt. Misconceptions.
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I favor logic and critical thinking. LoL. I do not care if you are short, tall, gay, straight, male or female–if you use logic and critical thinking, that is what matters to me. I align myself to those two things during a discussion. When I heard of this story, I did not consider creating the piece because of one’s sex. I created it solely on the absence of critical thinking, from those creating an uproar.
You are correct though, there are instances when people gravitate to what commonality they share with someone.
Honestly, I don’t think people have a misconception of feminism. If everyone who makes claims like the one I mentioned in the previous post are “radical feminists” or “fake” feminists, then 99 percent of Twitter/Tumblr users, famous bloggers, vloggers are all “fake” and “radical.” I say that because the example I gave is the view from them all. Put it this way, when someone Black commits a crime, I will point it out every single time, and set a clear distinction that they do not represent me.
They will not be associated with me and other law abiding citizens. When “real” feminists do not point out every single chance they get, “radical” or “fake” feminists, no one will have any reason to see a difference. What I wrote was not a misconception. Instead, it is a representation of what sadly, is now the face of this feminism
If “fake” feminists are high jacking the movement, you guys must do everything possible to point them out. Not once, but every single time they put out things that go against what does represent feminism, put out an article calling them out.
Until that happens, the face of feminism will always be what I mentioned above. I also think there should be a huge distinction between first world feminism and third world. One complains about video game characters, and the other is fighting to stop things like honour killings, real rape culture, etc. It is akin to lunatics running the asylum. You must take back ownership
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I hear you, when I mean the misconception of feminism, I’m referring to groups like Femen. The feminists group who protests outside Mosques naked to “liberate” “oppressed Muslim women. As a female whose Muslim myself, it is these feminists who bother me. The ones who believe being naked is the way to liberation,instead fighting for women stuck in war torn countries being an object of systematic rape. I do think we should highlight the incorrect philosophies of feminism as I have done in my previous posts. Anyhow thanks for your reply and keep up the great blogging, I really enjoy reading your posts 🙂
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Those groups are why I mentioned my posts not having misconceptions. They have completely become the voice of feminism and then I observe real issues of inequality, yet, the online campaigns against those real issues are absent.
I am left scratching my head thinking, “Instead of this nonsensical campaign that is taking over mainstream, where you talk about women in video games, there are women in countries being murdered because they were raped, married someone they loved, etc. How in the world, could you consider this idiotic video game paranoia, fighting for feminism, when these women are being killed in real life, because they are women?” LoL.
I cringe when I see genuine issues, yet, they take a backseat to the first world problems of lunatics. HaHa. If I were a woman in one of those countries, I will be honest, 99 percent of first world feminists would anger me. The things they call “issues” are what I would laugh at.
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Oh yes I couldn’t agree more, to be frank western women haven’t got a clue what oppression really means. Sounds harsh but when you compare a western woman’s problem to the Middle Eastern or Southern, the chasm of injustice is huge! Instead we should thank God that we haven’t seen the true face of oppression. Instead of like you mentioned protesting about silly minor incidents like video games, we should be grateful that we’re born in a country we’re we don’t get acid thrown on our faces or raped by immoral soldiers as method of ethnic cleansing. As for the mainstream voices, they need to stop avoiding real social issues and fix their priorities in who they want to fight for.
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We genuinely need more individuals like you being the face of this. Trust me, there are countless like me who know of real issues, but sadly, we see the issues being taken over by nonsensical ones. LoL. If I point this out, I am a sexist. When a woman points it out and say, “Wait a minute, that is not a real issue,” she becomes an internal misogynist. Lol. You can’t win either way with these people. HaHa.
I loved when a story broke recently, about the women making shirts titled, “This is what feminism looks like.” The shirts sell for about $100, yet, the women making the shirts in these sweatshops, do not make that in month. They send all of their money back to families in India.
They say it is a shame they know women/men in first world countries are wearing these shirts, label themselves feminists, yet women like them are in horrible working conditions. They earn next to nothing and are on work contracts, where they can’t go back home for years. I loved the story because these workers were pointing out the hypocrisy, which I see often.
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The hypocrisy bothers me. Can I bring Western supremacy into this discussion by just adding, the women of the West will always come first. The idiots who wear these shirts so proudly probably don’t even think twice about who made the shirts, if it was a woman then was she treated with equality? It’s just the west being the west, thinking largely of themselves whilst others from who they classify as “third world countries” may be worth noting perhaps it’s the West’s fault these countries are now suffering because of their colonisation and the negative effect of it. When you study feminism around the globe, you will find how petty we look compared to women from different corners of the world. It’s kinda embarrassing.
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Very well written satire, and one with a wonderful lesson for the masses. I think it’s an important topic in today’s world and I think it exists entirely on a black and white scale. People thrive off of either agreeing or disagreeing wholeheartedly. It’s a conversation that needs to be continued until people can start to let go of their stubbornness and look in the grey area away from their convictions. I also like that you put: “Whenever I write a post, there is always a purpose. Sometimes it is to bleed remnants of my past, into the fabrics of my present, in order for others to learn from my mistakes. Other times, I am providing a different perspective on existing questions” — I definitely agree that you do this and I think it’s important for every blogger. Keep it going!
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Thanks love. I try to write the satirical pieces, with as much authenticity as possible. The objective is for the reader to believe until the reveal, that the story is real. LoL. The goal is always to show the hypocrisy of an actual story. As I continue to blog, I notice the ones who visit my blog to antagonize believe I write only to have people agree. Agree…disagree, those things are irrelevant to me. It is irrelevant if someone agrees or disagrees. I am only interested in a conversation. You can disagree until the cows come home. LoL. As long as we can have mutual exchange of ideas, you are A-okay in my book. I find it strange someone believes this about my writing, which is why I call them out immediately when they make the reference. Thanks again.
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I actually read your satire this morning and then just watched a piece of commentary that likely inspired it. Seriously? SERIOUSLY? How have we been reduced to this point when there are so many other issues and problems in the world that require a far greater measure of our anger and outrage? The internet is overrun with folks who are so small-minded and feel so marginalized that they elevate bullying someone over wardrobe into tweet frenzy. Unfortunately the megaphone they wield bands them together and makes it so much worse. If and when you have children, I certainly hope you plan to monitor their internet usage.
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I hope your day has been well. Whenever I write a satirical piece, I am trying to mirror a real event as closely as possible. That way, the reader believes it is authentic. LoL. It seems I was successful, so that is awesome. The actual story floored me. I am taken aback by their thought process. I find it alarming even, because a number of these lunatics are educators/politicians. That means they are teaching children, and are instilling policies across the education system. That is scary.
“The internet is overrun with folks who are so small-minded and feel so marginalized that they elevate bullying someone over wardrobe into tweet frenzy.”
If you disagree with this behavior, you are the problem. HaHa.
“If and when you have children, I certainly hope you plan to monitor their internet usage.”
While listening to something last night in the shower, I thought to myself, “Our children will not share the same space with the children of these people.” LoL. Their way of thinking troubles me. They have no backbone, so everything hurts their feelings.
They have no accountability, so everything is someone else’s problem. They fail to ever use critical thinking, so they allow their emotions and feelings to drive a reaction. I am sure it will only become worse. When we have children, I refuse to allow them to be exposed to this indoctrination.
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Sometimes, I just don’t understand why there are so many people who like to bully others. Don’t know if they feel more superior than others. I don’t see any purpose of doing that. Great post Alton! 🙂
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Thank you for the compliment. These Internet “activists” speak about change, but offline, create no actual change. The same thing they campaign against is what they practice. They frown upon bullying, yet, they are bullying those whose opinions they disagree with. Hypocritical much?
Imagine if a group of males, decided to campaign against the dress of a female public figure. She would receive countless media coverage speaking about her story, countless articles would rip these males to shred, and campaigns on Twitter would call for doxing these guys. Since the person in question is a guy however, he is fair game to ridicule. LoL.
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Will you tell us, One kind Gent, what is your country of origin? just curious…
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